Sr. Financial Analyst, Amazon Security Finance

Amazon•Seattle, WA

43d

About The Position

Security is "job zero" at Amazon, by which we mean it’s even more important than any number one priority. Amazon Security Finance is a key strategic partner to senior Security leaders. We help build a strong security culture by owning financial planning, contollership, and reporting to a growing Security business team. This Sr. Finance Analyst will be an integral part of our Stores Finance Security team. The scope goes beyond merely planning and reporting the numbers to understanding the underlying trends, driving accuracy in forecasting, surfacing insights, and responding to questions from senior leadership. The successful candidate will be able to interpret financial results and effectively communicate a business narrative. About the team Stores Security Finance team owns all financial planning and reporting for the Stores Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and their security leadership team. Our team is responsible for several key finance deliverables. We manage: - Key month-end and quarter-end processes - Planning, including quarterly estimates, the annual operating plan, and the 3-year forecast - Headcount, Operating Expenses, and Capital purchase related insights and reporting infrastructure spend - Other exciting ad-hoc projects for our Stores Security leadership team

Requirements

3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
3+ 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 or related field, or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of finance or a related analytical field experience

Nice To Haves

Experience building and managing financial models for business forecasting and problem solving, or experience applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses
Experience communicating to senior management and customers verbally and in writing
Experience in complex problem solving, and working in a tight schedule environment
Experience working proactively and independently, meeting deadlines, and delivering on projects and tasks
Knowledge of Microsoft Excel at an advanced level, including: pivot tables, macros, index/match, vlookup, VBA, data links, etc.
Experience managing, analyzing and communicating results to senior leadership while working cross functionally across several teams