Sr. Financial Analyst, BEATS - Amazon

Description Business, Electronics, Automotive, Technology & Solutions (BEATS) Finance is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to support the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team. This is an exciting opportunity to create and innovate on behalf of stakeholders across a wide-range of business categories. The Senior Financial Analyst will work closely with a variety of stakeholders, including the BEATS business and finance leadership teams, retail finance category controllers, business partners within category management and supply chain, and other FP&A teams across the Amazon Consumer business. The successful candidate will have experience working in high visibility roles and be comfortable presenting to senior leadership. This role requires a self-starter with excellent business modeling skills, a keen attention to detail, ability to work in a fast-paced environment and deliver under tight timelines, and strong track record of influencing decisions using data. Additionally, communication skills are a must as the role requires regular interaction with various business units across Amazon. Key job responsibilities - Perform recurring financial reporting, ad-hoc project analyses, and financial modeling using a broad range of tools including MS Excel and SQL - Drive core financial processes for the category including Annual Operating Plan, long range Strategic Plan, and Monthly/Quarterly Business Reviews - Influence business decisions with effective verbal and written communication, data driven analysis and modeling, and presentation of options and alternatives - Facilitate financial review meetings with business groups and work with business managers to ensure effective finance and cost management - Identifies opportunities to resolve defects proactively. Improves, scales, or simplifies finance tools across teams and organizations - Work with data source providers and technology teams to ensure that key data is timely and accurate - Recommend, develop, and implement processes that guide the organization in maintaining and improving its profitability We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: Seattle, WA, USA Basic Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science) - 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience Preferred Qualifications - MBA, or CPA - 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) - 3+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience - 3+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience - 3+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience - 3+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis 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.