DESCRIPTION

Leo Accounting PMO has an immediate opening for a Principal Finance Transformation Manager. This role supports and directly influences the launch of Amazon Leo products and programs across multiple verticals: satellite manufacturing, ground gateway terminals, and customer terminals.

As a Principal Finance leader, you will operate in ambiguous environments, making sound judgment calls with limited data while identifying strategic projects that extend beyond your direct scope. You'll work closely with partner teams in financial systems/engineering, accounting operations, tax, finance operations, and executive leaders across organizations on new initiatives to provide integrated accounting requirements to the Leo business teams to automate related financial flows.

Key job responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Influence

Act as a Finance community leader, promoting strong controllership environments and building credible executive relationships that enable confident recommendations.

Execution & Operational Excellence

Define enterprise-wide accounting strategies aligning financial systems with business objectives. Establish governance frameworks ensuring sustainable, auditable solutions. Shape organizational direction by anticipating systemic risks and driving proactive mitigation. Set quality standards and influence design of financial infrastructure, and champion automation through strategic process transformation. Champion Day 1 Culture by fostering urgency, customer obsession, and bias for action while maintaining startup agility at enterprise scale. Identify innovation opportunities driving year-over-year gains focused on long-term growth, scale, and simplification. Promote operational excellence with ability to dive deep on any finance topic.

Communication & Collaboration

Effectively communicate and tailor detailed knowledge to all audiences. Own leadership reviews and status updates, work cross-functionally to identify external risk factors, and foster inclusive environments leveraging diverse perspectives.

Team Development & Finance Leadership

Own team and organizational goals with high judgment on decisions impacting financial, business, operational, or customer outcomes. Identify development program gaps, sponsor Finance-wide professional development, participate actively in hiring, foster inclusion and diversity, and implement solutions bettering the Finance community.

A day in the life

Plan and prioritize daily and near-term activities with strategic focus

Lead weekly team scrum to discuss past/current activities and potential blockers

1:1 with senior leaders to deep dive program risks and influence strategic decisions

1:1 with key business stakeholders to unblock project workstreams and negotiate priorities

Meet with business stakeholders to validate end-to-end processes and accounting use-cases while driving clarity for solution design

Prep for weekly leadership status meetings with executives leaders

Respond to emails, wrap up day, and set upcoming priorities

About the team

You will be part of a dynamic team that excels at collaborating with business finance and technical teams to deliver highly scalable, secure, and flexible financial solutions. Our environment is complicated, fast-paced and filled with opportunities to make significant contributions. We are driven to delight our internal and external customers, maintain a high bar for delivery, embrace Day 1culture and are highly supportive of each other every step on this journey.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 12+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
• 7+ years of finance technology, forecast & budgeting, or other finance-focused competency experience
• Experience with process improvement and delivery of financial features
• Experience with complex decision making and problem solving using Lean / Six Sigma techniques

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• MBA, or CPA
• Experience in a leadership position managing finance, accounting and operational processes

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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.

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.

USA, CA, Culver City - 139,100.00 - 188,200.00 USD annually

USA, MA, Boston - 139,100.00 - 188,200.00 USD annually

USA, OR, Portland - 139,100.00 - 188,200.00 USD annually

USA, TN, Nashville - 125,200.00 - 169,400.00 USD annually

USA, TX, Austin - 139,100.00 - 188,200.00 USD annually

USA, VA, Arlington - 139,100.00 - 188,200.00 USD annually

USA, WA, Seattle - 139,100.00 - 188,200.00 USD annually