Sr. Financial Analyst, Design & Construction, GREF

At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, creative and driven people. If you'd like to help us build the place to find and buy anything online, this is your chance to make history. Finance is all about the numbers…unless you work at Amazon; it is about knowing the numbers and so much more. As finance leaders, we’re not just a reporting function, but a core part of the business, developing strong partnerships and creating value through insightful analyses. If you want to be a part of a fast moving, dynamic initiative then this is the role for you!

Amazon seeks a Sr. Financial Analyst to support our Global Real Estate and Facilities (GREF) team. The GREF team develops and manages a large portfolio of owned office properties and leases across the globe with offices varying stages of the building life cycle, from ground up construction, to initial fit out, operations, and decommissioning. This role will be primarily responsible for financial analysis and reporting of capital expenditures, supporting preparation of annual budgeting and forecasting processes, and controllership of our North American and Latin American corporate office portfolio. This FP&A position will partner with multiple internal and external stakeholders to provide timely analysis, insightful guidance, and financial leadership to this high-growth organization
This position requires a proactive, highly motivated individual with an aptitude for process improvement, who can drive automation efforts towards integration of financial systems to upstream data sources and input from vendors.


Key job responsibilities
• Detailed forecasting of construction projects at a Purchase Order and Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) code level
• Coordinate with Project Managers and provide controllership over individual projects
• Benchmark costs of similar projects
• Driving quarterly, annual and multi-year forecasting and budgeting process.
• Lead monthly reviews of financial and operating metrics, analyze variances to forecast
• Be an expert in managing data in financial systems and develop automation programs to create insightful reports to drive business improvement
• Produce regular metrics reviews, as well as analytical support through deep-dive analysis
• Improve and further develop metrics decks that include relevant KPIs
• Liaise with various accounting teams on new programs and initiatives
• Train business teams on finance processes, roll out new programs, and communicate platform changes
• Take ownership for budgeting and forecasting for capital expenditures
• Provide analytical support to key business partners