A successful candidate will be a strategic thinker, highly analytical, comfortable with creating data driven narratives, customer obsessed, and have a willingness to navigate ambiguity. They must be comfortable contributing to recommendations presented to senior leadership (VP level) as well as having a high bar for data fidelity.
Key job responsibilities
- Facilitate financial review meetings with Business and Finance stakeholders to support decision making.
- Create new Profitability KPIs and financial reports that enable cross-country benchmarking.
- Drive thought leadership on the unit economics of the Prime business which leads to actionable insights.
- Develop and leverage relationships within a highly matrixed organizational structure.
- Manage large volumes of complex data and synthesize findings to senior management.
About the team
We love the benefits of Prime membership, and are obsessed with finding ways to improve the Prime business for our customers. Because Prime benefits span many businesses at Amazon (shopping, video, music, and many more), we have the opportunity to partner with and influence many teams at Amazon. We are a finance team, but we work very closely with our business partners, and have a seat at the table to weigh in on things both strategic and tactical. We provide controllership, analysis and thought leadership, working across multiple functional areas.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field 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
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 6+ years of solving complex business challenges by delivering accurate and timely financial models, analysis, and recommendations that have a proven impact on business (e.g., financial savings, operational improvements, or customer benefits) experience
- MBA, or CPA
- Knowledge of SQL/ETL
- 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)
- Experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $85,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $179,500/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. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.