As a Finance Analyst, you'll give us the visibility we need to drive Amazon forward. Finance teams are a constant adviser to the business. When our finances and programme performance are optimised, we can keep delivering an excellent experience for our customers and find new ways to support them. This role gives you the opportunity to see how we make business decisions as you gather all the insights that we need to shape our future.
Key job responsibilities
• Leverages Customer Fulfillment metrics to identify cost out opportunities by linking up operations and financials
• Understands the details of the cost structure to make thoughtful judgement calls in ambiguous environments where data may be difficult to procure.
• Root cause analysis and uncovering core issues using data, then assisting the Fulfillment Center improve and create new measures for site productivity
• Builds trusted relationships with your business partners to influence and support tactical and strategic business decisions that steer business improvements and cost reductions
• Works with data source providers and technology teams to ensure that key decision data is accurate, automated and timely
• Owns the Financial and operational planning processes to produce a challenging/stretch/bold yet solid operational plan
A day in the life
As a Finance Analyst, you'll play a core role in a number of projects at any one time. By tracking performance metrics, analysing data and building financial models, you'll identify where we can drive better efficiency and productivity. You'll also show us how different scenarios impact our business from a financial perspective, which is vital for many of our stakeholders to make business decisions.
This role will allow you to work closely with our partners to provide the insights they need. You'll be predominantly based in one of our corporate offices but may also be based in another of our sites.
About the team
Customer Fulfilment, or CF, is where it all started for Amazon. CF has scaled up from a humble team of booksellers to a sophisticated global team which handles more than 1.5 million orders every day. The team is the foundation of our business and its efforts have helped us diversify across new regions and services. With the help of emerging technology, we're always looking for ways to offer a bigger, better product range – delivered quickly and affordably.
The CF team are the first people in the chain that helps customers get products at the speed we're known for. We're based in Fulfilment Centres, which are at the heart of Amazon's fast-paced Operations network. Our centres are sometimes referred to as the 'First Mile' because it's where most Amazon packages start their journey. We help to manage dynamic inventory and facilitate speedy deliveries round the clock.
Lots of different people work in our Fulfilment Centres, so there are plenty of opportunities for every skillset. Some of us work with physical products, while others analyse data to help everyone across the business make smart decisions.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Madrid, M, ESP 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)
Bachelor's degree
Experience in financial modeling, P&L management or analysisA bachelor's degree in finance, Mathematics, or Economics
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