Sr. Financial Analyst, Amazon Business Finance
Amazon · Seattle, WA · 6 days ago
AccountingFull-time
Key job responsibilities
- Own HC and OpEx forecasting, variance analysis, and financial reporting for the WW AB Product & Technology organization, spanning engineering, product, UX, and TPM teams across multiple geographies.
- Build and maintain financial models to evaluate technology investment tradeoffs, headcount scenarios, and resource allocation across charters and programs.
- Partner directly with senior technology leadership to translate strategic priorities into financial plans, providing analytical insights that inform hiring decisions, contractor spend, and program funding.
- Deliver monthly and quarterly business reviews (MBR/QBR) with clear, data-driven narratives that explain cost trends, forecast risks, and opportunities to VP-level audiences.
- Drive process improvements in financial planning cycles, developing scalable mechanisms for tracking technology costs, workforce productivity, and ROI on engineering investments.
- Solve complex business challenges by delivering accurate and timely financial models, business insights, and recommendations that drive improvements and influence leaders.
- Influence business decisions with effective verbal and written communication, data-driven analysis and modeling, and presentation of options and alternatives.
Basic Qualifications
- 3+ years of contributing to cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy experience
- 4+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
- 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- 3+ years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field
Preferred Qualifications
- 4+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
- 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)