What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Financial Analyst, WW Ops Finance position at Amazon?
Description
Are you passionate about driving strategic business decisions through financial modeling and data-driven insights? Amazon's Worldwide Operations (WW Ops) Finance Central Headcount & Operating Expense (CHC & Opex) Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to serve as a critical partner in delivering consolidated financial views that shape investment decisions for one of the world's largest operations networks. You will work at the intersection of finance and operations, transforming complex data into actionable intelligence that influences senior leadership decisions.
In this high-impact role, you'll act as a central finance lead for financial planning, reporting and consolidation across Amazon's global fulfillment, freight, air, distribution, delivery, and services businesses. Your analytical work will provide leadership visibility into headcount strategy, employee expense management, and workforce productivity—directly influencing how Amazon makes strategic business decisions at scale.
Key job responsibilities
Each day, you'll engage in intriguing and analytical planning and forecasting activities with your CHC Finance team, collaborating with FP&A partners to deliver consolidated financial views for monthly, quarterly, and annual budgets. Your day involves analyzing business headcount and employee expense data to provide insights on trends, operating expenses, and variance analysis that inform the next forecasting cycle and key business decisions. You'll apply critical thinking skills to support budget planning cadence execution, working with speed, accuracy, agility, and flexibility in a fast-paced and exciting environment.
About The Team
The WW Ops Finance Central Headcount & Opex FP&A team supports consolidated forecasting, planning, and reporting across Amazon's Worldwide Operations that moves tens of millions of units annually to customers all around the world. Our team partners with Business, Finance and FP&A leaders to deliver financial clarity that drives highly impactful strategic and investment business decisions. We foster an inclusive team environment where collaboration and continuous learning are central to our mission.
Basic Qualifications
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, NY, New York - 73,600.00 - 128,800.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Bellevue - 82,700.00 - 117,100.00 USD annually
Company - Amazon.com Services LLC
Job ID: A10508014
Are you passionate about driving strategic business decisions through financial modeling and data-driven insights? Amazon's Worldwide Operations (WW Ops) Finance Central Headcount & Operating Expense (CHC & Opex) Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to serve as a critical partner in delivering consolidated financial views that shape investment decisions for one of the world's largest operations networks. You will work at the intersection of finance and operations, transforming complex data into actionable intelligence that influences senior leadership decisions.
In this high-impact role, you'll act as a central finance lead for financial planning, reporting and consolidation across Amazon's global fulfillment, freight, air, distribution, delivery, and services businesses. Your analytical work will provide leadership visibility into headcount strategy, employee expense management, and workforce productivity—directly influencing how Amazon makes strategic business decisions at scale.
Key job responsibilities
- Lead central consolidation of monthly, quarterly and annual planning and forecasting cycles, partnering with key FP&A stakeholders across Worldwide Operations to deliver comprehensive financial views that drive strategic investment decisions
- Provide data-driven analytics and insights that support key business decisions for headcount planning, employee and operating expense management, and workforce productivity across Amazon's global operations network
- Prepare trend and variance analysis monthly reporting, identifying root causes of discrepancies, and partnering with stakeholders on end to end resolution
- Drive cross-functional process improvement initiatives, implementing scalable solutions through automation and machine learning that enhance system data health and improving financial controllership
- Build trusted partnerships with key finance stakeholders to ensure effective alignment and efficient decision making across planning and forecasting cycles and month end close reporting
Each day, you'll engage in intriguing and analytical planning and forecasting activities with your CHC Finance team, collaborating with FP&A partners to deliver consolidated financial views for monthly, quarterly, and annual budgets. Your day involves analyzing business headcount and employee expense data to provide insights on trends, operating expenses, and variance analysis that inform the next forecasting cycle and key business decisions. You'll apply critical thinking skills to support budget planning cadence execution, working with speed, accuracy, agility, and flexibility in a fast-paced and exciting environment.
About The Team
The WW Ops Finance Central Headcount & Opex FP&A team supports consolidated forecasting, planning, and reporting across Amazon's Worldwide Operations that moves tens of millions of units annually to customers all around the world. Our team partners with Business, Finance and FP&A leaders to deliver financial clarity that drives highly impactful strategic and investment business decisions. We foster an inclusive team environment where collaboration and continuous learning are central to our mission.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science), or Bachelor's degree
- 3 years of finance or a related analytical field experience
- 3 years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience
- 3 years of contributing to cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy experience
- 3 years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience
- Experience in a finance role leading a project or program and partnering with multiple stakeholders within a business
- Master's degree (MBA or related discipline), or Professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA, or equivalent)
- Experience developing financial models in Excel with advanced functions (pivot tables, macros, VBA, Power Query)
- 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)
- 3 years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience
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, NY, New York - 73,600.00 - 128,800.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Bellevue - 82,700.00 - 117,100.00 USD annually
Company - Amazon.com Services LLC
Job ID: A10508014