Senior Financial Analyst, WW Operations IPAT Finance Transformation

Description

At Amazon, we're working to be the world’s most customer-centric company. Our Finance teams don’t just manage financial books; they also help drive the company forward by partnering closely with global cross-functional teams to support the growth of this rapidly expanding operations network.

This role is expected to build a deep understanding of financial planning and analytics specifically in driving process excellence and growing reporting expertise & insight. You’ll employ data analysis to ensure your partners and leaders have the most up to date, reliable information, working collaboratively to make the best possible financial decisions. You’ll make a huge impact, not just on the bottom line performance, but on the overall customer experience, making history while having fun along the way!

Amazon's WW Ops IPAT team is looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to join a growing financial transformation team. The right candidate will have process improvement experience, exceptional communication and analytical skills, the ability to connect the financial and technical requirements for building systems and tools, as well as be able to navigate a dynamic and fast paced work environment. The successful candidate will drive new insights into key controllership gaps, become a trusted leader within the organization with a proven track record for building and scaling business processes.

As part of the WW Ops IPAT, you will support and influence the organization by providing a holistic and financial perspective, we are the trusted business advisors. We collaborate with our partners to ensure leaders have the most up to date and reliable information, and work with them to make sure we are making the best possible decisions.

Key job responsibilities
- Form strategic plans to improve processes, tools, and analytics. This involves ownership of project ideation, pilot implementation, stakeholder management, and ultimately expansion
- Identify risks, evaluate impact, propose changes, and implement improvements to remediate gaps
- Create reporting that provides transparency and insights on key financial metrics to the Operations Finance leadership team
- Understands the details of the cost structure to make thoughtful judgement calls in ambiguous environments where data may be difficult to procure

Basic Qualifications

- 3 years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- 4 years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
- 4 years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
- 4 years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience
- 3 years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience
- 3 years of contributing to cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy experience
- Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)

Preferred Qualifications

- 4 years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
- MBA, or CPA
- 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)
- Experience designing and implementing controls or experience performing audits over financial reporting environment, or experience in identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes

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

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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.