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Are you ready to get in on the ground floor of Project Kuiper, 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 Cost Accounting Manager to work in a start-up environment who is passionate about technology and information systems, who thinks/acts globally, and has the ability to create and implement solutions.
Project Kuiper seeks a Cost Accounting Manager to support manufacturing production. This position will partner with the team that is manufacturing and producing satellites, effectively managing and controlling costs and cost allocations. Success in this role requires to partner with and influence business owners. The successful candidate will need to be strategic, analytical, and have the demonstrated ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams. 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
- Create effective business partnerships, manages competing priorities, and provides investment guidance based on data analysis during unexpected events.
- Present financial summaries and business insights to Senior Management (Business and Finance).
- Develop and implement framework for internal controls, governance, risk and compliance.
- Develop financial models for new business concepts and resulting financial impact to help drive data driven decision making.
- Build out and enhance P&L models for new and existing businesses, develop business insights and KPI dashboards, and lead ad hoc analyses.
- Work with big data and transforming it into insights and information.
- Lead automation efforts of critical processes.
- Identify opportunities to resolve defects proactively. Improves, scales, or simplifies finance tools across teams and organizations.
- Actively participate in Finance initiatives, including but not limited to process improvements, ad hoc analyses, and preparation of periodic reporting activities.
- Contribute to work life harmony by being a positive, collaborative, and effective influencer to new team members as an indicator of operations excellence.
- 5+ years of finance experience or a related analytical field.
- Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
- 5+ years of experience delivering cross functional projects.
- 5+ years of experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams.
- Experience working with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (examples: SQL, Tableau, Essbase, Cognos) and other financial systems (examples: Oracle, SAP, Lawson, JD Edwards).
- Relevant experience in positions that require analysis and reporting financial results.
- Strong command of Financial and Accounting fundamentals.
- Advanced financial modelling and excel skills.
- Demonstrated ability to influence decisions through effective verbal and written communication, logical reasoning and the presentation of options and their implications including insights into interactions with other areas of the business.
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. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.