Finance Transformation Manager, Accounting, Tools, Entities, Automation, and Management Reporting (ATEAM)

Amazon is seeking a Finance Transformation Manager to join the Accounting, Tools, Entities, Automation, and Management Reporting (ATEAM) team responsible for contributing to the launch of automation initiatives across the Accounting organization. With the rapid growth of the company, it is essential to make continued investments in process improvement, month-end close acceleration, automation, AI scaling, technology. This role has a globally impacting scope and will partner with the world-wide Accounting teams. A successful candidate in this position will have experience in accounting automation, aptitude for project management, technology, internal controls and process design.

This position supports and can directly influence the implementation of accounting technology automation solutions to drive process improvement, reduce manual effort, and improve financial controllership. It requires the ability to interpret accounting requirements and transform those to a technical solution with the support of technical partners. The Finance Transformation Manager will collaborate with a broad group of stakeholders from accounting, business, finance and technical teams to deliver scalable solutions to complex problems.

The candidate will benefit from having operated successfully in a fast-paced global organization. Strong prioritization and communication skills are required in representing the accounting organization's responsibility of financial controllership to internal stakeholders from non-financial disciplines. Practical project management experience is required, along with demonstrable exposure to leading and delivering on technical projects.

The role offers the opportunity to participate in influencing innovative business and accounting opportunities and to work closely with experienced cross-functional partners. As a member of the team, this individual will also have access to internal training and coaching opportunities to further develop the skills required to excel as a Finance Transformation Manager in the organization.

Key job responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders to influence automation design and implementation with financial best practices
• Gather and document detailed functional accounting requirements and delivery of technical deliverables
• Define a project plan and think critically to identify, evaluate and communicate on potential risks and obstacles early in the project lifecycle
• Define and execute on the pre-launch user acceptance testing and lead the automation launch readiness assessment
• Lead projects, supporting manual effort reduction and process efficiency while maintaining financial control
• Streamline program delivery across the accounting organization by standardizing project communications, execution and documentation, ensuring consistent, scalable global processes

A day in the life

Day to day activities will look like as follows:

• Diving deep into Accounting customer problem statements to analyze and identify automation opportunities and process optimization
• Strong partnership with technical teams to solution and delivery globally impacting automation solutions
• Project Management
• Delivering accounting requirements to business and technical teams
• Facilitate and review user acceptance testing
• Communicate program updates to relevant stakeholders