Senior Financial Analyst, Global Procurement Finance

Amazon • Bellevue, WA

3d • $82,700 - $117,100 • Onsite

About The Position

Global Procurement Organization Finance (GPOF) is dedicated to answering questions about how Amazon continues to grow its capacity to deliver for customers in new ways, what new types of operations Amazon will add to its portfolio as it innovates order fulfillment and delivery standards across North America and emerging markets, and how Amazon can become best in class in operational excellence. The GPOF team validates procurement methodologies, supports vendor negotiations and strategy, and delivers analysis to identify controls and risks opportunities and benefits impacting category management and procurement operations. This role collaborates closely with a broad range of global finance and business leaders in Procurement, Engineering, Construction, and Operations teams towards controllership and risk functions. The role also partners with stakeholders across technical projects & software development teams, capital planning, compliance, risks and controls. This role involves driving initiatives, collecting, analyzing and managing quantitative data and creating meaningful reports to lead business improvement and driving controls and policy compliance across the global procurement organization. This role also maintains project oversight, drives initiatives and policy reviews and partners with category management on strategic input drivers to continuously improve the scalability and efficiency of the procurement organization. Amazon is seeking a Finance Manager within Global Procurement Operations Finance to own and drive strategic initiatives that shape global procurement decisions. This role will independently lead high-impact, business-critical processes with significant visibility to senior leadership, including frequent interactions with Directors within Operations and Finance. You will develop and implement robust financial controls while building and maintaining strategic partnerships across multiple organizations, including Operations business teams, engineering services, and Finance teams throughout Worldwide Operations. You will lead complex financial analyses and modeling efforts that drive strategic decision-making, while architecting and implementing scalable solutions that enhance planning/reporting mechanisms. The role involves identifying and driving long-term investment strategies and cost optimization opportunities across the Fulfillment Center network, while managing multiple high-priority initiatives simultaneously. Success in this role requires the ability to navigate ambiguous environments, challenge assumptions with data-driven insights, and influence cross-functional stakeholders to drive meaningful change.

Requirements

• 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
• 3+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
• 3+ years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience
• 3+ years of contributing to cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy experience
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field

Nice To Haves

• 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)
• 3+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience
• 3+ years of Accounts Receivable or Account Payable experience

Responsibilities

• Drive strategic decisions and provide thought leadership to influence senior business owners, while challenging assumptions and plans with data-driven recommendations.
• Navigate ambiguous environments independently and design long-term solutions with limited guidance.
• Collaborate effectively with executives and various business units across Amazon, building trust through expertise and high judgment.
• Bring superior verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex finance issues to non-Finance senior partners and adjust their style based on audience.
• Innovate by architecting creative solutions with large-scale data mining tools, identifying strategic priorities that drive long-term value, and solving significantly complex problems that impact company-wide decisions.
• Lead initiatives that may be undefined and work across organizations to implement scalable solutions.
• Determine where to simplify or extend solutions for optimal outcomes, while effectively balancing short-term versus long-term needs.
• Own and drive strategic initiatives that shape global procurement decisions.
• Independently lead high-impact, business-critical processes with significant visibility to senior leadership, including frequent interactions with Directors within Operations and Finance.
• Develop and implement robust financial controls.
• Build and maintain strategic partnerships across multiple organizations, including Operations business teams, engineering services, and Finance teams throughout Worldwide Operations.
• Lead complex financial analyses and modeling efforts that drive strategic decision-making.
• Architect and implement scalable solutions that enhance planning/reporting mechanisms.
• Identify and drive long-term investment strategies and cost optimization opportunities across the Fulfillment Center network.
• Manage multiple high-priority initiatives simultaneously.
• Navigate ambiguous environments, challenge assumptions with data-driven insights, and influence cross-functional stakeholders to drive meaningful change.

Benefits

• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)
• 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: Senior