Senior Financial Analyst, Inbound Finance Insights, Analytics & Automation
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Description
Finance is all about the numbers… unless you work at Amazon Inbound Finance, where knowing the numbers is only the beginning. Enthusiasm, curiosity, and energy help us deliver new ideas and solutions. Do you view problems as treasures, and are you willing to dive deep to develop solutions and deliver results? Do you seek to challenge the status quo, and accept that your ideas and methods may be tested daily? At Amazon, we move with purpose and speed, and this requires us to work with a dynamic network of Operations, Product, Tech, and Procurement partners. We help others understand finance and operations, we are trusted business advisors that ensure our partners and leaders have the latest and most reliable information to make the best possible decision.
As a Senior Financial Analyst in the Insights, Analytics & Automation (IAA) team, you will be responsible for building the analysis, automation, and metrics that support business objectives. This role requires advanced data skills combined with strong financial acumen to turn large datasets into analysis our partners can act on. You will be a trusted analytical partner and data translator between finance, tech, and operations teams, influencing decisions with data and improving the reporting and processes the team relies on. This is a perfect position for a finance professional who wants to build their data and analytics skills, or a data specialist who wants to learn finance.
Key job responsibilities
- Build an understanding of the key drivers of Amazon logistics and the related finance, accounting, and controllership systems and data.
- Bridge knowledge gaps between Finance and Data teams.
- Collect, manage, and analyze financial and operational data using Excel, SQL, and Python.
- Create and automate meaningful metrics, tools, and reports that drive business improvement and cost reductions.
- Use data to perform root cause analysis and uncover core issues for Operations and Finance partners.
- Enable Inbound Finance stakeholders to navigate datasets and dashboards to self-serve their needs.
- Partner with data source providers and tech teams to ensure key decision data is accurate, automated, and timely.
- Coordinate inputs from several stakeholders across multiple documents, with clear communication throughout.
- Manage competing priorities and provide level-headed guidance during unexpected events.
As a Senior Financial Analyst in the Insights, Analytics & Automation (IAA) team, you will be responsible for building the analysis, automation, and metrics that support business objectives. This role requires advanced data skills combined with strong financial acumen to turn large datasets into analysis our partners can act on. You will be a trusted analytical partner and data translator between finance, tech, and operations teams, influencing decisions with data and improving the reporting and processes the team relies on. This is a perfect position for a finance professional who wants to build their data and analytics skills, or a data specialist who wants to learn finance.
Key job responsibilities
- Build an understanding of the key drivers of Amazon logistics and the related finance, accounting, and controllership systems and data.
- Bridge knowledge gaps between Finance and Data teams.
- Collect, manage, and analyze financial and operational data using Excel, SQL, and Python.
- Create and automate meaningful metrics, tools, and reports that drive business improvement and cost reductions.
- Use data to perform root cause analysis and uncover core issues for Operations and Finance partners.
- Enable Inbound Finance stakeholders to navigate datasets and dashboards to self-serve their needs.
- Partner with data source providers and tech teams to ensure key decision data is accurate, automated, and timely.
- Coordinate inputs from several stakeholders across multiple documents, with clear communication throughout.
- Manage competing priorities and provide level-headed guidance during unexpected events.