Commercial Finance Business Partner, EU Books Finance
- Recruiter
- Amazon UK
- Location
- London, Greater London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive salary
- Posted
- 10 Aug 2022
- Closes
- 02 Sep 2022
- Ref
- 2022190
- Approved employers
- Approved employer
- Job role
- Finance business partner
- Sector
- Digital, Retail and FMCG
Job summary
Amazon seeks a Commercial Finance Business Partner to support our UK Books business. The position is part of our growing Global Books organisation supporting both our print books and digital (Kindle) books business, based out of our London office, located in Shoreditch. This is an exciting opportunity to be a key finance partner in an innovative and rapidly evolving business within Amazon.
We're looking for exceptional people with solid financial knowledge and outstanding analytical skills. People who love books and numbers(!), who can think critically, and who will use their financial acumen to help drive our Books business to be the best place for both authors and readers.
This is an opportunity to work across multiple components of the Books P&L, to challenge assumptions and drive change within a nimble business unit. In this role you will share financial ownership of the Books business in the UK. You will work cross-functionally and cross-geography with our business teams on our key strategic programs, and with our global finance teams to establish best in class processes, analytics and controls. The role is very broad based and will require someone who is motivated to make a big impact, and has ability to manage multiple projects effectively. This role also has regular interaction with senior executives and various stakeholders across Amazon, and therefore requires strong interpersonal and communication skills.
As a business partner to the UK Books leadership team, you will help to drive business strategy, implement core financial processes, and own key growth and profitability projects. The ideal candidate will be comfortable in a fast-paced, dynamic and multicultural environment. Above all, we seek an analytical problem solver with the ability to fulfil the Amazon motto to "Work Hard. Have Fun. Make History".
Key job responsibilities
Key responsibilities include:
• Physical and Digital P&L - analysis of the financial outputs, connecting them with the underlying input drivers and translating them into insights to inform and execute business decisions.
• Partnering with business leaders, subject matter experts, accounting, inventory and operations teams to provide analytics, strategic guidance and decision support to senior executives on the key 2020 initiatives
• Tracking business performance against goals and leading goal reviews with senior management; developing and implementing policies and programs to maintain and improve profitability.
• Facilitating financial reviews, performing analysis on weekly, monthly and quarterly results. Finding opportunities to improve and simplify these processes.
• Supervision of planning and reporting processes for the business, in line with Amazon planning/reporting cycles. Facilitating financial reviews, performing analysis on the monthly results, leading quarterly and yearly forecasting for UK region.
• Project ownership, working with business partners to deliver projects such as new product launches, innovations, and customer analysis that help us better serve Amazon's customers.
• Partnering with EU/US Finance teams on WW finance-specific deliverables and projects
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
You would be well suited to this role if you possess:
• Fluent English (CEFR B2 or above)
• A strong academic background
• Several years of finance experience from Retail, FMCG, or Tech companies within an international environment.
• Advanced Excel skills, with VBA skills preferred
• Prior knowledge of SQL/ETL and COGNOS would be beneficial, and a willingness to learn these is essential
Amazon seeks a Commercial Finance Business Partner to support our UK Books business. The position is part of our growing Global Books organisation supporting both our print books and digital (Kindle) books business, based out of our London office, located in Shoreditch. This is an exciting opportunity to be a key finance partner in an innovative and rapidly evolving business within Amazon.
We're looking for exceptional people with solid financial knowledge and outstanding analytical skills. People who love books and numbers(!), who can think critically, and who will use their financial acumen to help drive our Books business to be the best place for both authors and readers.
This is an opportunity to work across multiple components of the Books P&L, to challenge assumptions and drive change within a nimble business unit. In this role you will share financial ownership of the Books business in the UK. You will work cross-functionally and cross-geography with our business teams on our key strategic programs, and with our global finance teams to establish best in class processes, analytics and controls. The role is very broad based and will require someone who is motivated to make a big impact, and has ability to manage multiple projects effectively. This role also has regular interaction with senior executives and various stakeholders across Amazon, and therefore requires strong interpersonal and communication skills.
As a business partner to the UK Books leadership team, you will help to drive business strategy, implement core financial processes, and own key growth and profitability projects. The ideal candidate will be comfortable in a fast-paced, dynamic and multicultural environment. Above all, we seek an analytical problem solver with the ability to fulfil the Amazon motto to "Work Hard. Have Fun. Make History".
Key job responsibilities
Key responsibilities include:
• Physical and Digital P&L - analysis of the financial outputs, connecting them with the underlying input drivers and translating them into insights to inform and execute business decisions.
• Partnering with business leaders, subject matter experts, accounting, inventory and operations teams to provide analytics, strategic guidance and decision support to senior executives on the key 2020 initiatives
• Tracking business performance against goals and leading goal reviews with senior management; developing and implementing policies and programs to maintain and improve profitability.
• Facilitating financial reviews, performing analysis on weekly, monthly and quarterly results. Finding opportunities to improve and simplify these processes.
• Supervision of planning and reporting processes for the business, in line with Amazon planning/reporting cycles. Facilitating financial reviews, performing analysis on the monthly results, leading quarterly and yearly forecasting for UK region.
• Project ownership, working with business partners to deliver projects such as new product launches, innovations, and customer analysis that help us better serve Amazon's customers.
• Partnering with EU/US Finance teams on WW finance-specific deliverables and projects
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
You would be well suited to this role if you possess:
• Fluent English (CEFR B2 or above)
• A strong academic background
• Several years of finance experience from Retail, FMCG, or Tech companies within an international environment.
• Advanced Excel skills, with VBA skills preferred
• Prior knowledge of SQL/ETL and COGNOS would be beneficial, and a willingness to learn these is essential