Business Analyst, Transparency Team, TSE - Amazon

Description Job Location: Candidate can opt for Seattle, WA or Tempe, AZ Are you interested in helping Amazon ensure that customers make great purchase decisions and enable the world's most recognized Brands using Amazon to have the best experience listing and selling their products? The Transparency team is seeking a skilled and experienced Business Analyst who is excited about translating vast and complex data sets into actionable insight and simple and actionable, and scalable solutions. To be successful in this role, you must have a high capacity for Learn and Be Curious, be comfortable dealing with ambiguity, be an effective communicator, and be organized. Our business moves rapidly, and it's important to be able to adapt to the latest changes in the business, systems, tools, and techniques for extracting, processing, analyzing, modeling, and taking action on data. You will work directly with business stakeholders to define strategy and requirements, and then lead projects from design through delivery. This is a global role that will include interaction with brands, tech teams, business development, operational teams, and stakeholders across US, EU, CN, IN, JP and AU. As a Business Analyst on the Transparency PM team, you will focus on exciting and challenging problems, including: - Translate basic datasets into actionable insights - Enable effective decision making by retrieving and aggregating data from multiple sources and compiling it into a digestible and actionable format - Influence and implement the team's approach to data - Guide and provide recommendations on focus areas and improvement opportunities for the business - Have in-depth knowledge of the data available and how to collect it; periodically identify more advanced methods of query optimization - Utilize basic data-manipulation tools and cross-check data to determine accuracy - Convert data to information through basic descriptions, aggregations, and pivots - Implement/deploy data visualization or communication tools (e.g., metrics dashboards, decks, flashes) - Share data with stakeholders to inform business decisions - Manage expectations; prioritize own workload and communicate status Advanced SQL and Excel are required. About the team We are a team of smart, hardworking and passionate PMs that like solving complex problems in a collaborative manner. Basic Qualifications - 3+ years of business or financial analysis experience - 5+ years of Excel (including VBA, pivot tables, array functions, power pivots, etc.) and data visualization tools such as Tableau experience - Experience with SQL - Experience defining requirements and using data and metrics to draw business insights - 3+ years of business analyst, data analyst or similar role experience - Experience making business recommendations and influencing stakeholders Preferred Qualifications - Master's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, engineering , analytics, mathematics, statistics or a related technical or quantitative field - Excellent written and verbal communication skills complemented with the ability to problem solve independently 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 $66,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $143,100/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.