Senior Financial Analyst, US BEATS Finance

Amazon • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

The US Business, Electronics, Automotive, and Technology Solutions (BEATS) organization is seeking a talented Senior Financial Analyst to join it's Category Finance Team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a critical leadership role by partnering with the category leader to influence strategic decisions in a multi-billion dollar business. This role is a highly visible opportunity that requires strong controllership, sound business judgment, and a proven ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders across the Stores organization. We're looking for a self-starter with effective business partnership experience, ability to dive deep into details, and translate financial insights into actionable business strategies. This person will partner with leaders across several teams including retail category leaders, operations, merchandising and advertising, and marketing teams to provide tactical execution and decision support. This role offers the chance to make a substantial impact on our organization's financial performance. The ideal candidate will thrive in our fast-paced, innovative culture and be passionate about driving financial excellence in the retail technology sector.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)
• 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
• 4+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience

Nice To Haves

• MBA, or CPA
• Experience in financial modeling, P&L management or analysis
• Experience participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results
• Experience with cube engine tools (e.g. TM1, Cognos or Essbase), SQL and Data warehouse

Responsibilities

• Serve as a key Finance partner working directly with management and other internal stakeholders to influence business decisions through effective verbal and written communication, data driven analysis and modeling, and presentation of recommended actions and alternatives
• Influence business decisions with effective verbal and written communication, data driven analysis and modeling, and presentation of options and alternatives
• Manage the annual financial planning and quarterly budgeting exercises by providing accurate, complete, and timely forecasts
• Drive the core financial processes for the vendor relationship including Annual Operating Plans, long range Strategic Plan and Monthly/Quarterly Business Reviews - this includes coordination with stakeholders in a number of markets globally
• Perform financial reporting, ad-hoc business analyses, and financial modeling using a broad range of tools including Excel and SQL
• Complete complex business modeling and analysis to drive revenue growth, identify operating improvements, deep dive on cost structures and analyze business opportunities/investments (ROI/NPV)
• Facilitate financial review meetings and Business reviews with cross functional teams and business leaders to ensure effective finance, controllership, and cost management, with data analysis and follow through on actionable items
• Identify opportunities and drive automation in existing manual processes, working with data source providers and technology teams to ensure that key data is timely, accurate, and automated

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees