Senior Financial Analyst, Alexa
Amazon · Seattle, Washington, United States
Software Development · 10,001+ employees
About the role
The role involves end-to-end ownership of financial planning cycles, including forecast modeling and presentations to senior leadership. The analyst will perform root cause analysis and drive automation of financial reporting to improve business performance.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates need at least 3 years of experience in finance or a related analytical field, specifically in dissecting financial data and driving cross-functional initiatives. A bachelor's degree in a quantitative field such as finance, engineering, or statistics is required.
Full description
Amazon is looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to play a key role on our Alexa Finance team, supporting a new monetization initiative. Over the past decade Amazon has developed a number of market-leading, innovative, and fast-growing digital businesses including Kindle, Kindle Fire Tablets, Fire TV and Echo. This is an exciting opportunity for an entrepreneurial minded candidate who wants to join one of the most innovative businesses at Amazon and one of the fastest growing segments within Alexa.
As a Senior Financial Analyst, you will work directly with business leaders to identify opportunities and develop business cases. The successful candidate will have shown experience in past roles influencing business owners and supporting decision making in rapidly evolving environments. The role requires a self-starter with the ability to be strategic, analytical, and have a demonstrated ability to effectively manage the financial responsibilities of a complex business. It requires strong business modeling skills, a keen attention to detail, and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
The candidate must have the aptitude to incorporate new approaches and methodologies (including statistical concepts) while dealing with big data. This role also has regular interaction with executives and various business units across Amazon and therefore requires strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Key job responsibilities
- End-to-end ownership of the financial planning cycles which include forecast modeling, bridging and presentations to senior leadership.
- Perform root cause analysis to uncover core issues using data, then assisting the stakeholders to improve and create new measures for financial performance.
- Owning finance communication with the business teams on product performance, long term planning, risks, and opportunities.
- Driving automation and scale of financial reporting in order to simplify process for internal stakeholders (e.g., finance peers and monetization partners)
Basic Qualifications: - 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience - 3+ years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience - 3+ years of contributing to cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy experience - Bachelor's degree in BI, finance, engineering, statistics, computer science, mathematics, finance or equivalent quantitative field
Preferred Qualifications: - Experience in financial modeling, P&L management or analysis - Experience communicating clearly and concisely with leadership, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams
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