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8+ years of finance experience or a related analytical field.
Job summary
The Alexa Auto finance team is seeking a Finance Manager to play a key role in shaping a strategically important part of the Alexa business. Over the past decade Amazon has developed a number of market-leading, innovative, and fast-growing digital businesses including Kindle, Kindle Fire Tablets, Fire TV and Echo. This is an exciting opportunity for an entrepreneurial minded candidate who wants to join one of the most innovative businesses at Amazon and one of the fastest growing segments within Alexa.
This role will support the Alexa Auto team to help drive growth of this business by providing analytical insights to business and finance leaders, driving core financial and business processes and goal setting.
The successful candidate will have shown experience in past roles influencing business owners and supporting decision making in rapidly evolving environments. The role requires a self-starter with the ability to be strategic, analytical, and have a demonstrated ability to effectively manage the financial responsibilities of a complex business. It requires strong business modeling skills, a keen attention to detail, and ability to work in a fast-paced environments. The candidate must have the aptitude to incorporate new approaches and methodologies (including statistical concepts) while dealing with big data. This role also has regular interaction with executives and various business units across Amazon and therefore requires strong interpersonal and communication skills.
An alternate location for this role includes the Amazon offices in Seattle, WA; Arlington, VA; Sunnyvale, CA; Los Angeles, CA; New York, New York; or the Detroit, Michigan area.
Key job responsibilities
- Building financial models for new business concepts
- Presenting financial summaries and business insights to senior management
- Developing scalable and efficient financial processes that support a rapidly growing business
- Establishing and maintaining operating and business metrics
- Leading short and long-term financial planning
About the team
Alexa Auto’s vision is to bring the Alexa experience into the car, so you can take her with you on the go. Voice technology shines in environments where you’re occupied with other tasks. That’s a big reason why Alexa has become so popular in places like the kitchen or living room, and why we see the opportunity in automotive as big as the smart home. With Alexa in the car, customers can use their voice to play music, control in-cabin comfort features like AC/heater, control smart home devices from the car, and access tens of thousands of skills built by third-party developers – all while keeping their hands on the wheel and eyes on the road.
- MBA or MS in Finance, Economics or a related field
- Strong financial acumen including experience with forecasting, budgeting
- Experience performing financial and ad hoc analyses using advanced Excel functionality and providing recommendations based on results to senior management for strategic decision-making
- Experience with SQL (data mining and business intelligence)
- Excellent communication and presentation skills working with multiple peer groups and levels of management
- Experience supporting early stage businesses
Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Workers in New York City who perform in-person work or interact with the public in the course of business must show proof they have been fully vaccinated against COVID or request and receive approval for a reasonable accommodation, including medical or religious accommodation.
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