Description

At Amazon we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. If you'd like to help us build the place to find and buy anything online, this is your chance to make history. We are not an average retailer and this is definitely not your average finance position. We are currently looking for a highly analytical, creative and forward-thinking Senior Controller to join our Operations Finance team at our European headquarters in the vibrant city of Luxembourg.

The Senior Controller will partner with Operations, Accounting, and Amazon Tech Teams to develop and implement best in class cost control processes and systems that will support Amazon's future growth. He or she will serve as the controller of transportation costs, responsible for ensuring strict financial controls are in place. The role is broad in scope and will require an individual who is motivated to make an impact. The ideal candidate will be comfortable in a fast-paced, dynamic environment; will be a creative and analytical problem solver with the ability to fulfill the Amazon motto to “Work Hard. Have Fun. Make History.”

Key job responsibilities

• Understands and analyzes the monthly processes leading to financial close. Uses financial systems and advanced MS Excel functions to work with large data sets.

• Identifies and implements solutions to resolve, improve, automate, standardize, or simplify finance processes.

• Ensure that financial controls and processes are in place and respected through continuous audit, reporting, and systems implementation.

• Works with a variety of data sources. Identifies incomplete or inaccurate data, identifies root causes of data issues, escalates discrepancies, fixes data where possible or partners to deliver a solution.

• Establish and maintain operating and business metrics, develop next generation of metrics and dashboards, and improve accuracy and pace of the decision based on metrics.

About the team

Worldwide Transportation Controllership is a global finance team responsible for audit, payment and reporting activities in the transportation space, including import, domestic inbound, warehouse transfer, and outbound shipments. We partner closely with transportation business units and tech teams as they work to continually refine and scale the business to keep pace with Amazon's rapid growth. Along with our partners in Accounting, we are responsible for closing the books and defining Transportation spend.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Luxembourg, LUX

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree

• 3+ years of finance or a related analytical field experience

• Superior attention to detail and the ability to successfully manage multiple competing priorities while maintaining a view of the big picture. Comfortable in a fast-paced and ambiguous business environment. Strong interpersonal skills including written and oral communication.

Preferred Qualifications

• CFA, or CPA

• Knowledge of Tableau

• Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence

• Experience in accounting management in Big Four with Fortune 500 clients

• Experience designing and implementing controls or experience performing audits over financial reporting environment

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