Amazon.com

Senior Financial Analyst

Posted on: 30 Mar 2021

Seattle, WA

Job Description

DESCRIPTION

Amazon seeks an experienced Sr. Financial Analyst to support the Canada Consumer business. The role partners with senior Retail category leadership for Canada's Entertainment Media and Consumer Electronics businesses, and operates in a CFO capacity to manage a full P&L and provide strategic planning and execution support. This is an exciting opportunity that blends an individual's desire to drive business decision making with their finance acumen while supporting a fast growing business.

The successful candidate will work closely with the senior leadership team to provide strategic guidance and decision support in this rapidly evolving space.

Primary responsibilities include:
* Financial Controllership of the business
* Leading ad hoc financial analyses and new business development deals
* Leading and participating as the key finance stakeholder in cross functional teams
* Managing the reporting on weekly financial and operational performance metrics
* Long and short term financial planning
* Driving cross-business analytic projects for senior management, with financial modeling, data mining and presentation support

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

BA/BS in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a highly analytical field (e.g., Engineering, Math, and Computer Science) or equivalent
Minimum 5 years of finance experience, or masters degree and 3 years of experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

MBA preferred
Highly analytical and detail oriented
Ability to develop new ideas and creative solutions
Ability to work successfully in an ambiguous environment
Ability to meet tight deadlines and prioritize workload
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
Customer focus and professional demeanor
Strong track record of business partnership
People management experience
Experience and ability to use Essbase, Cognos, or similar tools

Amazon is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer - Female/Minority/Disability/Veteran/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation

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.