Business Analyst, WW Fulfillment by Amazon - Fee Strategy Finance

Amazon • Sunnyvale, CA

7h

About The Position

The Selling Partner Services (SPS) team operates the business, technology and
seller services that make Amazon the best place on Earth for 3rd party sellers
to start and grow a global business. Today, the vast majority of those sellers
choose to do so trusting Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) to fully manage their
selection from the factory floor to the customer door, allowing sellers to
leverage the power of Amazon’s global fulfillment network.
Our mission in WW FBA is to enable the long-term success of our sellers by
building best-in-class processes and tools that make FBA the simplest, most
reliable and profitable channel for our sellers. Our store has enabled sellers
of all sizes and origins to compete in an evolving global market, and today WW
sellers serve tens of millions of items to customers globally.
We are looking for a Business Analyst to help lead the Analytics and Automation
within the FP&A team within the Fee Finance Organization. In this role you will
partner closely with finance stakeholders, fee strategy, and teams that support
lowering costs and improving seller experience.
The successful candidate will have strong analytical background, track record of
effective business partnership, and ability to deliver results in an ambiguous,
fast-paced, and dynamic environment. The candidate must have the ability to
communicate and collaborate effectively across cross-functional and
cross-regional stakeholders to understand topline and cost drivers, and deliver
high quality insights to senior leaders to influence fee strategy.

We are looking for someone with expertise in data analytics skills, strong
business acumen, an ownership mindset and ability to clearly communicate. In
this role, you will leverage our data to drive efficiencies, provide key
data-driven insights, enable new opportunities and innovate on behalf of
business customers, in close partnership with both finance and business teams.
You will manage and execute entire components of large projects from start to
finish including data gathering and manipulation, synthesis and modeling,
problem solving, and communication of insights and recommendations. You will
also support building metrics and reporting on them to senior leadership.

A successful candidate will develop a strong understanding of our business and
make data-driven conclusions. They will be comfortable with ambiguity while
working in a fast-paced dynamic environment. They will also continuously learn
new systems, tools, and industry best practices to help design new tools that
help our team automate, and accelerate analytics.

Requirements

• 3+ years of business or financial analysis experience
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Experience with SQL
• Experience defining requirements and using data and metrics to draw business insights
• Experience making business recommendations and influencing stakeholders
• 4+ years of Excel (including VBA, pivot tables, array functions, power pivots, etc.) and data visualization tools such as Tableau experience
• Experience in Excel (including VBA, pivot tables, array functions, power pivots, etc.) and data visualization tools such as Tableau
• Experience in Excel (including VBA, pivot tables, array functions etc) and data visualization tools such as Tableau

Nice To Haves

• MBA, or Master's degree in computer science, engineering, analytics, mathematics, statistics, IT or equivalent
• Knowledge of SQL and Excel at a moderate or advanced level
• Experience in written and oral communication, including the ability to communicate with all levels in the organization (technical, business, executive)
• Experience in financial modeling, P&L management or analysis, or experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence
• Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities, or experience working with customers with a passion for delivering exceptional service

Responsibilities

• Oversee business and finance reporting and analytics
• Understand input drivers and validate integrity of the reporting to influence strategic decision-making and planning
• Build and drive planning, forecasting, and reporting models
• Identify and support the automation of manual reports
• Generate actionable insights through the development of metrics, dashboards and deep dive analyses
• Communicate data (both written and verbal) in a clear, concise, and unambiguous manner
• Influence critical business decisions with data

Benefits

• 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
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level