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Description
Join the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Finance team! We are looking for entrepreneurial, analytical, creative, flexible leaders to help us redefine the IT industry. If you want to join a fast-paced, innovative team that is making history, this is the place for you.
Key job responsibilities
Amazon seeks a Senior Financial Analyst to play a key role on our AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services Operations (SMGS Ops) Productivity Finance team. This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a groundbreaking team. Job responsibilities include:
• Create, improve, and maintain financial models and advanced analytical tools that aid in key decision making.
• Perform financial reporting, ad-hoc project analysis and financial modeling for a variety of business initiatives and new business models.
• Build, manage and automate rhythm-of-the-business processes that help business leaders understand progress to goals as well as strategic insights to guide overall direction
• Develop financial and operational metrics, drive adoption of those metrics, and help influence the business based on those metrics
• Perform ad-hoc analysis, write financial documents, build comprehensive tables/reports, and support cross functional projects
• Contribute to and support reporting mechanisms to CEO and SVP.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Seattle, WA, USA
Basic Qualifications
3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science), or Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) experience
Preferred Qualifications
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)
Experience as a lean sensei, or experience working as a Quality Assurance Engineer
Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence
Six Sigma Black Belt
4+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience
4+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
4+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
4+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
4+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
4+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
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.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $56,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $128,800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.