About the role
Are you passionate around launching new businesses, and developing innovative processes that combine accounting, finance, operations excellence and technology to drive improvement? Have you led large cross-functional Are you passionate around launching new businesses, and developing innovative processes that combine accounting, finance, operations excellence and technology to drive improvement? Have you led large cross-functional projects to bring new business ideas to life, or increase efficiency and accuracy of existing businesses? If so, Amazon has an immediate opening for a Sr. Financial Analyst to join our Finance and Business Integration team, focusing on India expansion. India has emerged as one of the fastest growing geographies for Amazon with many exciting projects. As a Sr. Financial Analyst , this leader will work closely with the financial systems team, accounting operations teams, tax, treasury, and others and represent the accounting organization to various stakeholders. In this role, the candidate will be part of a team that collaborates with business finance and technical teams to deliver world class solutions that are highly scalable, secure, and flexible. The projects will span across the Consumer domain, including Seller Services, Retail, and Payments. This role also provides high level visibility across business, accounting and finance. A successful candidate in this position will have demonstrable experience with financial reporting, system and process design, project management and internal control related responsibilities. This person will have operated successfully in a fast-paced, global, results-oriented environment. Strong oral and written communication skills are crucial, as well as ability to think clearly, analyze quantitatively, problem-solve, scope business requirements and prioritize. Key job responsibilities Job Responsibilities: - Lead and develop Program Managers to provide project support and assistance to Amazon's business and technology teams with the design of new products or offerings and set-up of financial systems to ensure appropriate business support and controllership - Responsible for consultation, oversight and implementation of cross functional projects - Manage and prioritize work for the assigned portfolio; work directly or indirectly with various stakeholder teams and monitor quality to ensure standards are maintained - Identify and communicate project risks to senior leadership, along with clear recommendations for resolution or mitigation - Provide leadership and technical guidance in executing large scale process implementations and improvements within new business launches and existing processes and controls; define scope, goals and deliverables in collaboration with senior leadership and stakeholders - Work collaboratively with the global accounting, tech, finance, tax and business teams to establish and maintain strong communication channels - Hire, develop talent and actively participate in Accounting recruiting effort - 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience- 4+ years of Accounts Receivable or Account Payable experience- 4+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience- 4+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience- 4+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes 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- Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence - 4+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience- MBA, or CPA- Knowledge of Tableau- Six Sigma Black Belt- Experience as a lean sensei, or experience working as a Quality Assurance EngineerOur 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.