Financial Analyst

Description

Job summary

Amazon strives to be Earth's most customer-centric company where people can find and discover virtually anything they want to buy online. By giving customers what they want – low prices, vast selection, and convenience. Amazon is expanding its presence in the Middle East and North Africa. We are looking for a dynamic and accomplished Business Finance Analyst who can generate actionable insights and develop simple tools and mechanisms that will equip our teams to drive growth and profitability. The person should have basic SQL knowledge to run queries and extract data to help drive meaningful insights.

The Analyst will support retail category/ function specific finance activity. The person would play a key role in driving the function /category agenda and would work as business partner in delivering the business result. The key task would be to help the business in decision support through data analysis and business insight. In addition, this position supports and partners with various functions to develop annual plans, forecast, analyze trends, create metrics and perform analyses to support business decisions.

The successful candidate will be strategic, analytical, and have the demonstrated ability to effectively manage the finances of a high-growth business. The successful candidate should 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 successfully manage multiple competing priorities simultaneously. The position represents an exciting opportunity to be a part of an extremely dynamic and high paced environment, supporting a global organization.

Responsibilities Include

Reporting and Analysis:

• Perform financial reporting and support monthly P&L analysis and financial forecasts
• Support in monthly/quarterly financial closing activity in close co-ordination with business and accounting teams
• Facilitate financial review meetings with business groups and work with business managers to ensure effective finance and cost management.
• Assist in Measuring and reporting progress on key goals for the business team in a timely manner
• Measuring and monitoring of metrics for new business initiatives
• 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
• Perform ad-hoc business analyses, and financial modeling. Present recommendations to senior management on strategic decisions, and planned future initiatives
• Execute and drive KPI metrics for business and operation performance
• Demonstrate appropriate understanding / working knowledge of accounting principles and internal controls, and apply them
• Provide high level support to business partners. Compile and present materials to senior management.
  
  

Key job responsibilities

Reporting And Analysis

• Perform financial reporting and support monthly P&L analysis and financial forecasts
• Support in monthly/quarterly financial closing activity in close co-ordination with business and accounting teams
• Facilitate financial review meetings with business groups and work with business managers to ensure effective finance and cost management.
• Assist in Measuring and reporting progress on key goals for the business team in a timely manner
• Measuring and monitoring of metrics for new business initiatives
• 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
• Perform ad-hoc business analyses, and financial modeling. Present recommendations to senior management on strategic decisions, and planned future initiatives
• Execute and drive KPI metrics for business and operation performance
• Demonstrate appropriate understanding / working knowledge of accounting principles and internal controls, and apply them
• Provide high level support to business partners. Compile and present materials to senior management.
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• Knowledge of standard software including Excel, Access, Oracle, Essbase, SQL and VBA skills
• Experience using data to influence business decisions
• Experience in corporate finance including budgeting/planning, forecasting and reporting
• 3+ years of finance experience
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
• Experience in TM1, Data Warehouse and SQL
  
  
  

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Job ID: A2755306