Finance Manager, Japan Books

The Books Finance team is looking for a Finance Manager to be a key member of the Books team based in Tokyo. This is an exciting opportunity in a high-visibility role to join one of the most transformative businesses at Amazon. The role is expected to partner closely with business leadership to provide recommendations on business strategy and areas of investment, support in new product launches, metrics development and reporting, and financial planning and forecasting. The successful candidate will be able to think strategically and analytically, as well as be able to influence the decisions of business leadership using data / analysis.

This is a unique finance role within Amazon that will give you the opportunity to both work across both retail and digital businesses. The successful candidate will be a self-starter who is comfortable with ambiguity, detail oriented, and has the ability to work well with cross-functional teams. You will be nimble enough to conduct financial analyses and dive deep to answer complex questions, while also be able to provide opinions on larger trends during business discussions.

Key job responsibilities

• Provide strategic guidance, tactical direction, and decision support to business partners
• Lead key analytical projects that influence senior leadership decision making
• Develop and refine financial models used to forecast existing and new products
• Compile and review financial results and operational plans and communicate results to leadership
• Invent, simplify, and automate management reporting

About the team

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