Budget & Billing Operations Manager , XCM
Amazon’s Cross Channel Marketing Team (XCM) is looking for an organized and detail-oriented Budget and Billing Operations Manager to support our finance operations in partnership with our global Finance teams, accounting teams, agency partners, and global stakeholders. This role will be responsible for the management of our global media budgets for global locales (EU, APAC, MENA), alongside cross functional leadership, and external partners. They will manage vendor onboarding and relationships with frequently utilized agencies and streamline billing across multiple locales when possible. The primary functions of this role include budget management, billing processes, and forecast/ planning mechanisms, as well as managing the day-to-day workflows related to purchase orders, accruals, invoice management, and reporting. This role will participate in month/ quarter end close mechanisms, and align with stakeholders and finance teams to participate in annual operational plans. At this time, XCM is managing through significant change in our agency partners, which enables opportunities to streamline and create consistency with our approach to budget and billing management. This role will be involved in the audit and change management to redefine our current billing and budgeting workflows. They will provide centralized support for reporting and processes across multiple lines of business to scale efficiencies. A successful individual in this role will remain adaptable within the current and future state of Budget and Billing operations within XCM. They will focus on understanding our current state, and assist in the transition of our processes or mechanisms to the new ways of working as of 2025. This role will leverage current tooling and look for stronger automation opportunities across budget tracking, as well as focus on Diving Deep and building trust with their working teams and have a strong Bias for Action to proactively solve locale specific challenges with a global mindset. Key job responsibilities• Collaborate with XCM global cross -functional business, finance, and agency partners for alignment on processes and budget roll-ups, with shared responsibility on solutions • Supports XCM business partners across media buying and activation and priority programs in their budget management and monthly billing and accrual cycles • Directly manages the budget for multiple XCM locales in the Americas, including; confirming correct purchase order details, invoice support, budget tracker management and reporting, monthly accrual support via billing statements and registers, and issue resolution across related billing or budgets• Participates in Monthly and Quarterly financial mechanisms with our finance partners and accounting teams, and communication with various business partners if added commentary or clarity is required• Identifies opportunities for short and long-term operational process improvements across our financial operations, and collaborates with impacted teams on solutions• Develops or revises process documentation, SOPs, and training materials as needed• Vendor or agency partner management, including; onboarding, participating in weekly to monthly status mechanisms, quarterly improvement offsites, and monthly or quarterly business reviews (MBR/ QBR) as needed • Scale to provide centralized billing, reporting, and/ or operations support across multiple Amazon organizations as neededBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- Experience using data and metrics to drive improvements- Experience with Excel or Tableau (data manipulation, macros, charts and pivot tables)- Experience managing or working within cross-functional marketing and creative teams- 3-5+ years of experience directly managing regional and/or global budgets- Experience participating in standard financial operating procedures, including; Month End Close, Quarter End Close, forecasting for quarterly guidance and variance commentary/ justification- Comfortable presenting to stakeholders with verbal and written communication- Passion for mechanisms, problem solving and streamlining workflows- A track record of inventing and simplifying processes in cross-functional capacities ...