The Finance Operations Business Partnering (BP) team is seeking a Finance Manager (m / f / d) who will be a key member of the worldwide Retail BP team. This individual will be located in Munich and the primary business support function to manage finance operations ordertocash (O2C) processes. Our team is focused on reducing and eliminating defects within the O2C process which impact customers and vendors. We advocate for global improvements through technology and partnering with various teams to define design and prioritize those enhancements in the ordering fulfillment billing collection and dispute resolution processes with vendors. This position requires the candidate to diagnose current Amazon processes and metrics identify opportunities work with business partners to identify tools / systems improvement opportunity and validate the improvement effort.
Key job responsibilities
You will be a key player of a team comprised of high performing operations excellence and finance professionals to drive upstream systems and process initiatives which improve the quality and accuracy of data to bill our vendors. We are looking for an experienced Finance / Program Manager to partner with our upstream business and technical teams to :
Drive program objectives provide program management to define project plans manage implementation activities and develop processes documentation and communications for program / process rollout and ongoing support.
Scale services and tools design processes and procedures that scale with the business growth in volume complexity and global geographic dispersion.
Define key performance indicators develop metrics and service level agreements for core programs and processes and track delivery against program objectives.
Collaborate and build relationships with system and business owners globally to ensure process excellence and the highest degree of controllership.
Negotiate efficient and reliable processes and policies across partner teams to systematically eliminate dependencies and defects.
Work crossorganizationally and functionally to identify key opportunities in process technical and human interfaces and developing and implementing plans to capitalize on those opportunities and measure and monitor success and impacts.
Bachelors degree in engineering statistics or business or a Bachelors degree and experience in quantitative role (engineering process reengineering quality assurance)
Experience in tax finance or a related analytical field
Experience in multiple finance and accounting roles
Experience in accounts receivable or account payable
Experience applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses
Experience in building financial and operational reports / data sets that inform business decisionmaking
Experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis
Experience participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results
MBA or CPA
Knowledge of SQL / ETL
Experience in identifying incomplete or inaccurate data identifying the root cause and creating / implementing an escalation plan
Experience in solving complex business challenges by delivering accurate and timely financial models analysis and recommendations that have a proven impact on business (e.g. financial savings operational improvements or customer benefits)
Experience working with largescale data mining and reporting tools (examples : SQL MS Access Essbase Cognos) and other financial systems (examples : Oracle SAP Lawson JD Edwards)
Experience delivering forecasting budgeting and variance analysis and data interpretation of results
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Key Skills
Marketing & Sales,Business Administration,Bid,Instrumentation & Control,HACCP
Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience : years
Vacancy : 1
Mfd • Munich, Bavaria, Germany