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Amazon Global Procurement Finance is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join its Category Finance team. This is an exciting opportunity to create and innovate on behalf of our internal customers and build the procurement organization of the future.

The Senior Financial Analyst will be a finance partner to the relevant Category business team supporting implementation of sourcing strategy through thoughtful insights and financial analysis. This includes, among other things, responsibility for financial metrics, reporting, forecasting and analysis.

The successful candidate will be strategic, analytical, and have the demonstrated ability to effectively manage the finances of a large organization. Global Procurement Finance provides opportunities, and the scope, to grow your career as you engage in one of the many facets of Procurement.

Key job responsibilities

• Perform financial reporting, ad-hoc business analyses and financial modeling.

• Contribute to business decisions by providing insightful analysis and methodical consideration for the end-to-end impact to systems, financial controls and ongoing support requirements.

• Identify opportunities and drive automation in existing manual process

• Facilitate financial review meetings with cross functional teams and work with business managers to ensure effective finance and cost management.

• Manage the annual financial planning & analysis and quarterly budgeting exercise accurately, completely and in a timely basis

• Develop ad hoc business analysis and present recommendations to senior management on strategic decisions and planned future initiatives.

• Facilitate the Business reviews with data analysis and follow through with business leaders on actionable items.

A day in the life

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following abilities: they influence business owners, effectively lead meetings with senior leaders, support thoughtful decision-making through data, and adapt to a rapidly-evolving environment. This individual will also play a key role in decision making and developing financial insights as part of monthly and quarterly business reviews. This individual is able to drive network scale initiatives, enforce standard work, review and action purchase requests, develop and lead cost business reviews, and provide ad-hoc analysis on large or ambiguous tasks.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Arlington, VA, USA | Nashville, TN, USA | Seattle, WA, USA

Basic Qualifications

• BA/BS in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a highly analytical field (e.g., Engineering, Math, and Computer Science)

• 3+ years of finance experience or a related analytical field

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence

• Experience in financial modeling, P&L management or analysis

• 5+ years of finance experience, or Master’s degree and 3+ years of finance experience

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 $56,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $128,800/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. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.