Financial Analyst
Posted on: 15 Feb 2021
Seattle, WA
Job Description
DESCRIPTION
Amazon seeks a Financial Analyst to be a key member in our Amazon Devices finance team supporting new initiatives. The successful candidate will have a passion for providing reporting and business support for data-driven decision making in rapidly evolving environments. This role requires a self-starter with strong modeling skills, data collection and manipulation capabilities, a keen attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple projects effectively. This role also has regular interaction with executives and various business units across Amazon and therefore requires strong interpersonal and communication skills.
As a Financial Analyst, you will work directly with business leaders to identify opportunities and drive process improvements, and help evaluate new initiatives and business opportunities. Job responsibilities include:
· Leading short-term and long-term financial planning
· Coordinate and support the month-end close process
· Presenting financial summaries and business insights to senior management
· Developing scalable and efficient financial processes that support the business
· Deriving meaningful insights and recommendations from large data sets
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
· 3+ years’ of experience in finance or a related analytical field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
· BA/BS in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a highly analytical field (e.g., Engineering, Math, and Computer Science)
· 2+ years’ experience with Excel advanced functions (macros, index, conditional list, arrays, pivots, lookups)
· 2+ years’ experience performing financial and ad hoc analysis using data reporting tools
· Experience working with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (i.e. SQL, MSAccess, Essbase and/or Cognos)
· Advanced Excel & business modeling skills required
· Ability to manage multiple tasks at once in a fast-paced, rapidly changing work environment and a strong desire to exceed expectations
· A quantitative thinker able to use numbers to validate critical concepts as well as able to extract meaningful insights from data
· Strong capabilities for developing and presenting analyses and insights to senior management
· Basic knowledge of SQL is preferred
· Experience with COGNOS, SAP, Oracle
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Amazon.com
Seattle, WA
Amazon.com, Inc. engages in the retail sale of consumer products and subscriptions in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) segments. It sells merchandise and content purchased for resale from third-party sellers through physical stores and online stores.
The company also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, and Echo devices; provides Kindle Direct Publishing, an online service that allows independent authors and publishers to make their books available in the Kindle Store; and develops and produces media content.
In addition, it offers programs that enable sellers to sell their products on its Websites, as well as their own branded Websites; and programs that allow authors, musicians, filmmakers, skill and app developers, and others to publish and sell content. Further, the company provides compute, storage, database, and other AWS services, as well as compute, storage, database offerings, fulfillment, publishing, digital content subscriptions, advertising, and co-branded credit card agreement services.
Additionally, it offers Amazon Prime, a membership program, which provides free shipping of various items; access to streaming of movies and TV episodes; and other services. It serves consumers, sellers, developers, enterprises, and content creators. Amazon.com, Inc. has a strategic partnership with Volkswagen AG. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
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IndustryInformation Technology
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No. of Employees647,500
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Website
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Jobs Posted12764
