Senior Financial Analyst

Who we are:
Career Opportunities:
With a rapidly expanding team & scope, we are looking for a Senior Financial Analyst who is a creative problem solvers to support our growth while gaining excellent Operations Finance experience. This role will work closely with cross-functional business leadersacross the Last Mile org & internal Amazon businesses allowing for future opportunities to rotate and/or expand scope. Be part of the journey in this exciting space and help make history
Team Exposure/Scope:
As a Senior Financial Analyst, you will own key financial or operating reports along with modeling long range forecasting plans. Additionally you will provide financial analysis for strategic projects or initiatives, partnering with technical product managers,software developers and finance counterparts on a day to day basis. You'll work closely with finance & business leaders across the last mile org, along with product groups such as Prime Now to influence decision-making on these initiatives.
Success in the role:
Key Responsibilities:

- Use solid financial knowledge and business acumen to build financial models, interpret data, draw conclusions, and make recommendations that deliver results, drive improvements, and influence leaders throughout Amazon. These decisions can have global impact.
- Delivers weekly/monthly financial close. Uses financial systems, advanced MSExcel functions, and SQL to work with large data sets. Outputs plans, forecasts, budgets, and consolidations.
- Creates effective business partnerships, manages competing priorities, and provides guidance based on data analysis during unexpected events
- Identifies opportunities to resolve defects proactively. Improves, scales, or simplifies finance tools across teams and organizations
- Uses active listening skills intuitively to communicate data (both written and verbal) in a clear, concise, and unambiguous manner. Adjusts style for various audiences to articulate complex finance issues clearly.
- Collects and analyzes quantitative data to develop relevant reports that drive cost reductions.
- Participates in hiring, developing, and mentoring peers and team members. Seeks and leverages diverse perspectives in all activities.
- Contributes to work life harmony by being a positive, collaborative, and effective influencer to new team members as an indicator of operations excellence.

**BASIC QUALIFICATIONS**
- BA or BS in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a highly analytical field (e.g., Engineering, Math, Computer Science) or equivalent.
- Extensive years of finance experience, or master’s degree, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience working with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (examples: SQL, Tableau, Essbase, Cognos) and other financial systems (examples: Oracle, SAP, Lawson, JD Edwards)

**PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS**
- MBA and/or Professional certifications (CPA/CMA/Qualified Accounting certificate)
- Demonstrated ability to build and manage financial models for business forecasting, variance analysis, and problem solving
- An eye towards continuous process improvement, including the ability to innovate and simplify finance and operational processes

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