Commercial Finance Business Partner, AU Retail Finance

Amazon Australia is shaping how customers shop and buy online in Australia. If you're excited about making history, we have a rare opportunity for a Commercial Finance Business Partner to join our team in Sydney, Australia. In this role, you'll partner with our Category teams to deliver on our growth ambitions and raise the bar in e-commerce for Australian customers.

We are not an average retailer and this is definitely not your average finance position. The candidate will play an important role in partnering with Category leaders to define and drive long-term sustainable growth. Being a trusted advisor to the business, they will support decision making, identify risks and opportunities, providing actionable insights, supporting negotiations, and building business cases to assess investments.

The successful candidate can work independently on difficult problems while demonstrating strong business judgment and the capability to influence stakeholders through data-driven insights and recommendations. They are highly analytical and a self-starter who is eager to learn.
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Amazon offers employees a competitive remuneration package and participation in the company stock plan as applicable. We also look after our people with benefits, such as subsidized private health insurance, superannuation and paid parental leave options, and learning opportunity to gain exposure to Machine Learning models, AI tools and global opportunities to develop your career.

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Key job responsibilities

• Partner with Category Leaders, providing data-driven insights and recommendations to optimize commercial decisions across pricing, promotion, and inventory management

• P&L controllership for assigned categories, including approvals and management of vendor rebates, promotions management and inventory purchases

• Preparation of monthly business reviews and quarterly planning cycles, providing clear narratives that highlight key drivers and recommended actions for deviations to plan

• Conduct variance analysis for sales and profit to understand performance drivers

• Lead planning processes (annual budget and forecasting) for assigned categories, partnering with stakeholders to develop sales forecasts, margin plans, and marketing investment strategies

• Develop and maintain models to evaluate new business opportunities, including new category launches, strategic investments, and commercial programs

• Support commercial negotiations through financial analysis and business case development, including scenario planning and ROI assessment for strategic initiatives

• Conduct deep-dive analyses into product selection and sourcing performance, identifying opportunities to improve long-term Free Cash Flow and delivering actionable insights to leadership

• Provide ad-hoc analytical support to commercial teams, balancing multiple stakeholder requests while maintaining focus on key business priorities

• Support continuous improvement projects to streamline and automate reporting and analysis

- Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field, or Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of finance or a related analytical field experience
- 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- Experience in financial modeling, P&L management or analysis
- 3+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
- 3+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes 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)
- MBA, or CPA

Acknowledgement of country:
In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

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

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