Overview
This role offers the perfect blend of independence and teamwork, as you’ll have the freedom to dive into complex projects while also fostering close relationships with our on-the-ground operations. You’ll gain a deep understanding of the inner workings of Amazon’s logistics ecosystem working alongside other operational and finance teams
Are you ready to be the catalyst for transformative change? Unlock your potential and embark on an exhilarating career journey with Amazon!
Key job responsibilities
- Building financial and operational analysis to drive and influence data-driven senior leadership decisions.
- Use a range of metrics and models to forecast, link operational objectives to financials, and determine opportunities for improvement
- Business partner cross functionally with key senior stakeholders, providing finance support and challenge
- Lead projects by overseeing timelines, priorities, auditing quality and resolving issue
- Produce a financial and operational plan to support business priorities, and lead on associated projects
- Generate insights from financial data, identify opportunities for greater efficiency, and communicate findings with the leadership team to drive business actions
- Support with training new team members and contribute to onboarding plans
- Maintain and build tools for your team to support knowledge sharing and help to standardize processes across AMET teams
A day in the life
As a Finance Analyst, you’ll play a core role in a number of projects at any one time. By tracking performance metrics, analysing data and building financial models, you’ll identify where we can drive better efficiency and productivity. You’ll also show us how different scenarios impact our business from a financial perspective, which is vital for many of our stakeholders to make business decisions.
This role will allow you to work independently, whilst also working closely with our partners to provide the insights they need. You’ll be predominantly based in one of our corporate offices but may also require to travel to sites on an ad-hoc basis.
About The Team
Are you an individual who thrives on making lightning-fast decisions while effortlessly navigating the complexities of stakeholder management? Can you deftly handle ambiguity with the grace of a tightrope walker, all while embracing the thrill of venturing down the road less traveled? If so, this role might just be the perfect fit for you!
As a vital component of AMET Ops Finance team, you’ll have the opportunity to support one of our key pillars, where your penchant for high-velocity decision-making and your ability to captivate even the most seasoned L8s and Senior L7s will be invaluable assets. Brace yourself for a steep learning curve that promises both exhilaration and immense satisfaction, as you embark on a journey to craft something truly unique.
So, if you’re ready to embrace the challenge and leave your mark on our dynamic team, we invite you to step forward and seize this extraordinary opportunity. Just remember, the road less traveled is often the one that leads to the most rewarding destinations.
Basic Qualifications:
- 4+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
- 4+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
- 4+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- 4+ 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)
About Amazon
Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. We are driven by the excitement of building technologies, inventing products, and providing services that change lives. We embrace new ways of doing things, make decisions quickly, and are not afraid to fail. We have the scope and capabilities of a large company, and the spirit and heart of a small one.