Finance Analyst, Amazon Business Finance
Job ID: 2853172 | Amazon Business EU Sarl
Entering the business to business (B2B) market is one of Amazon’s most exciting growth opportunities. Since launching in 2015, Amazon Business (AB) already has more than 5 million customers. AB is growing fast and requires talented finance professionals to help us scale. AB is recognized as one of the key focus areas for Amazon to keep Amazon Business on its high-growth/high-profit path.
This role acts as a Finance Analyst for one or more countries and sectors for Amazon Business in Europe, supporting the analysis and planning for growth programs. This role will lead the finance activities, create scalable reporting mechanisms, and conduct analyses, including creating new frameworks required to grow B2B spend. The role will drive growth through detailed financial modeling and identifying/improving key business indicators such as sales productivity, profitability, and sales mix to provide insightful inputs to the business leaders to drive maximum growth. Additional responsibilities may include delivering cost and process improvements, performing reviews of forecast vs. actual variances, and communicating with management and peers about business issues and demanding actions.
This position is expected to interact extensively with AB Business Management in the EU and work closely with Amazon Business teams and finance teams across other locations. The position will report to the AB Finance Head in the EU.
Key Job Responsibilities
1. Act as a finance partner working directly with Amazon Business leadership, supporting one or more Country and/or Sales segments.
2. Lead the financial planning and analysis processes with metrics and data insights for financial risks, opportunities, and investment decisions.
3. Lead the preparation of weekly, monthly, and annual business performance reviews.
4. Develop, report, and analyze key input metrics that support team goals.
5. Influence business decisions with effective verbal and written communication, data-driven analysis and modeling, and presentation of options and alternatives.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making.
- Experience in identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause, and creating/implementing an escalation plan.
- Experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and data interpretation of results.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- MBA or CPA in Finance or Accounting.
- 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 in creating process improvements with automation and analysis.
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Posted: December 20, 2024 (Updated about 19 hours ago)
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