Finance Manager, MENA Finance

Overview

Amazon strives to be Earth's most customer-centric company where people can find and discover virtually anything they want to buy online. By giving customers what they want – low prices, vast selection, and convenience. Amazon is expanding its presence in the Middle East and North Africa. We are looking for a dynamic and accomplished Finance Manager who can generate actionable insights and develop tools and mechanisms that will equip our teams to drive growth and profitability.

• Build review routines with the local business, including roll‑out and training on related tools
• Own and develop robust mechanisms to inspect growth and profitability of our business, working closely with related business teams
• Establish controllership and approval mechanisms to manage day‑to‑day profitability
• Invent, simplify, and automate management reporting, working closely with owners in business and Business Intelligence teams across the Amazon world
• Provide strategic guidance, tactical direction, and decision support to business and finance partners
• Lead key analytical projects and contribute to reviews that influence senior leadership decision making
• Develop financial plans for both short and long‑term planning exercises, aligning inputs with senior stakeholders worldwide

• Building financial and operational analysis to drive and influence data‑driven senior leadership decisions
• Use a range of metrics and models to forecast, link operational objectives to financials, and determine opportunities for improvement
• Business partner cross‑functionally with key senior stakeholders, providing finance support and challenge
• Lead projects by overseeing timelines, priorities, auditing quality and resolving issues
• Produce a financial and operational plan to support business priorities, and lead on associated projects
• Generate insights from financial data, identify opportunities for greater efficiency, and communicate findings with the leadership team to drive business actions
• Support with training new team members and contribute to onboarding plans
• Maintain and build tools for your team to support knowledge sharing and help to standardize processes across teams

As a Finance Manager at this level, you take a hands‑on role to boost our business performance and efficiency. You establish tight controls over our financials and develop a deep understanding of the mechanics behind our data, ensuring financial reporting is always accurate. You’ll collaborate with partners in different areas worldwide to provide insights on improvements in our operational performance. That will involve deep diving into data, managing our planning processes, and giving team members guidance on more ambiguous areas of our financial environment.

This role will allow you to work independently, whilst also working closely with our partners to provide the insights they need. You’ll be predominantly based in one of our corporate offices but may also require to travel to sites on an ad‑hoc basis.

We thrive on making lightning‑fast decisions while effortlessly navigating the complexities of stakeholder management. We handle ambiguity with the grace of a tightrope walker, all while embracing the thrill of venturing down the road less travelled. As a vital component of the MENA Finance team, you'll have the opportunity to support one of our key pillars, where your penchant for high‑velocity decision‑making and your ability to captivate even the most seasoned leaders will be invaluable assets.

Brace yourself for a steep learning curve that promises both exhilaration and immense satisfaction, as you embark on a journey to craft something truly unique.

• 8+ years of multiple finance and accounting roles experience
• 8+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
• 6+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
• 6+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision‑making experience
• 6+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis…