At Amazon, we're working to be the world’s most customer-centric company. Operations is at the heart of what we do, delivering hundreds of thousands of items each day and fulfilling customer orders from all over the world. Amazon India seeks a Finance leader to partner a rapidly growing, agile and innovative transportation team; and provide strong controllership and leadership to the Operations Organization.
Key Strategic Objectives
As senior member of the Management Team, this position provides the leadership, management and vision necessary to ensure that the organization has the appropriate finance direction, financial and operational controls, the necessary administrative and reporting procedures, and the required information technology / systems in place to effectively grow the organization while ensuring ensure financial strength and operating efficiency.
The role has primary responsibility to ensure we deliver a great customer experience at competitive and sustainable transportation costs and requires partnering with many internal teams (Operations, Transportation, Supply Chain, Customer Service, Accounting, Category Finance, Accounts Payable, Engineering, Real Estate, Treasury and IT) to drive performance and simultaneously build a world class Operations Finance team. The candidate will be responsible for setting the team’s strategic goals including growing the business and driving cost-out, lead the operational planning process, influence senior executives across Finance, Operations and Category management.
The successful candidate will drive new insights into key financial and operational performance drivers and become a trusted leader within the organization. Will be a strong and inspirational leader who has a proven track record for hiring, developing and retaining the best talent.
Key Responsibilities:
· Partner with Operations and category management teams to drive continuous improvement in financial and operational performance
· Develop and support the growth strategy of the business to get big fast
· Lead the annual operational planning process and development of the three year strategic plan
· Ensure timely and accurate metrics and forecasts are created and maintained Partner with teams across the organization to drive optimal cross functional decisions that maximize Amazon's long term free cash flow
· Identify and develop key business opportunities and drive efficiency while balancing customer promise
· Support integration and expansion projects for new business initiatives
CA/MBA with 12+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
3+ years of performing financial and ad hoc analysis using data reporting tools experience
10+ years of positions that require analysis and reporting financial results experience
8+ years of Accounts Receivable or Account Payable experience
8+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
8+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience
8+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
7+ years of directly managing and leading a team of 10+ members experience
Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field
5+ years of hiring, leading and developing teams experience
8+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
8+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience
8+ years of mentoring junior finance and/or business team members experience
5+ years of working with senior staff (e.g. c-suite) experience
MBA, or CPA
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