The Grocery Finance organization is dedicated to shaping the long-term strategy and future of grocery, omni-channel and new physical store formats across Amazon. As the Planning Lead within FP&A, you will play a pivotal role in partnering regularly with a broad range of finance and business leaders across WW Grocery Stores, Amazon Grocery, Whole Foods Market, and WW Operations organization, often at some with the most senior levels within the company.
We are looking for a Finance Manager with strong strategic thinking and excellent business acumen to lead the planning process for NA Fresh. In this role, you will serve as the single-threaded finance leader who drives alignment across organizations and challenges assumptions to deliver reliable financial plans.
Key job responsibilities
- Serve as the single-threaded finance leader and SME for all NA Fresh planning deliverables; create and communicate workback plans and processes to NA Fresh and Amazon Grocery partner teams
- Own the planning model and consolidation of inputs from partner teams across all planning cycles (Guidance, OP1, 3YF, OP2)
- Lead preparation of planning documents and facilitate reviews with Director/VP leaders to drive leadership alignment
- Lead NA Fresh workstreams supporting Board of Directors, CEO, and SVP review requests
- Provide strategic guidance, tactical direction, and decision support to business and finance partners
- Partner with planning SFA to drive automation and scale of financial reporting; simplify processes for internal stakeholders
- Partner with business teams and Finance stakeholders to develop short- and long-term reporting, models, and forecasts
- Ensure data fidelity across critical planning systems (Cognos, Discovery, Redshift, PS Decks, Balto)
- Lead key analytical projects that influence senior leadership decision-making
A day in the life
We are looking for a Finance Manager with strong modeling skills and financial acumen. The ideal candidate for this role is someone who is passionate about the customer experience, who thinks/acts globally, and who will contribute with strategic and impactful reporting. This role requires a self-starter with bar raising skills in financial modelling and project management, as well as a keen attention to detail and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with ambiguous situations. They will need to demonstrate the ability to manage a wide range of problem-solving situations requiring extensive use of data modeling and analysis, as well as working with stakeholders across the org to operationalize and scale new and existing planning processes and tools. They need to be a proficient communicator and writer, and be able to consolidate complex strategies into a concise and simple narrative for the NA Fresh Stores leadership (L10s and L8s).
This role garners high visibility with regular interactions with various finance, business and tech teams and leaders across Amazon to grow your career and scope.
About the team
Be a Part of a Unique Growth Story!
Grocery is the next great growth opportunity for Amazon! With the 2017 acquisition of Whole Foods, and rapid growth in new store formats and online delivery, Grocery has quickly become a must win category. Amazon Fresh Stores Finance is well positioned to help the business drive growth, and unlock the full potential of the Amazon flywheel.
As our team continues to grow, we are looking for individuals that enjoy a challenge and have a desire for professional growth opportunities and continuous learning. Experience in this team opens up several career opportunities across Amazon and within the broader Amazon Fresh Finance team and Operations Finance organization. Individuals in this role have advancement opportunities to support different businesses and multifunctional teams, to lead new programs and projects.
This role partners regularly with a broad range of finance and business leaders across the Amazon Grocery banners, Retail, Tech, Whole Foods Market, and WW Operations organizations.
