Financial Manager - Logistics Operations

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Financial Manager to join our Amazon Logistics Operations Finance team in Europe. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for managing finance-related activities, implementing standardized controllership, reporting, and planning processes for the fixed cost of Delivery Stations across all EU countries.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and mitigate basic control risks, evaluating their impact and proposing changes to remediate gaps.
• Deliver weekly and monthly financial close, utilizing financial systems and advanced MSExcel functions to work with large data sets, producing plans, forecasts, budgets, and consolidations.
• Collaborate with various data sources, identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, root causes of data issues, and escalating discrepancies to ensure data accuracy.
• Communicate complex finance issues clearly, using active listening skills to articulate data in a concise and unambiguous manner, adjusting style for various audiences.
• Identify and implement solutions to resolve, improve, automate, standardize, or simplify finance processes, making thoughtful time management decisions independently.

What You'll Bring

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work with large data sets and financial systems.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate complex finance issues clearly.
• Ability to work independently, prioritizing tasks, resolving issues, meeting deadlines, and seeking feedback from your manager.
• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to identify and mitigate basic control risks.

About Amazon

Amazon is a fast-paced and dynamic company that is constantly improving and re-imagining the logistics industry. We are seeking a creative and analytical problem solver who is passionate about using data to solve big, complex, and ambiguous problems.

We offer a collaborative and fast-paced environment where every day is day one. Our team is motivated by numbers, data, and how to use them to generate insights and improve our business. We support and influence the Amazon Logistics organization by providing a holistic and financial perspective, serving as trusted business advisors.