Are you interested in working with the teams that developed the Kindle, FireTV, Ring, Blink, Alexa? Amazon's Devices and Services organization is seeking a Finance Manager who is a strategic thinker, highly analytical, creative, and can effectively manage financial responsibilities and support decision making in a rapidly evolving business.This role also has regular interaction with senior executives, various business units, and multiple stakeholders across Amazon and requires strong interpersonal and communication skills.This role is expected to build a deep understanding of all aspects of insights, planning and analysis for one of the largest cost elements of the Devices P&L. The successful candidate will be strategic in thinking, analytical in approach, and have a demonstrated ability to influence the decisions and best practices through effective communication, financial analyses, logical reasoning, and the creation of alternatives. Additionally, the candidate will drive operational controllership and develop new mechanisms to drive scale, automation and efficiencies.Key job responsibilities- Lead the efforts around insights, planning and analysis of headcount, employee operating expenses, employee location reporting.- Drive continuous improvement establishing and maintaining productivity metrics to evaluate year/year improvements and leverage technology in financial processes to create capacity and influence the system roadmap- Coordinate with matrixed business teams to ensure alignment of resources and allocations.- Lead the efforts for this cost element around Amazon forecasting cycles, including the annual operating plan, 3 year forecast and quarterly guidance, including communication with senior leadership and internal customers.- Learn and understand a broad range of Amazon's data resources and know how, when, and which to use.- Successfully work on multiple projects, understand the details while at the same time be able to advise strategically on big picture challengesWe are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:Arlington, VA, USA | Bellevue, WA, USA- 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience- 5+ years of multiple finance and accounting roles experience- 6+ years of Accounts Receivable or Account Payable experience- 6+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience- 6+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience- 6+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience- 6+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience- Bachelor's degree in engineering, statistics or business, or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) experience- Experience performing ad hoc analysis using advanced Excel- Experience building and managing financial models for business forecasting and problem solving- 6+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience- 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- Knowledge of SQL/ETL- 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 delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of resultsOur compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geograph