Finance Manager, COIP, North America Stores Finance | RO&I Finance

North America Stores Finance is seeking a Finance Manager to help lead the Cost Out Initiative Program (COIP) a cross-functional program that tracks and drives incremental profitability improvements through specific retail-owned actions generating incremental Contribution Profit (CP) or reducing cost across NA Stores. COIP spans 30 active initiatives across US Stores (all Product Families: Hardlines Consumer Electronics Consumables Fashion & Fitness) Canada Private Brands and RBS targeting an annual $2B in incremental savings ($12B total absolute savings).

This role sits at the intersection of retail strategy operations and finance providing a unique opportunity to influence billions of dollars in cost savings while partnering with leaders across the organization from individual initiative owners to SVP reviewers. The Finance Manager will be responsible for program tracking reporting stakeholder management and analytical support across the full portfolio of cost-out initiatives.


Key job responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end monthly reporting cycle for COIP including collection of results by the 12th calendar day variance analysis and distribution of the monthly flash to SVP-level leadership
- Manage the quarterly business review (QBR) process including preparation of materials covering FY actuals vs. plan initiative-level performance confidence levels risks and strategic discussion topics for a VP and SVP audience
- Facilitate the monthly COIP Spotlight series by determining topics in partnership with the COIP Principal PM and ensuring spotlighted teams deliver a discussion based document for a VP audience.
- Track and report on 30 active initiatives across eight strategic pillars: Optimized Buying Packaging Outbound Efficiency Vendor/Customer Experience Selection Management Inventory Management Private Brands and Canada
- Develop and maintain savings methodologies in partnership with initiative-level Finance SMEs ensuring consistency between Total Absolute Savings and Incremental Savings
- Maintain the source of all COI Methodologies documenting exact mathematical equations metric definitions nuances risks and challenges for each initiative
- Conduct variance analysis against plan targets preparing root cause commentary for variances
- Support operating planning inputs including Total Absolute Savings and Incremental Savings by Month/GL/Channel and FC Type Split ratios (Sort/Non-Sort/AMXL) by initiative
- Partner with the Business Co-Lead (Principal Product Manager) to facilitate cross-organizational collaboration between US Retail Stores and Operations including tri-annual Think Big workshops and the monthly spotlight series
- Manage the new initiative intake process evaluating submissions against eligibility thresholds
- Partner with Operations to connect and validate initiative performance to corresponding Cost-to-Serve per-unit metrics and Operating Profit improvement to ensure holistic P&L optimization and attribution


About the team
The COIP team sits within RO&I Finance North America Stores Finance (NASF). We serve as the forum for cross-organizational collaboration between US Retail Stores and Operations to drive cost savings and cost avoidance through category-driven initiatives. We partner with Retail Category Teams Operations (SCOT WWOS Global Logistics) BI Teams RBS Canada Finance and Supply Chain to deliver measurable P&L impact.

COIP operates as the playbook reflecting the specific actions the business is taking to improve the P&L while Cost to Serve (CTS) serves as the scoreboard reflecting how those actions show up in the P&L. This role offers exposure to the full breadth of NA Stores cost levers and direct visibility to VP and SVP leadership.


- Bachelors degree in finance accounting business economics or a related analytical field (e.g. engineering math computer science)
- 5 years of tax finance or a related analytical field experience
- 5 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
- 5 years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
- Experience in Excel (macros index conditional list arrays pivots lookups)

- Knowledge of SQL/ETL
- 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
- 6 years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience
- MBA or CPA
- Experience communicating results to senior leadership
- Experience applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses

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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 VA Arlington - 95400.00 - 163200.00 USD annually
USA WA Seattle - 95400.00 - 163200.00 USD annually