Senior Financial Analyst, Books, Demand Finance

Amazon • Seattle, WA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Amazon's Books Finance team is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join WW Programs, supporting Goodreads and AbeBooks. Goodreads is the world's largest site for readers and book recommendations, and AbeBooks is a leading marketplace for new, used, rare and collectible books. This is a high-impact role with end-to-end financial ownership across both businesses. You will serve as a trusted finance partner to senior leadership, delivering clear insights that drive strategic decisions across financial reporting, planning, business partnership, and controllership. The role operates in a fast-paced, global, results-oriented environment.

Requirements

• 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
• 4+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
• Bachelor's degree in BI, finance, engineering, statistics, computer science, mathematics, finance or equivalent quantitative field, or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making 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
• Knowledge of accounting principles is essential

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)

Responsibilities

• Develop long-term, annual, and quarterly financial forecasts across WW Programs, providing variance analyses and insights to senior Finance and business leadership
• Support end-to-end planning cycles (budget and multi-year forecast) including data gathering, financial modeling, and submission across topline, headcount, and operating expenses
• Build and maintain financial models ranging from new business opportunities to cash flow initiatives that inform investment decisions and long-term strategy
• Full P&L ownership, driving core financial processes including Annual Operating Plans, Long Term Plans, and Monthly/Quarterly Business Reviews
• Prepare weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting packages including variance analysis, bridges, and operational commentary for senior leadership
• Partner with accounting teams to ensure ledger accuracy, support month-end close, and oversee reconciliations
• Lead revenue and expense deep dives, going beyond the numbers to communicate the "so what" and recommended actions
• Interface with stakeholders across product, operations, and business leadership to surface financial impact of business processes
• Support launch readiness for new initiatives with financial, tax, or compliance implications, and deliver ad hoc analyses for key business decisions
• Support tax and compliance reporting across multiple jurisdictions, providing data and reconciliations to internal tax teams and external auditors
• Identify opportunities to simplify, automate, and improve financial processes to reduce manual dependencies and improve data integrity

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