Remain flexible to changing priorities, open to new ideas and have Amazon's success firmly in your focus
Potential international travel up to ~10%
A day in the life
This role will work with project SME’s, multiple IT teams and Accounting and Compliance stakeholders. The PM will need to energize and harmonize contributors to facilitate a ‘One Team’ working environment. Delivered via Agile methodology, the PM will be required to lead multiple global projects in parallel, agree prioritization/ backlogs with the Global Finance Transformation lead, plan scope and capacity, and then manage the execution and report through to delivery. The emphasis is to invent and simplify to deliver flexible, scalable solutions that meet our customer needs.
About the team
We are a Global Finance Transformation Program working across the Amazon Accounting team. Our goal is to improve our accounting colleagues experience while accelerating financial close, driving compliance and increasing efficiency. This is to be achieved through process improvement projects leveraging standardization and automation of cross-team accounting processes and policies.
Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field, or experience delivering results for large, cross-functional initiatives/projects
Speak, write, and read fluently in English
Experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis
Experience using financial models, KPIs, and data analysis to support business decisions
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, or experience in project management
Knowledge of of financial reporting tools (Cognos, Redshift)
Experience communicating complex information and solutions to senior stakeholders and influencing decisions
Experience with process improvement, Kaizan, and Six Sigma
Experience in tax, finance or a related analytical field
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