Job Description
DESCRIPTION
Amazon has an immediate opening for a Finance Manager to join our Finance and Business Integration (FBI) team in LA supporting our Amazon MGM Studios business.
This position supports and can directly influence the launches of some of Amazon MGM Studio’s newest global business initiatives. This leader will work closely with the global financial systems team, accounting operations teams, tax, treasury, and others and represent the accounting organization to various stakeholders. In this role, the candidate will be part of a team that collaborates with content production, Studios operations, finance and technical teams to deliver world class solutions that are highly scalable, secure, and flexible. This person will have operated successfully in a fast-paced, global, results-oriented environment, preferably with film & TV industry experience. Strong oral and written communication skills are crucial, as well as ability to think clearly, analyze quantitatively, problem-solve, scope business requirements and prioritize.
Key job responsibilities
As a Finance Manager, you will:
• Consult: You’ll operate as a valued consultant to partner with many different stakeholder teams across Amazon. You will understand the end-to-end Studios production cycle, ensuring a balance between industry best practices and Amazon's unique ways.
• Own and Manage: You’ll own and manage lifecycle activities from beginning to end (planning, requirements gathering, technology team partnerships, UAT planning and performance, project closing, and stakeholder engagement) for multiple projects simultaneously.
• Automate: You’ll work on automation projects and lead the coordination of designing processes and tools to make financial statement processes easier and more accurate.
• Support Expansion: You’ll support the expansion of Amazon MGM Studios by ensuring implementation of controlled processes to keep Amazon’s financial statements materially correct.
• Make Decisions: You’ll be an empowered, impactful decision maker who drives the direction of a project to completion.
• Collaborate: You’ll collaborate with Amazonians of diverse backgrounds.
Successful candidates will have deep experience in the following three disciplines – Accounting, Program Management and Financial Systems. Candidate experience should cover financial processes, project management, accounting requirements documentation, process design, and user acceptance testing responsibilities. Demonstrated experience in leading and influencing teams to accomplish unusually complex challenges is expected as this is an ongoing requirement for this position.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of finance or a related analytical field experience
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field
- 5+ years of experience in program or project management
- Experience managing accounting / finance process improvement and/or technology projects with aggressive schedules
- 5+ years of program/project management experience in a mid-size or large company with a proven record of successful delivery and customer obsession
Job Tags
Full time, Immediate start, Flexible hours,