Description At Amazon, it’s our goal to be Earth’s most customer centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online. To support our continued growth, we are looking for an exceptional senior finance leader to join our Japan Finance team, based in Tokyo. Japan Books encompasses a vast and growing range of businesses starting with our traditional print books category. We also excel in our digital offering with our Kindle ebooks and Kindle Unlimited subscription service. We relentlessly innovate for our customers, such as in Amazon Print of Demand to get the very best selection and availability and ad supported reading so that customers can read books for free or at the very lowest price. Key job responsibilities We are looking for an experienced, highly analytical, and ambitious senior finance leader. This person will play a key role in driving the strategic direction of the business and act the CFO for Japan Books. The individual will directly partner with Japan Books general manager and support in areas such as strategic planning, business unit reporting, controllership, and investment appraisal. The individual will lead a team of finance professionals and should be well versed in team management and development. Responsibilities include: · Serving as the finance leader of the JP Books business and partnering with the JP Books GM · Developing best in class and automated Finance processes · Analyzing and tracking ROI of marketing and technology investments and supporting roadmap prioritization processes · Driving annual and multi-year strategic planning processes · Communicating financial and business results including variance analyses to senior business leaders · Gathering analytical insights and developing financial frameworks that inform business improvement · Managing weekly, monthly, and quarterly financial reporting, including operational performance metrics · Performing deep dive analyses to develop recommendations and impact the decision making of senior leadership Basic Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field - 7+ years of finance or a related analytical field experience - 3+ years of team leadership experience - Business level English (written & verbal) Preferred Qualifications - MBA, or CPA - Experience working with customers with a passion for delivering exceptional service, or experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities - Experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis, or experience in identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes - Experience building and managing financial models for business forecasting and problem solving - Experience working proactively and independently, meeting deadlines, and delivering on projects and tasks - Experience prioritizing and handling multiple assignments at any given time while maintaining commitment to deadlines, or experience completing complex tasks quickly with little to no guidance and react with appropriate urgency to situations that require a quick turnaround - Bilingual ability in English & Japanese 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.