Financial Analyst II , FOAA Digital

Amazon is a US-based multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Amazon.com started as an online bookstore, but soon diversified into many other categories, with a vision to be earth's most customer-centric company & to build a place where people can come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online. Amazon's Finance Operations, Accounting & Analysis (FOAA) team is a fast-paced, team-focused, dynamic environment and delivering great experiences for our customers is top priority. FOAA is seeking a Finance Analyst to support our Digital team.

• Key job responsibilities
• 1. Review/Support the month end activities which include closing of sub ledgers, general ledger account reconciliations, reporting and balance sheet account analysis.
• 2. Review/support month end Flux analysis for all P&L and Balance sheet accounts and share with Stakeholders along with the analysis on the reasons for the changes.
• 3. Demonstrate a proficient level of professional skill and knowledge in accounting and apply this in-depth knowledge, principles and systems design to recognize complex and unique issues and develop resolution and/or consistently consult with leadership in order to achieve resolution
• 4. Ensure appropriate financial policies, procedures and internal controls are in place, documented and also work on process improvements.
• 5. Responsible for reviewing Balance sheet reconciliations and highlighting and taking necessary action upon the issues appropriately.
• 6. Interact and working closely with the auditors on audit related queries and ensure smooth completion of the audits.
• 7. Responsible for GRC compliance, internal control and get the alignment of improvements/changes with the Stakeholder.
• 8. Lead and support new business/system launches including UAT of the accounting entries and financial reporting.
• 9. Identification of process improvement opportunity and partnering with Tech Partners for automation/system solution.

• A day in the life
• 1. Review/Support the month end activities which include closing of sub ledgers, general ledger account reconciliations, reporting and balance sheet account analysis.
• 2. Review/support month end Flux analysis for all P&L and Balance sheet accounts and share with Stakeholders along with the analysis on the reasons for the changes.
• 3. Demonstrate a proficient level of professional skill and knowledge in accounting and apply this in-depth knowledge, principles and systems design to recognize complex and unique issues and develop resolution and/or consistently consult with leadership in order to achieve resolution
• 4. Ensure appropriate financial policies, procedures and internal controls are in place, documented and also work on process improvements.
• 5. Responsible for reviewing Balance sheet reconciliations and highlighting and taking necessary action upon the issues appropriately.
• 6. Interact and working closely with the auditors on audit related queries and ensure smooth completion of the audits.
• 7. Responsible for GRC compliance, internal control and get the alignment of improvements/changes with the Stakeholder.
• 8. Lead and support new business/system launches including UAT of the accounting entries and financial reporting.
• 9. Identification of process improvement opportunity and partnering with Tech Partners for automation/system solution.

Basic qualifications

• - 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
• - Six Sigma Black Belt
• - Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence
• - Experience as a lean sensei, or experience working as a Quality Assurance Engineer

Preferred qualifications

• - 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
• - 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)

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