Amazon
Financial Analyst II, AWS Business Insights and Analytics
Amazon, Seattle, Washington, us, 98127
Description
AWS Finance is seeking a highly analytical and creative world class Finance Manager to join the AWS Business Insights and Analytics team. This position will be responsible for driving the development of business metrics, customer insights and deep business analytics. This role requires a self-starter with strong problem-solving skills, a keen attention to detail, and ability to work in a fast-paced environment with ambiguous situations. This role will work with business, Sales, Service Finance, Accounting and Data / BI Engineering teams across AWS to dive deep and develop a crisp understanding of all AWS revenue components, trends, customer behavior, and other drivers impacting the business. The ideal candidate should know and love working with business intelligence tools, be passionate about working with data and using their findings to provide business insights and guide the broader organization. This is a critical role with high visibility to executive and senior leadership, and is a great opportunity for those willing to roll up their sleeves to achieve results while innovating and improving current processes.
Key job responsibilities
• Drive key business and customer analytics, variance analyses, and financial modeling to provide insights to the team and executive leadership.
• Partner with stakeholders across multiple teams in business, finance, accounting, and business intelligence to understand key business drivers and deliver new reports.
• Support analytics requests across AWS business and finance teams.
• Deliver written documentation/communication of current business drivers and trends.
• Work closely with Business Intelligence team to build tools and mechanisms to improve processes as the business grows.
• Foster constructive communication across multiple teams to drive standardization and information socialization.
Basic Qualifications
3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
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
Bachelor's degree in engineering, statistics or business, or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) experience
Six Sigma Black Belt
Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence
Experience as a lean sensei, or experience working as a Quality Assurance Engineer
Preferred Qualifications
4+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
MBA, or CPA
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)
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 $60,200/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.
AWS Finance is seeking a highly analytical and creative world class Finance Manager to join the AWS Business Insights and Analytics team. This position will be responsible for driving the development of business metrics, customer insights and deep business analytics. This role requires a self-starter with strong problem-solving skills, a keen attention to detail, and ability to work in a fast-paced environment with ambiguous situations. This role will work with business, Sales, Service Finance, Accounting and Data / BI Engineering teams across AWS to dive deep and develop a crisp understanding of all AWS revenue components, trends, customer behavior, and other drivers impacting the business. The ideal candidate should know and love working with business intelligence tools, be passionate about working with data and using their findings to provide business insights and guide the broader organization. This is a critical role with high visibility to executive and senior leadership, and is a great opportunity for those willing to roll up their sleeves to achieve results while innovating and improving current processes.
Key job responsibilities
• Drive key business and customer analytics, variance analyses, and financial modeling to provide insights to the team and executive leadership.
• Partner with stakeholders across multiple teams in business, finance, accounting, and business intelligence to understand key business drivers and deliver new reports.
• Support analytics requests across AWS business and finance teams.
• Deliver written documentation/communication of current business drivers and trends.
• Work closely with Business Intelligence team to build tools and mechanisms to improve processes as the business grows.
• Foster constructive communication across multiple teams to drive standardization and information socialization.
Basic Qualifications
3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
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
Bachelor's degree in engineering, statistics or business, or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) experience
Six Sigma Black Belt
Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence
Experience as a lean sensei, or experience working as a Quality Assurance Engineer
Preferred Qualifications
4+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
MBA, or CPA
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)
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 $60,200/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.