Financial Analyst II , Amazon
DESCRIPTION
Amazon is a US-based multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Amazon.com started as an online bookstore, but soon diversified into many other categories, with a vision to be earth's most customer-centric company & to build a place where people can come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online.
Amazon's Finance Operations, Accounting & Analysis (FOAA) team is a fast-paced, team-focused, dynamic environment and delivering great experiences for our customers is top priority. FOAA is seeking a Finance Analyst to support our Payments Accounting team.
The Financial Analyst will partner with the Accounting Finance teams (based in the US) to support in launching, operationalizing and maintaining its payments infrastructure across entities, platforms and marketplaces. This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-paced business at Amazon. The successful candidate will be strategic, analytical, and have a demonstrated ability to manage the financial responsibilities of a high-growth business. The successful candidate will be comfortable working in cross-functional teams, and demonstrate strong leadership skills.
The ideal candidate must have superior attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple competing priorities. The position represents an exciting opportunity to be a part of an extremely dynamic and high -paced environment, support a global organization and work with accounting and business teams. The role offers significant opportunities for rapid growth and is a great place to learn about various businesses at Amazon.
Payments accounting process is part of Amazon's Finance Operations Accounting and Analysis team managing the month end close and reconciliations globally. The candidate would be responsible for monitoring the overall process globally.
Key job responsibilities
-Work independently to manage projects and support Amazon's global business and development teams in the design and implementation of payment methods, new products and offerings.
-Provide project management update within and across business units to transition new processes and/or permanent solutions to support the Amazon accounting team.
-Coordinate with the global accounting teams to establish and maintain strong communication channels.
-Identify, implement, and adhere to best practices across all new project launches -Offering and receiving coaching, support, and guidance to the team. -Perform financial reporting and support monthly P&L analysis and financial forecasts.
-Developing and reporting on Finance Business Integration (FBI) team performance metrics.
-Supporting in User Acceptance Testing (UATs) in close co-ordination with business and accounting teams.
- Perform financial reporting and support monthly P&L analysis and financial forecasts.
- Provide inputs for monthly and quarterly business reviews in a timely manner.
- Support in monthly/quarterly financial closing activity in close co-ordination with business and accounting teams.
- Facilitate the business reviews with data analysis and follow through with business leaders on actionable items for improving business metrics over a period of time.
- Long- and short-term financial planning, Perform ad-hoc business analyses, and financial modeling.
- Measuring and monitoring of metrics for new business initiatives.
- Present recommendations to senior management on strategic decisions, and planned future initiatives.
- Demonstrate appropriate understanding / working knowledge of accounting principles and internal controls, and apply them.
- Ensure appropriate financial policies, procedures, and internal controls are in place, documented, and operating as intended.
- Drive process improvements required to enhance controls. -Actively participate in strategic initiatives and special projects when assigned or required.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Bangalore, KA, IND
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Bangalore, KA, IND
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 4+ years of Accounts Receivable or Account Payable experience
- 4+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
- 4+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
- 4+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience
- Six Sigma Black Belt
- Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence
- CA with 4+ years of experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 4+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
- Knowledge of Tableau
- 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)
- 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)
- SQL, Microsoft Access, VBA, Oracle Financials and Cognos is a plus
- Proven ability to develop new ideas and creative solutions
- Proven ability to work successfully in an ambiguous environment
- Proven ability to meet tight deadlines and prioritize workload
- Ability to work in cross-functional teams
- Customer focus and professional demeanor
JOB TYPE
Industry