Job Description

AWS Infrastructure is looking for a talented, driven, and highly analytical, Freight Audit Payment Specialist with a hunger for driving change and impact at a global scale to join Amazon Web Services team. If you thrive on optimizing operations and delivering customer impacting results, we have an opportunity for you. The Freight Audit Payment Specialist is responsible for freight audit and payment operations, driving process improvements and providing insights into transportation spend management. The successful candidate will have strong analytical and communication skills, and have a passion for using data to drive business decisions. You are analytical and creative, and you don’t quit until you solve the problem. You thrive by providing data-driven decision support and business intelligence that is timely, accurate, and actionable.

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Key job responsibilities
• Partner with your team to oversee freight audit operations, ensuring accuracy, compliance and efficiency across high-volume invoice processing.
• Develop analytical models / automation efforts and engage in continuous innovation and communication with both operations & other business partners
• Create a “learn by doing” environment by engaging with financial analysts and business partners to promote and encourage continued customer focus and cost reduction
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that reduce manual effort and enhance audit effectiveness
• Resolve billing issues: Work collaboratively with Logistics Service Providers (LSPs), internal procurement teams, and accounts payable to investigate and resolve discrepancies.
• Work with technology teams and payable teams to ensure timely freight invoice payments and provide excellent customer and vendor experience.
• Optimize freight costs: Identify opportunities for cost savings and process improvements by analyzing freight expenses and communicating with Logistics Service Providers (LSPs).
• Identify, develop, manage and execute analyses to uncover areas of opportunity and present data-driven insights and recommendations to senior leadership
• Mentor and train junior analysts on audit techniques and data analysis. Share knowledge through documentation and cross-functional collaboration
• Stay informed: Keep abreast of industry trends, regulations, and best practices in freight auditing and logistics to enhance performance.

A day in the life
As a Cost Controller, the Builder starts the day reviewing freight invoices, auditing for billing issues and ensuring proper financial controls are in place. The Builder then performs analytics while promoting innovative idea to advance auditing. The Builder partners extensively with Accounts Payable and Finance to guarantee timely vendor payments. Builder afternoons often involve advanced data analysis, creating outlier reports to flag abnormal spend and compiling monthly evaluations benchmarking disruption trends. The Builder ends each day connecting with cross-functional business partners, reviewing gaps and providing direction.

Basic Qualifications

- Experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results
- 3+ years of advanced proficiency in Excel (pivots, lookups, etc.) experience
- 2+ years of program management, logistics, operations, supply chain, transportation, or related field experience
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, finance or related technical or quantitative field
- Demonstrated experience leading projects or mentoring team members

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience demonstrating problem solving and root cause analysis
- Experience prioritizing and managing time effectively in dynamic environments
- Experience in project management including resource planning, managing schedules, reporting project status and prioritizing tasks
- 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)
- Proven experience with Logistics, Transportation, or Distribution Center processes and systems with knowledge of freight pricing structures and charges
- Highly analytical, detail oriented and strong business sense; proven ability to manage new ideas and creative solutions

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

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, TX, Austin - 79,500.00 - 139,100.00 USD annually