Sr. Program Manager - Tax, Transactional Tax PMO

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Tax Program Manager to join the Finance Organization and drive significant domestic and international projects.The Tax Program Manager will be responsible for driving important projects involving cross-functional teams, including accounting, finance, legal, HR and tech teams. This position requires regular communication with stakeholders and executive leadership on status, risks and strategy.The Tax Program Manager will create and manage milestone schedules, create meeting agendas, lead recurring meetings and will be responsible for ensuring critical project dates are met. The Tax Program Manager will also assist the team in identifying areas of process improvement, tracking budgets and providing updates to stakeholder documents. While a deep tax/finance and technical background are not required, familiarity with both domains will be helpful. This is an exciting and challenging role and will give the right person a chance to be part of a company and a team making history.Key job responsibilitiesCreate and manage schedulesCreate agendas and lead meetingsManage internal process and look for areas of improvement A day in the lifeA typical day includes creating meeting agendas, attending project meetings, issuing meeting minutes, following up on actions, developing relationships with members across tax and cross-functional teams. The PM will also be tasked with owning recurring tasks such as preparing stakeholder docs, tracking budgets, and looking for ways to improve current processes. About the teamThis role is for a program manager on the North America Consumer Transactional Tax PMO team and will assist in supporting key business initiatives, internal re-organizations and managing operational activities.Internal job descriptionLoop competencies--Basic qualifications-5+ years of program or project management experience-Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements-Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership