Senior Financial Analyst, Last Mile Operations Finance - US FP&A
Amazon · Irving, TX · 1 wk ago
AccountingFull-time
Key job responsibilities
- Controllership & Risk Management: Identify control risks, evaluate impact, propose changes, and implement improvements to remediate gaps.
- Financial Close & Reporting: Deliver weekly/monthly financial close activities. Leverage financial systems and advanced Excel to manage large data sets and produce plans, forecasts, budgets, and consolidations.
- Data Integrity: Work with diverse data sources; identify incomplete or inaccurate data, determine root causes, escalate discrepancies, and partner to resolve issues.
- AI & Automation: Leverage AI tools and technologies (e.g., machine learning models, generative AI, predictive analytics) to enhance financial analysis, automate repetitive tasks, and generate actionable insights that drive business decisions.
- Communication: Use active listening and clear, concise communication (written and verbal) to articulate complex finance topics. Adjust style for various audiences.
- Process Improvement: Identify and implement solutions to resolve, improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance processes—including exploring AI-driven solutions to increase efficiency and accuracy.
- Time Management: Prioritize work independently, resolve issues, meet deadlines, and seek feedback. Discern between urgent and non-urgent matters and act accordingly.
- Professional Development: Drive your own growth within the Finance community—seek opportunities to expand expertise in emerging technologies including AI/ML, participate in initiatives, and share knowledge across teams.
- Team Culture: Contribute to a positive, collaborative team environment; serve as an effective mentor and role model for new team members.
Basic Qualifications
- 2+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- 2+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
- 2+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
- 2+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience
- 2+ years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience
- 2+ years of contributing to cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy experience
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, statistics or business, or Bachelor's 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
Preferred Qualifications
- 2+ 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)