Senior Financial Analyst, WW Operations - SCOT Finance
Senior Financial Analyst, WW Operations - SCOT Finance
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Where will Amazons growth come from in the next year What about over the next five Which product lines are poised to quintuple in size Are we investing enough in our infrastructure or too much How do our customers react to changes in prices product selection or delivery times
These are among the most important questions at Amazon today. The Topline Forecasting team in the Supply Chain Optimization Technologies (SCOT) organization is dedicated to answering these questions using statistical and machine learning methods. The Topline Forecast is one of the most important inputs for strategic and operational planning for Amazons consumer business. We build accurate predictive models and deploy automated software solutions to provide forecasting insights to business leaders at the most senior levels throughout the company.
SCOT Finance is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to support the World Wide Topline Forecasting team. The Individual will be a finance leader with experience in finance and interest in economics and data science. The leader will need to be able to partner with a team of Economists research scientists data scientists and engineers who build models that forecast growth rates and volumes. This person will partner with multiple stakeholders to review and validate forecast assumptions mechanics and outputs and must be able to communicate crisply generate timely and insightful analysis and provide controllership through auditing. This role requires extensive partnership with various business operations transportation and finance teams to identify areas of opportunities for improvements in forecasting coverage and accuracy and understand the impact of forecast revisions.
Key job responsibilities
- Own the forecast output underlying assumptions and explaining and rationalizing them with various leaders and stakeholder groups. Including contributing to docs and doc reviews with senior leaders on forecast revisions and variances
- Create mechanisms to audit the forecasts at various granularities
- Identify and develop opportunities with the business team which improve forecast accuracy and coverage
- Communicate data (both written and verbal) in a clear concise and unambiguous manner
- Drive resource planning and goal setting discussions with the team
- Own the planning cycle timelines and calendars for the Topline team for external reviews and publishes
- Bachelors degree in finance accounting business economics or a related analytical field (e.g. engineering math computer science)
- 3 years of tax finance or a related analytical field experience
- MBA or CPA
- 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 applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $60200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $128800/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 This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
These are among the most important questions at Amazon today. The Topline Forecasting team in the Supply Chain Optimization Technologies (SCOT) organization is dedicated to answering these questions using statistical and machine learning methods. The Topline Forecast is one of the most important inputs for strategic and operational planning for Amazons consumer business. We build accurate predictive models and deploy automated software solutions to provide forecasting insights to business leaders at the most senior levels throughout the company.
SCOT Finance is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to support the World Wide Topline Forecasting team. The Individual will be a finance leader with experience in finance and interest in economics and data science. The leader will need to be able to partner with a team of Economists research scientists data scientists and engineers who build models that forecast growth rates and volumes. This person will partner with multiple stakeholders to review and validate forecast assumptions mechanics and outputs and must be able to communicate crisply generate timely and insightful analysis and provide controllership through auditing. This role requires extensive partnership with various business operations transportation and finance teams to identify areas of opportunities for improvements in forecasting coverage and accuracy and understand the impact of forecast revisions.
Key job responsibilities
- Own the forecast output underlying assumptions and explaining and rationalizing them with various leaders and stakeholder groups. Including contributing to docs and doc reviews with senior leaders on forecast revisions and variances
- Create mechanisms to audit the forecasts at various granularities
- Identify and develop opportunities with the business team which improve forecast accuracy and coverage
- Communicate data (both written and verbal) in a clear concise and unambiguous manner
- Drive resource planning and goal setting discussions with the team
- Own the planning cycle timelines and calendars for the Topline team for external reviews and publishes
- Bachelors degree in finance accounting business economics or a related analytical field (e.g. engineering math computer science)
- 3 years of tax finance or a related analytical field experience
- MBA or CPA
- 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 applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $60200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $128800/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 This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
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