Highlights
You will own Amazon Air"s capital expenditure portfolio and lead a transformational "Think Big" initiative to identify dramatic opportunities to improve AIR"s cost structure-driving affordability for Amazon"s customers while maintaining operational excellence. The ideal candidate will excel at building complex financial models, conducting deep-dive analysis of airline economics, and translating data into actionable insights that drive operational efficiency and scale across our air cargo fleet.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Bellevue, WA |
| Industry | Retail |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1994 |
| Website | http://Amazon.com/militaryroles |
Description
Drive the financial future of Amazon"s global cargo airline as a strategic Finance Manager in Amazon Air. This pivotal FP&A role partners with Amazon Air leadership to shape financial strategy and enable critical business decisions. You will own Amazon Air"s capital expenditure portfolio and lead a transformational "Think Big" initiative to identify dramatic opportunities to improve AIR"s cost structure-driving affordability for Amazon"s customers while maintaining operational excellence. You will lead comprehensive financial analysis of a multi-billion dollar air cargo network, define key performance metrics, and spearhead cost optimization initiatives that directly impact Amazon"s global transportation network. The ideal candidate will excel at building complex financial models, conducting deep-dive analysis of airline economics, and translating data into actionable insights that drive operational efficiency and scale across our air cargo fleet.
Key job responsibilities
Capex Portfolio Leadership & Strategic Planning Own and oversee Amazon Air"s entire capital expenditure portfolio, managing multi-billion dollar investments in aircraft, engines, and infrastructure. Develop and maintain long-range capital plans aligned with fleet strategy and network growth. Monitor portfolio performance, identify risks and opportunities, and provide executive-level reporting. Coordinate quarterly Capex reviews and long-range planning cycles. Build ten-year NPV and ROI models comparing lease versus purchase options for aircraft and engines, incorporating maintenance costs, residual values, and operational assumptions to inform strategic fleet decisions. Collaborate with upstream FP&A teams including IPAT to ensure worldwide visibility and alignment on capital deployment strategies.
Think Big Cost Structure Transformation
Lead a high-visibility, cross-functional initiative to fundamentally reimagine AIR"s cost structure. This isn"t incremental improvement-it"s about identifying breakthrough opportunities that could reshape how Amazon Air operates and competes. Analyze end-to-end cost drivers across fleet, operations, maintenance, and network. Develop business cases with rigorous NPV and ROI analysis for dramatic cost reduction initiatives. Partner with Operations, Fleet Management, Network Planning, and Carrier Strategy to validate opportunities and drive implementation. Present findings and recommendations to senior leadership, translating complex analysis into actionable insights that enable AIR"s long-term affordability and competitiveness.
About Company
At Amazon, we don’t wait for the next big idea to present itself. We envision the shape of impossible things and then we boldly make them reality. So far, this mindset has helped us achieve some incredible things. Let’s build new systems, challenge the status quo, and design the world we want to live in. We believe the work you do here will be the best work of your life.
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Our Leadership Principles
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Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
It’s Always Day 1
At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here
Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles