Senior Financial Analyst, GESS Launch Finance - Amazon

Description Do you want to become a leader helping to support our fast growing fulfillment center networks? Would you enjoy tackling problems that have never been solved before in a fast paced start-up environment? If you answered "yes," then working in our growing Launch Finance team is the right place for you. The Launch Finance team is an organization that supports Launch Operations and is a part of the wider Infrastructure Finance team that supports Real Estate, Design & Construction, Procurement, and Engineering within the Fulfillment Center network. We are responsible for all financial and operations planning for Fulfillment Center Launches, drive standardization for financial reporting for new Launches, drive cost-out initiatives together with the business teams, and create key management information dashboards for our business partners. The Senior Financial Analyst role will have the opportunity to work with Finance professionals, as well as work closely with a cross functional team supporting new launches. Persons in this role have advancement opportunities to support multiple businesses, lead programs, and manage local, regional, or global teams. The successful candidate has demonstrated the ability to work with internal business partners and will enjoy the challenges and rewards of working in a fast-growing organization. The role is broad in scope and will require an individual who is motivated to make an impact. Key job responsibilities - Use solid financial knowledge and business acumen to build financial models, interpret data, draw conclusions, and make recommendations that deliver results, drive improvements, and influence leaders throughout Amazon. - Uses financial systems and advanced MSExcel functions to work with large data sets. - Outputs plans, forecasts, budgets, and consolidations. - Creates effective business partnerships, manages competing priorities, and provides guidance based on data analysis during unexpected events - Uses active listening skills intuitively to communicate data (both written and verbal) in a clear, concise, and unambiguous manner. - Adjusts style for various audiences to articulate complex finance issues clearly. - Collects and analyzes quantitative data to develop relevant reports that drive cost reductions. - Seeks and leverages diverse perspectives in all activities. Identifies opportunities to resolve defects proactively. - Improves, scales, or simplifies finance tools across teams and organizations. - Contributes to work life harmony by being a positive, collaborative, and effective influencer to new team members as an indicator of operations excellence. Basic Qualifications - 3+ years of finance or a related analytical field experience - Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field Preferred Qualifications - 3+ 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.