Financial Analyst, Amazon Smart Vehicles Finance

Amazon • Detroit, MI

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About The Position

The Amazon Smart Vehicles (ASV) Finance team is seeking an experienced and
highly motivated Financial Analyst to join the team and support core aspects of
the Smart Vehicles program. This team owns investment decisions for resourcing,
performs forecasting & reporting, drives commercial and deal defines guardrails
for negotiation deal terms, and supports financial automation.

This role will work closely with product, engineering, and business teams to
forecast and report costs. This will include quarterly forecast development &
monthly actual reporting against forecast. This role will be at the helm of the
annual business plan financials. It will also include ad-hoc and ambiguous
projects that drive strategic insight and influence executive decision-making.
Examples include understanding and refining financials to support product
development, developing and refining highly complex financial models for deal
evaluation, developing and externalizing a robust understanding of the
commercials around the automotive marketplace where ASV is active.

This role requires an individual with excellent analytical abilities, business
acumen and strong interpersonal skills. The successful candidate will be a
self-starter, comfortable with ambiguity, with strong attention to detail, and
an ability to work in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment. Everyone on
the team needs to be entrepreneurial, wear many hats, and work in a highly
collaborative environment that's as much start-up as big company.

Requirements

• 1+ years of finance experience
• 1+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics or a highly analytical field (e.g., Engineering, Math, and Computer Science)
• Knowledge of standard software including Excel, Access, Oracle, Essbase, SQL and VBA skills
• Experience in corporate finance including budgeting/planning, forecasting and reporting

Nice To Haves

• Experience in TM1, Data Warehouse and SQL
• Experience performing ad hoc analysis using advanced Excel
• Experience using data to influence business decisions
• Experience with AI/ML technologies

Responsibilities

• Generate weekly, monthly, and quarterly financial performance reports across global, regional, and country levels
• Support cross-functional initiatives with sophisticated financial analysis
• Manage competing priorities to complete both ad-hoc and strategic projects
• Improve, scale, and simplify finance tools across teams and organizations
• Communicate financial insights (both written and verbal) in a clear and concise manner, adapting communication based on intended audience
• Create complex financial models to improve P&L forecasts by developing robust analytical frameworks and collaborating with various teams throughout the organization
• Leverage Amazon's AI tools to drive operational efficiency

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: Entry Level