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Amazon Financial Analyst II, FOAA Payroll Accounting team in Bangalore, India
Description
The Financial Analyst will partner with the Global Payments Finance teams (based in the US) to support in launching, operationalizing and maintaining its payments infrastructure across entities, platforms and marketplaces. This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-paced business at Amazon. The successful candidate will be strategic, analytical, and have a demonstrated ability to manage the financial responsibilities of a high-growth business. The successful candidate will be comfortable working in cross-functional teams, and demonstrate strong leadership skills.
The ideal candidate must have superior attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple competing priorities. The position represents an exciting opportunity to be a part of an extremely dynamic and high -paced environment, support a global organization and work with accounting and business teams. The role offers significant opportunities for rapid growth and is a great place to learn about various businesses at Amazon.
· Work independently to manage projects and support Amazon's global business and development teams in the design and implementation of payment methods, new products and offerings.
· Provide project management update within and across business units to transition new processes and/or permanent solutions to support the Amazon accounting team.
· Coordinate with the global accounting teams to establish and maintain strong communication channels.
· Identify, implement, and adhere to best practices across all new project launches
· Offering and receiving coaching, support, and guidance to the team.
· Perform financial reporting and support monthly P&L analysis and financial forecasts
· Developing and reporting on Finance Business Integration (FBI) team performance metrics
· Supporting in User Acceptance Testing (UATs) in close co-ordination with business and accounting teams
· Assisting on measuring and reporting progress on key goals for the business in a timely manner
· Provide inputs for monthly and quarterly business reviews in a timely manner. Facilitate the business reviews with data analysis and follow through with business leaders on actionable items for improving business metrics over a period of time
· Long and short term financial planning
· Perform ad-hoc business analyses, and financial modeling. Present recommendations to senior management on strategic decisions, and planned future initiatives
· Demonstrate appropriate understanding / working knowledge of accounting principles and internal controls, and apply them
· Ensure appropriate financial policies, procedures, and internal controls are in place, documented, and operating as intended.
· Drive process improvements required to enhance controls.
· Actively participate in strategic initiatives and special projects when assigned or required.
· Basic Qualifications
Strong English language oral and written skills
Strong Project Management skills
PG with specialization in finance/accounting required
Fluency in Microsoft Excel
Advanced analytical skills and an ability to work independently in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment
Strong financial analysis and financial modeling skills
· Preferred Qualifications
CA/MBA degree is preferred
PMP certification preferred
SQL, Microsoft Access, VBA, Oracle Financials and Cognos is a plus
-Proven ability to develop new ideas and creative solutions
Proven ability to work successfully in an ambiguous environment
Proven ability to meet tight deadlines and prioritize workload
Ability to work in cross-functional teams
Customer focus and professional demeanor
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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