Senior Financial Analyst, US Consumables Finance
Seattle, WA - USA
Job Summary
This position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in a high-growth environment where your financial expertise will directly influence business strategy. Youll conduct deep-dive analyses on promotional effectiveness and vendor investment ROI while maintaining strong controllership over general ledger accuracy and budget reconciliation. If youre passionate about business partnership have a talent for detailed analysis and want to help shape the direction of one of Amazons most dynamic businesses this role offers exceptional growth and development potential.
Key job responsibilities
- Own P&L reporting and variance analysis for one or more US Consumables sub-categories ensuring reporting accuracy and regularly auditing work to maintain the highest standards
- Partner cross-functionally with Category Pricing and Vendor Management teams to understand business drivers and provide strategic financial guidance
- Support business review cycles (WBR/MBR/QBR) with comprehensive narratives bridge analyses and actionable insights that influence data-driven decision making
- Build and maintain forecasts during monthly guidance and operational planning cycles converting data findings into recommendations that impact business performance
- Conduct ad-hoc deep-dive analyses on topics such as promotional effectiveness and vendor investment ROI to identify opportunities for business improvement
A day in the life
Your day starts with reviewing overnight financial performance metrics for your assigned Consumables sub-categories identifying any significant variances that require immediate attention. Youll spend time analyzing these variances against operating plans and translating them into actionable insights for your business partners. Throughout the day youll collaborate with Category Managers to understand underlying business drivers participate in planning meetings with cross-functional teams and work on forecasting models for upcoming business reviews. You might also tackle an ad-hoc analysis on promotional ROI or vendor investment effectiveness ensuring your findings provide clear recommendations that help the business make informed decisions.
About the team
The US Consumables Finance team is part of Worldwide Amazon Stores Finance sitting within the North America Stores finance organization. We provide financial support for Amazons US Consumables business one of the fastest-growing product families.
Our team serves as the strategic finance partner to Consumables business leaders. We own P&L management across multiple categories lead forecasting and planning processes deliver business insights and foster cross-functional partnerships with Category Pricing Vendor Management Returns Advertising and Corporate FP&A teams. We pride ourselves on delivering financial insights that directly influence the strategic direction of this rapidly growing business.
- 3 years of tax finance or a related analytical field experience
- Bachelors degree in engineering statistics or business or Bachelors degree and 5 years of quantitative role (engineering process re-engineering quality assurance) experience
- Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence
- 5 years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience
- 5 years of contributing to cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy experience
- 4 years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
- MBA or CPA
- 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 an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at NY New York - 73600.00 - 128800.00 USD annually
USA VA Arlington - 66900.00 - 117100.00 USD annually
USA WA Seattle - 82700.00 - 117100.00 USD annually
Required Experience:
Senior IC
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