Finance Manager, AMZLRSR, AMZLRSR OTR Cost
Nashville, TN - USA
Job Summary
This Finance Manager role will focus on On-the-Road (OTR) cost and play a key role in disruptive new transportation initiatives that are changing the nature of Amazons supply chain and customer experience. Specifically this individual will focus on defining granular cost segmentation for new and expanding commingled delivery activities including Hub delivery partner supply runs Multiple Modes of Transportation (MMOT e.g. walkers and e-bikes) deliveries and Merchant Fulfillment Network (MFN) and 3P deliveries. This role will collaborate cross-functionally to redefine how we plan and report actual productivity and OTR cost as AMZL takes on new pickup and delivery activities and serving as a key contributor through the teams intensive quarterly and annual financial planning cycles (OP1/3YF OP2 Q2G Q3G Q4G). The AMZL/RSR OTR Finance team is focused on costs associated with both Last-Mile (LM) deliveries and First-Mile (FM) pickups supporting both tactical and strategic initiatives to provide a better customer experience and reduce overall costs. This role plays a key part in further enhancing the largest and most cost-effective delivery business in the world offering opportunities to demonstrate financial leadership and make strategic long-term impact.
The successful candidate will play a critical role in operational and financial planning and they will be at the forefront of identifying scalable solutions to segment costs associated with commingled LM delivery activities creating granular reporting that enables accurate cost allocation to partner business lines. This individual will support weekly monthly and quarterly financial review processes with an emphasis on analyzing and forecasting to provide financial insights to leadership. The role requires extensive cross-functional partnership with various operations transportation finance planning and other support teams to identify and address cost opportunities across the network and improve reporting practices. This individual will contribute to business reviews network scale initiatives risk mitigations and ad-hoc analysis.
The successful candidate will have a high attention to detail unlimited curiosity a strong passion for continuous improvement and excellent technical skills (e.g. SQL querying Excel modeling AI integration). They will demonstrate strong business judgment influence senior leaders through data-driven insights and drive innovation in ambiguous environments. This role provides opportunities to lead develop scalable solutions and solve difficult problems while collaborating effectively with Director and Vice President-level leaders across Amazon.
Amazon is looking for leaders with deep analytical skills and financial acumen strong ability to partner with other teams excellent stakeholder management skills and an aptitude for driving initiatives with data in these quickly expanding businesses.
Key job responsibilities
Key Job Responsibilities:
- Proven ability to develop strategic relationships with operations and finance partners; you influence decisions through data-driven insights and business judgment.
- Ensure timely and accurate financial metrics forecasts and variance analyses are created and maintained to support business reviews formal financial reporting risk mitigations and ad-hoc financial analysis providing reliable insights that enable data-driven decisions by senior leaders.
- Partner with your team and business partners to drive continuous innovation in financial reporting forecasting and planning models through automation AI integration and process improvements that simultaneously reduce manual workload while delivering enhanced insights to senior leadership stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to root cause cost variances quickly and uncover financial drivers using data then consult with and educate business partners on how operational decisions impact Cost to Serve (CTS).
- Expertise in collecting analyzing and managing quantitative data to create meaningful analyses that drive cost reduction initiatives improve financial performance and support strategic decision-making for Last-Mile deliveries and First-Mile pickups.
- Develop and implement scalable cost segmentation and allocation methodologies for commingled delivery activities (e.g. MFN/3P deliveries Hub delivery partner supply runs MMOT) collaborating with planning operations and technology teams to redefine how these activities are planned reported and allocated across business lines.
- Serve as a key contributor during the teams intensive quarterly and annual financial planning cycles managing tight timelines and ensuring accurate complete deliverables under pressure.
- 5 years of finance or a related analytical field experience
- 5 years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience
- 5 years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
- 5 years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
- 5 years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience
- 5 years of leading cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy experience
- Bachelors degree in finance accounting business economics or a related analytical field (e.g. engineering math computer science)
- MBA or CPA
- Experience communicating results to senior leadership
- Experience delivering forecasting budgeting and variance analysis and data interpretation of results
- 5 years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience
- 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 in 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)
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
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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 NY New York - 104900.00 - 179500.00 USD annually
USA TN Nashville - 85900.00 - 146900.00 USD annually
USA TX Irving - 95400.00 - 163200.00 USD annually
USA VA Arlington - 95400.00 - 163200.00 USD annually
USA WA Bellevue - 95400.00 - 163200.00 USD annually
Required Experience:
Manager
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