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Job summary
Amazon India Consumer Finance Team is looking for a Senior Finance Manager for the FP&A team. The role requires both domain knowledge of FP&A processes as well as sound understanding of business drivers that impact financial goals. This role has a vantage position in the cockpit tracking India Consumer Business financial performance and deals with complexity in terms of: (a) breadth of financial information that is required to be understood and processed (across multiple channels/ businesses), (b) interaction with a large set of cross functional finance teams, (c) building financial models which help analyze, provide insights and drive action amongst senior India leadership, (d) act as a first point of contact for queries from senior leadership. The key stakeholders are India Business leadership, Finance leadership, and International FP&A team. Key responsibilities for the role include:

(1) Investor Relations:

a. Provide regular updates to convey the true health of our financial plans or actual trends to senior leaders through simple bridges and concise commentary to shine light on the most important issues that leadership should focus on.

b. Support the financial governance for the India business by providing the horsepower to run: (i) 3YF+OP1 & OP2 planning cycle reviews with India and international leadership; (ii) Support Quarterly Business Reviews or QBR with India and international leadership; and (iii) Quarterly Performance bullets basis Quarterly Guidance to International FP&A for press release/IR

c. Be the spokesperson for the India team to handle specific queries from India leadership and International FP&A, speak on behalf of India leadership and sensitize leadership to issues flagged by our investors.

(2) India Planning:

a. Lead end-to-end India planning process for the core planning cycles (OP1+3YF and OP2) and 3 guidance cycles including program management and communication with India and International FP&A stakeholders

b. Drive 'Make planning simple' program through automation initiatives, eliminating papercuts and partnering with International FP&A to learn best practices and drive global ways of working in India.

(3) India Reporting:

a. Lead end-to-end India reporting process for P&L publish and run finance review meetings with India leadership to shine light on actual financial performance including hotspots. Ensure all submission to International FP&A are of high quality and on time.

b. Drive continuous improvement program to improve speed and quality of reporting through automation initiatives, eliminating papercuts and partnering with International FP&A to learn best practices and drive global ways of working in India.

c. Drive controllership over India headcount budgets and common cost lines in the P&L (People, Infra and admin cost) including share of WW cost allocated to India P&L.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

CA/ MBA from a reputed B-school with at least 12-15 years of post-qualification experience in Finance across FP&A, controllership and business finance roles.

• Result-oriented, highly energetic, dynamic individual with ability to manage a high performing team.

• Ability to effectively communicate and work with Senior leaders across the organization.
• Advanced analytical skills and the ability to get into the details, while also seeing and understanding the big picture.

• Demonstrated experience of successfully driving complex and cross-functional projects.
• Demonstrated ability to deal with ambiguity while delivering to expectations.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

• Advanced analytical skills and problem solving.

• Industry experience in e-commerce, distribution, retail a plus.