Financial Analyst I

DESCRIPTION

At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, creative and driven people. If you'd like to help us build the place to find and buy anything online, this is your chance to make history. Finance is all about the numbers…unless you work at Amazon; it is about knowing the numbers and so much more. As finance leaders, we're not just a reporting function, but a core part of the business, developing strong partnerships and creating value through insightful analyses. If you want to be a part of a fast moving, dynamic initiative then this is the role for you!

Amazon seeks a Financial Analyst I to support our Global Real Estate and Facilities team. This role will be primarily responsible for financial analysis and reporting, supporting monthly financial close activities, supporting preparation of annual budgeting and forecasting processes, and controllership. This person will partner with multiple stakeholders to provide timely analysis, insightful guidance, and financial leadership to this high-growth organization. The Financial Analyst will also lead variance analysis for monthly/quarterly business reviews as well as execute ad-hoc projects, business analysis, financial modeling as needed.

Key Responsibilities:

• Driving quarterly, annual and multi-year forecasting and budgeting process.
• Partnering with the global leadership team to develop strategic multi-year plans and implementing processes to prioritize resource decisions and track the top investments and initiatives necessary to exceed future state targets
• Lead monthly reviews of financial and operating metrics, analyze variances to forecast and communicate key drivers to senior management
• Be an expert in managing data in financial systems and develop automation programs to create insightful reports to drive business improvement
• Produce regular metrics reviews, as well as analytical support through deep-dive analysis
• Monitor cost-center expenditures versus forecasts and budgets and provide controllership over operating costs
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Key job responsibilities

Amazon seeks a Financial Analyst I to support our Global Real Estate and Facilities team. This role will be primarily responsible for financial analysis and reporting, supporting monthly financial close activities, supporting preparation of annual budgeting and forecasting processes, and controllership. This person will partner with multiple stakeholders to provide timely analysis, insightful guidance, and financial leadership to this high-growth organization. The Financial Analyst will also lead variance analysis for monthly/quarterly business reviews as well as execute ad-hoc projects, business analysis, financial modeling as needed.

Key Responsibilities:

• Driving quarterly, annual and multi-year forecasting and budgeting process.
• Partnering with the global leadership team to develop strategic multi-year plans and implementing processes to prioritize resource decisions and track the top investments and initiatives necessary to exceed future state targets
• Lead monthly reviews of financial and operating metrics, analyze variances to forecast and communicate key drivers to senior management
• Be an expert in managing data in financial systems and develop automation programs to create insightful reports to drive business improvement
• Produce regular metrics reviews, as well as analytical support through deep-dive analysis
• Monitor cost-center expenditures versus forecasts and budgets and provide controllership over operating costs

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 2+ years of Accounts Receivable or Account Payable experience
• 2+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
• Knowledge of standard software including Excel, Access, Oracle, Essbase, SQL and VBA skills
• Experience in corporate finance including budgeting/planning, forecasting and reporting
• Chartered Accountant or equivalent qualification with 1-3 years of work experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 2+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
• Experience in TM1, Data Warehouse and SQL