The posting
Global Procurement Organization Finance is seeking a Finance Manager to assist business leaders owning $6B of spend drive strategic negotiations and deliver cost savings to Amazon Operations. This is an exciting opportunity to work closely with a results-driven business team, strengthening their negotiation leverage through data-driven insights that influence vendor selection and contract terms. This role requires the Finance Manager to think long-term and scale impact—identifying additional spend categories for the business team to manage and delivering financial analyses that provide leverage during high-stakes negotiations.
The successful candidate will demonstrate strong analytical capabilities, financial expertise, and independent judgment, with the ability to solve complex problems and communicate findings clearly as topic complexity increases. You will drive process improvements across teams and organizations, serve as a subject matter expert for a Procurement Category team, and provide strategic recommendations that challenge business partner assumptions. You will navigate across organizations to identify stakeholders and align on strategic goals, make judgment calls on trade-offs between short and long-term needs, and mentor junior analysts to develop their technical and business skills.
Global Procurement Organization Finance provides opportunities to lead strategic initiatives while building deep expertise in business finance. The role offers exposure to complex business challenges, the chance to influence important team goals and contribute to strategic long-term objectives that shape the future of Operations’ procurement organization.
Key job responsibilities - Challenge business partner assumptions during negotiations and throughout the Request for Proposal (RFP) process, providing disruptive ideas and strategic analyses that strengthen vendor selection and contract terms - Design and execute complex financial analyses that deliver negotiation leverage, illuminating cost drivers and trade-offs that influence procurement decisions - Lead strategic business reviews with senior leaders, fostering constructive dialogue and driving alignment on procurement strategies - Solve complex problems independently, making judgment calls on escalation and designing solutions that balance short-term and long-term needs - Drive large-scale process improvements and continuous improvement projects from start to finish, identifying automation opportunities and managing timelines independently - Identify additional spend categories for business team management, thinking big to grow long-term value and expand procurement impact
A day in the life You'll operate as a trusted strategic partner to Category leaders managing $6B in spend, challenging assumptions during high-stakes negotiations and delivering insights that shift vendor dynamics. Your analyses will directly influence contract terms and vendor selection decisions, giving the business team leverage when it matters most. You'll lead strategic business reviews with senior leaders, bringing clarity to complex trade-offs and driving alignment on procurement strategies that deliver long-term value. Working independently with minimal oversight, you'll identify new spend opportunities for the business team to manage, thinking big about how to scale procurement impact across Amazon Operations. You'll mentor junior analysts while contributing to Finance community initiatives, building expertise across the team that elevates GPO Finance's strategic influence.
About the team The Global Procurement Organization (GPO) is responsible for the source-to-pay process for non-inventory goods and services needed to facilitate Amazon's supply chain. Our Finance team partners with GPO and focuses on continuously improving its scalability and efficiency. We deliver analysis to impact pricing frameworks for future contract negotiations and the RFP process for GPO categories for both Operations' Capex and Opex. GPO Finance is engaged throughout each stage of the procurement lifecycle.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, statistics or business - Experience in multiple finance and accounting roles - Experience participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results - Experience in building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making - 5+ years of leading cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy experience - 5+ years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience
- 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 in 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)
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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.
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