Finance Manager, Amazon Freight Finance
Company: Amazon
Location: Bellevue
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
Amazon Freight Finance is seeking an experienced and highly
motivated Finance Manager to join its Transportation Finance team.
This is an exciting opportunity to create and innovate on behalf of
our customers and build the transportation experience of the
future. This role will have heavy impact and high visibility to the
long-term strategy for the business, and it will require strong
partnership with the Sales, Pricing and Costing organization within
Amazon Freight and across transportation teams. Experience with
this team opens up amazing career opportunities across Amazon, such
as senior roles supporting an impressive array of business areas
and project management roles. The role will require an individual
to deep dive into business input drivers, dive into complex data
pool, and use insights to influence business decisions. The role is
ideally suited for a candidate who has demonstrated an exceptional
financial modeling and statistical analysis and strong verbal and
written skills. If you like taking a larger scope identifying the
most cost effective and safest way to deliver to our customer you
will enjoy transportation. This entire system has to move like a
symphony and it has to be orchestrated. It is an incredible math
problem that we have to solve; we have to put statistics and
financial models behind it. In this role you will have a high level
of visibility and partner with cross functional teams. We help
others understand finance and are the trusted business advisors to
our business teams. We are looking for Finance Manager who exhibits
excellent attention to detail and is comfortable with ambiguity.
The successful candidate will demonstrate an ability to influence
business owners, support thoughtful decision-making, and adapt to a
rapidly evolving environment. Regular collaboration with executives
and various business units across Amazon will allow you the
opportunity to exhibit your verbal and written communication
skills. 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. Key job responsibilities - Own Shipper level
Margin Analysis and partner with Sales, Pricing and other teams to
address issues in margin. - Perform the Cost dive deep in
partnership with Cost Planning and Execution team and build
template to show weekly, monthly and YTD performance including
commentary for leadership reviews - Partner with Cross Functional
teams on cost allocation and its methodology to ensure accurate
financial reporting - Identify opportunities to resolve defects
proactively and improve, scale, or simplify finance tools across
teams and organizations. - Collaborate with Financial Planning &
Analysis (FP&A) teams and partner finance teams to ensure
seamless integration of the AF plan into the overall Worldwide
Operations. - With Controllership as the top priority, you
identify, resolve, or provide guidance to resolve complex data
integrity issues. You improve controls to address financial risk
and support frugality. - Educate business partners on financial and
non-financial trade-offs. You make thoughtful judgement calls in
ambiguous environments where data may be scarce or difficult to
procure. - Use active listening skills intuitively to communicate
data (both written and verbal) in a clear, concise, and unambiguous
manner. Adjust style for various audiences to articulate complex
finance issues clearly. Your communications drive critical business
decisions. - Have backbone, disagree and commit to foster
constructive dialogues, harmonize conflicting views, resolve
issues, and drive decisions. A day in the life Your day will be a
blend of deep financial analysis, collaborative problem-solving,
and strategic partnership with Operations, Pricing, Product, Sales,
and cross-functional teams. You'll dive into shipper-level data to
analyze revenue and cost performance, work closely with site
leadership teams to interpret key financial metrics, and review
performance data to identify trends that help leadership understand
the financial health of operations. Each day brings unique
challenges requiring creativity, precision, comfort with ambiguity,
and a passion for understanding the financial drivers of a rapidly
scaling business, as you support cost-saving initiatives through
financial analyses, stakeholder meetings, and identifying
opportunities to reduce cost to serve while maintaining operational
excellence. About the team Amazon Freight Finance team is a
collaborative group focused on delivering exceptional results while
constantly seeking ways to optimize costs-to-serve. We work closely
with various stakeholders across the organization to own Financial
Planning, drive financial efficiency and provide valuable insights
that inform business decisions. Our team values analytical
thinking, effective communication, and the ability to influence
without authority. We're committed to developing innovative
financial solutions that support Amazon's operational excellence
and long-term business growth. - 5 years of tax, finance or a
related analytical field experience - BA or BS in Finance,
Accounting, Business, Economics, or a highly analytical field
(e.g., Engineering, Math, Computer Science) and 5 years of finance
experience, or Master’s degree and 3 years of finance experience -
6 years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying
the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan
experience - 6 years of 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 - MBA, or CPA - Knowledge of SQL/ETL - Experience
working with large-scale 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 Amazon is an equal opportunity employer
and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status,
disability, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive
culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our
customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace
accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring
process, including support for the interview or onboarding process,
please visit
https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more
information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed,
please contact your Recruiting Partner. The base salary range for
this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include
sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final
compensation will be determined based on factors including
experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers
comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental,
vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option
for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical
Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy
Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and
parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at
https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits . USA, TX, Irving - 95,400.00 -
163,200.00 USD annually USA, WA, Bellevue - 95,400.00 - 163,200.00
USD annually
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