Commercial Finance Business Partner en Madrid

Amazon seeks an Commercial Finance Business Partner to support our Books business in the EU. The position is part of our growing Digital Content Finance organisation and is based out of our Madrid office. This is an exciting opportunity to be a key finance partner in an innovative and rapidly evolving business at Amazon.
We’re looking for exceptional people with solid financial knowledge and outstanding analytical skills. People who love books and numbers(!), who can think critically, and who will use their financial acumen to help drive our Books business to be the best place for both authors and readers. This is a rare opportunity to work across multiple components of the P&L, to challenge assumptions and drive change within a nimble business unit.
In this role you will have responsibility for the financial ownership of Digital Books (Kindle) businesses in Spain, Italy and France. You will work closely with our Spanish and Italian Print Books Finance team. You will also work cross-functionally and cross-geography with our business teams on all of our key strategic programs (Kindle Unlimited, Kindle Direct Publishing, and Amazon Publishing), and with our global finance teams to establish best in class processes, analytics and controls. The role is very broad based and will require someone who is motivated to make a big impact, and has ability to manage multiple projects effectively. This role also has interaction with senior executives and various stakeholders across Amazon, and therefore requires strong interpersonal and communication skills.

As business partner to our EU Books leadership teams, you will help to drive business strategy, implement core financial processes, and own key growth and profitability projects. The ideal candidate will be comfortable in a fast-paced, dynamic and multicultural environment. Above all, we seek an analytical problem solver with the ability to fulfil the Amazon motto to “Work Hard. Have Fun. Make History”.

Primary responsibilities include:
· Digital P&L ownership – analysis of the financial outputs, connecting them with the underlying input drivers and translating them into insights to inform and execute business decisions.
· Partnering with business leaders, subject matter experts, accounting, inventory and operations teams to provide analytics, strategic guidance and decision support to senior executives on the key 2020 initiatives
· Tracking business performance against goals and leading goal reviews with senior management; developing and implementing policies and programs to maintain and improve profitability.
· Facilitating financial reviews, performing analysis on weekly, monthly and quarterly results. Finding opportunities to improve and simplify these processes.
· Supervision of planning and reporting processes for the business, in line with Amazon planning/reporting cycles. Facilitating financial reviews, performing analysis on the monthly results, leading quarterly and yearly forecasting for the France/Italy/Spain region.
· Project ownership, working with business partners to deliver projects such as new product launches, innovations, and customer analysis that help us better serve Amazon’s customers.
· Partnering with EU/US Finance teams on WW finance-specific deliverables and projects.

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build.

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You would be well suited to this role if you possess:
· Fluent English (CEFR B2 or above)
- A strong academic background
· An Accountancy qualification is preferred, an MBA may be considered
· 3+ years finance experience from Retail, FMCG, or Tech companies within an international environment.
· Demonstrable experience of driving Financial results.
· An eye for detail and a passion for data
· Robust analytical & modelling skills.
· Advanced Excel skills, with VBA skills preferred
· Prior knowledge of SQL/ETL and COGNOS would be beneficial, and a willingness to learn these is essential

You will succeed in this role if you are able to:
· Prioritize across multiple tasks/projects, and work to tight deadlines.
· Bring strong business judgment and good instincts.
· Build positive business relationships and work collaboratively.
· Simplify and improve inefficient or unnecessarily complex processes.
· Utilise your strong verbal & written communication skills.
· Operate at all levels, by staying connected to the details as well as being able to step back and see the bigger picture.

In return, we will offer you a competitive rewards package. You will also have the opportunity to develop a rewarding career with one of the world's leading online retailers.