Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

Description

Are you ready to get in on the ground floor of Amazon’s long-term initiative to design, launch and maintain a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites to provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world?

It’s Day 1 for Amazon’s next billion dollar business and we are looking for an entrepreneurial minded Finance Manager to work in a start-up environment who is passionate about space technology, who thinks/acts globally, and has the ability to create and implement scalable solutions, processes and controls.

This position will partner with with ground infrastructure/systems teams that are building Kuiper ground sites and earth stations globally. The successful candidate will need to be strategic, analytical, and have the demonstrated ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, global, results-oriented environment. The candidate must be able to think and act both strategically and tactically and manage multiple competing priorities effectively.

Key job responsibilities

• Create effective business partnerships, manage competing priorities, and provide data driven financial guidance to the business partners.

• Use solid financial knowledge and business acumen to build financial models, interpret data, draw conclusions, and make recommendations that deliver results, drive improvements, and influence leaders.

• Analyze complex financial data and provide accurate and timely reports to key stakeholders, highlighting key insights and recommendations.

• Responsible for delivering monthly/quarterly financial close, planning, forecasting, budgeting, and consolidations utilizing financial systems and advanced excel functions.

• Present financial summaries and business insights to senior management (business and finance).

• Assist in developing and implementing financial policies, procedures, and internal controls.

• Participate in finance initiatives, including but not limited to process improvements, ad hoc analyses, and preparation of periodic reporting activities.

• Improve finance processes, scale existing solutions, create new solutions as required based on stakeholder needs.

• Educate business partners on financial and non-financial trade-offs. Make thoughtful judgement calls in ambiguous environments where the data may be scarce or difficult to procure.

A day in the life

A typical day in this role provides an opportunity to improve and create new measures for business effectiveness, innovate creative solutions utilizing large scale data mining tools, and identify high priority projects to maximize results for key stakeholders. Success in this role requires one to partner with and influence business owners, support thoughtful decision-making, and adapt to a rapidly-evolving environment. This includes bringing best-in-class business partnership while providing strong controllership, being comfortable leading analysis projects with high ambiguity, creating a robust process to track financial costs, and the ability to pivot between the defined financial rhythms and ad-hoc project analyses.

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

Redmond, WA, USA

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field

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

• Experience in building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA, or CPA

• Experience delivering results for large, cross-functional initiatives/projects

• 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)

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $81,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $179,500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.