Senior Financial Analyst, Design

Description

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 Senior 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

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)

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

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

• Experience applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses

• Experience in identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA, or CPA

• Experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis

• 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 in Real Estate and/or Facility Management a strong plus

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $60,200/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 . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.