Senior Financial Analyst, Alexa FP&A

Amazon • Seattle, WA

11h

About The Position

Amazon seeks a Senior Financial Analyst to be a key member on the Alexa Planning
Team. The Alexa business is one of the fastest growing among Amazon’s portfolio
of devices and this is an exciting opportunity to join one of the most
innovative businesses at Amazon. Alexa’s Finance team is searching for a
candidate who can thrive in ambiguity and who can actively contribute to our
talented team.

This candidate will be highly analytical, detail oriented, and have a
demonstrated ability to effectively manage financial responsibilities and
decision making in a rapidly evolving business. This role requires a
self-starter with strong modeling skills, a keen attention to detail, and the
ability to manage multiple projects effectively. This role also has regular
interaction with senior executives, various business units, and multiple
stakeholders across Amazon and requires strong interpersonal and communication
skills.

As a Senior Financial Analyst, you will work directly with leaders to identify
growth opportunities for the Alexa business and to manage the Alexa P&L.

Requirements

• 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 identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science), or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of finance or a related analytical field experience

Nice To Haves

• 4+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
• MBA, or CPA
• Knowledge of Tableau
• 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 with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence

Responsibilities

• Participating in short and long-term financial planning
• Maintaining and tracking operating and business metrics for Fixed Costs
• Building financial models for new business concepts
• Developing scalable and efficient financial processes that support a rapidly growing business
• Create new automation processes to streamline reporting

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