Finance Manager, Amazon Air Ground Finance

Own the financial engine of Amazon Airs ground network as a Finance Manager on the Ground Finance team. Ground Finance covers the airport locations where Amazon Air runs its sort centers and ramp operations for aircraft the physical points where the networks cost is incurred every day. This is a high-impact controllership role that pairs rigorous budget ownership and site financial management with the modeling depth and business partnership that shape how a multi-billion dollar air network spends and scales. You will be the financial owner of your ground sites working shoulder to shoulder with the site leaders who run them to hold the cost line sharpen the budget and turn operational reality into decisions that reduce cost to serve.

You will be the controller your site leaders depend on and the modeler leadership turns to when the questions get hard diving deep into the cost drivers behind ground operations framing the trade-offs that matter and challenging the organization to find better more affordable ways to run the network. If you are energized by owning a budget end to end building trust with the leaders you support and holding a high controllership bar while influencing well above your level this role offers an exciting platform to make a lasting impact.

Key job responsibilities
Controllership & Budget Ownership: Own the budget financial performance and controllership of your ground sites. Manage spend against plan investigate variances to root cause and execute financial processes with the attention to detail and controls compliance the role demands.

Site Leadership Partnership: Serve as the embedded finance partner to your site leaders earning a seat at the table as they run their sort and ramp operations. Build the trust that brings finance in early and translate the financial picture into decisions on labor spend and performance.

Robust Modeling & Business Partnership: Build and maintain the financial models that answer difficult business questions and support senior management decisions. Translate operational change into budgets and forecasts that keep pace with a fast-evolving network.

Cost Management & Continuous Improvement: Dive deep into the operational drivers behind ground cost to surface the why behind performance. Partner with site leadership to improve labor efficiency and reduce cost to serve bringing a Think Big mindset to structural opportunities.

A day in the life
Your typical day is that of a hands-on site controller with the reach of a strategic finance partner. You will manage your budget and review the financial metrics for your sites identify the variances and trends that matter and develop the insights that help leadership understand the financial health of operations. You will spend real time with your site leaders in their operations and in their planning so that finance is a partner in the decision rather than a scorekeeper after it. You will spend time in your models pressure-testing assumptions and framing spend trade-offs and in the room with operations partners where your analysis shapes decisions. Throughout you will look for the next opportunity to reduce cost to serve while holding the controllership standards Amazon Air is built on.

About the team
Amazon Air is a global customer-centric transportation provider that safely delivers low cost high quality service accomplishing that vision through a talented inclusive and diverse team leveraging innovative technologies and a sustainability-aware mindset. The Ground Finance team is the controllership backbone of that network responsible for the airport locations where Amazon Air runs its sort centers and aircraft ramp operations. We own the budgets and financial performance of those ground sites and partner closely with the site leaders who operate them to reduce cost to serve. We value analytical depth effective communication and the ability to influence without authority and we are committed to developing finance controllers who can grow their scope and impact. You can take off and soar your career at Amazon Air.

- 5 years of multiple finance and accounting roles experience
- Bachelors degree

- 6 years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience
- 6 years of solving complex business challenges by delivering accurate and timely financial models analysis and recommendations that have a proven impact on business (e.g. financial savings operational improvements or customer benefits) experience
- MBA or CPA
- Knowledge of SQL/ETL
- Experience working with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (examples: SQL MS Access Essbase Cognos) and other financial systems (examples: Oracle SAP Lawson JD Edwards)
- Experience delivering forecasting budgeting and variance analysis and data interpretation of results

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at WA Bellevue - 95400.00 - 163200.00 USD annually