Principal Finance Manager, SCOT Finance

We are seeking a Principal Finance Manager to lead Inventory and Capacity Planning Finance. This role owns the financial strategy and controllership for the inventory and capacity planning systems supporting SCOT's Long Term Planning and Forecasting business team — connecting system decisions to financial outcomes, building mechanisms for emerging planning systems, and reporting to senior finance leadership on inventory Working Capital and Free Cash Flow performance. You will serve as the cross-functional bridge between SCOT systems, Ops and Finance. You will own inventory Working Capital and Free Cash Flow financial planning and reporting across OP, Guidance, and Month End Close cycles. You will also establish controllership for the new SCOT systems being developed to plan inventory, cube, and capacity and shape mechanisms from the ground up as these systems come online. We seek a leader who thrives in ambiguity, brings financial rigor to complex autonomous systems, and is energized by building new frameworks where none exist today. Key job responsibilities - Set the strategic direction for Inventory and Capacity Planning Finance, establishing mechanisms to drive controllership of inventory, cube, and capacity planning systems - Own Inventory Working Capital and Free Cash Flow financial planning and reporting for OP, Guidance, and Month End Close cycles. - Connect system decisions to financial outcomes, building feedback loops that provide leadership visibility and drive continuous improvement - Serve as the cross-functional bridge between SCOT systems, Ops, and Finance — creating operational discipline for financial planning inputs - Establish controllership and audit mechanisms for new SCOT planning systems as they are developed and deployed - Engage in system design as the financial subject matter expert, ensuring planning algorithms incorporate appropriate financial inputs - Champion AI adoption and leverage AI tools to accelerate analysis, continuously exploring new ways to deliver insights faster About the team The Supply Chain Optimization Technology (SCOT) team sits at the core of Amazon's global supply chain — determining what inventory to buy, when to buy it, how much to order, and where to position it to delight customers while meeting Amazon's business objectives. Operating at massive scale across hundreds of product lines and billions of dollars of worldwide inventory, SCOT's fully in-house, automated planning and optimization systems are among the most sophisticated in the world. Finance within SCOT is a high-impact function, partnering directly with AI and machine learning engineers, scientists, product managers, and operations leaders to shape strategy, drive investment decisions, and deliver measurable improvements to Amazon's supply chain economics.