Amazon

Financial Analyst III - AMZ9740773

Amazon$105K — $163K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or related analytical field; OR Bachelor's degree with five years of progressive experience.
  • Three years of experience in finance or a related analytical field.
  • One year of experience with advanced Excel techniques for financial modeling and analysis.
  • Proven skills in analyzing business processes and implementing controls.
  • Experience managing cross-functional financial projects.

Responsibilities

  • Gather and analyze financial data to support planning and expense management.
  • Prepare financial reports and performance analyses for internal and external needs.
  • Identify and drive process improvements in reporting and controls.
  • Communicate GAAP applications to peers and partners.
  • Supervise and provide guidance to junior analysts on reporting tasks.
  • Document financial processes and assess internal controls for effectiveness.
  • Oversee the monthly close process, ensuring financial accuracy.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, financial, and other benefits included.
  • Opportunities for equity and sign-on payments as part of total compensation.
  • Full range of employee benefits, including employee-centric resources.
Full Job Description
MULTIPLE POSITIONS AVAILABLE

Employer: AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC

Offered Position: Financial Analyst III

Job Location: Chicago, Illinois



Position Responsibilities:

Gather and analyze qualitative and quantitative economic, financial and other data to support financial planning and operating expense management. Prepare various deliverables to support both internal and external financial reporting needs, including insightful financial performance analysis to achieve business goals. Take ownership, identify process improvement opportunities for existing processes, reporting and controls, and drive positive change across the organization. Understand relevant accounting principles and communicate the application of GAAP to peers and business partners. Participate in writing white papers to support a given accounting position. Provide management and direction to junior analysts, including overseeing and reviewing reporting and Excel spreadsheet work papers. Document processes. Assess internal controls, identify gaps in the control process, and design additional controls to solve deficiencies. Oversee the monthly close process working closely with finance team to ensure the validity of the financials and report results to senior management. Act independently to complete multiple cross-functional projects with complex objectives. Create and maintain reports. Track down and identify sources of data, determine the validity of the data, and analyze the variance in the data between various systems and reports.

40 hours / week, 8:00am-5:00pm, Salary Range: $105,013/year to $163,200/year.

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, visit:

https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Position Requirements:

Master's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics or related analytical field and three years of experience in finance or a related analytical field. Employer will accept a bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics or related analytical field and five years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or related occupation as equivalent to the Master's degree and three years of experience. Must have one year of experience in the following skills: (1) building and managing financial models for business forecasting and variance analysis using advanced excel spreadsheet techniques such as vlookups and pivot tables; (2) analyzing business processes; (3) designing and implementing controls; (4) financial reporting; and (5) managing cross-functional financial projects including project design, requirements, and implementation.#0000

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Please see job description and the position requirements above.

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