Senior Financial Analyst, Global Media and Entertainment FP&A
About The Position
Amazon.com is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst for a high visibility role supporting Amazon's Prime Video leadership team. Opportunities abound for impactful analysis, process improvement, and scope expansion. Primary responsibilities will include ownership of headcount and operating expense forecasting and planning. Both areas require a candidate that is eager to learn about the drivers of the Video business and comfortable interacting with and influencing senior video business leaders. The right individual will have exceptional financial modeling skills and the ability to Think Big about opportunities and challenges facing the business. This candidate must have the ability to influence the decisions of business partners through effective verbal and written communication, logical reasoning, and the presentation of alternatives. The ability to think and act quickly under pressure and manage multiple competing priorities effectively is a must. A proven track record of superior financial and strategic analysis and developing/delivering recommendations based on this analysis is a requirement for this role. Successful candidates will have the initiative to anticipate business demands of senior-level business managers. This person thrives in a fast-paced environment and exhibits the highest professional standards.
Requirements
- 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)
- Exceptional financial modeling skills
- Ability to influence the decisions of business partners through effective verbal and written communication, logical reasoning, and the presentation of alternatives
- Ability to think and act quickly under pressure and manage multiple competing priorities effectively
- Proven track record of superior financial and strategic analysis and developing/delivering recommendations based on this analysis
- Initiative to anticipate business demands of senior-level business managers
- Thrives in a fast-paced environment and exhibits the highest professional standards
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
- 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)
- 2+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
- 2+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience
Responsibilities
- ownership of headcount and operating expense forecasting and planning
Benefits
- full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
