Strategic FP&A Analyst: Headcount & Workforce Costs

Amazon Inc.; Redmond; On-site; AUD 118,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

RSUs

Job summary

Amazon Leo is building the next generation of satellite broadband connectivity, and we’re seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join the FP&A team. You will support headcount and employee expense reporting, partner with finance and business leaders, and help build automated reporting tools for insightful workforce analytics.

You will contribute to planning cycles, oversee OP1/OP2 and rolling forecasts, and develop models to forecast headcount and costs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field.
• 3+ years of finance, accounting, or related analytical field experience.
• Experience developing financial models in Excel with advanced functions (pivot tables, macros, VBA, Power Query).
• 3+ years of contributing to cross‑functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy.
• 3+ years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy.

Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end headcount reporting, including monthly and quarterly actuals, plan vs. actuals variance analysis, attrition trends, and cost per head tracking.
• Assist in building and maintaining automated financial reports and dashboards for leadership visibility into workforce costs and headcount movements.
• Support OP1/OP2 and rolling forecast cycles by consolidating headcount and employee expense inputs across cost centers.
• Perform variance analysis on employee-related opex and communicate findings to finance and business partners.
• Partner with cross functional teams to validate headcount data accuracy and reconcile discrepancies between planning systems and actuals.
• Develop financial models to forecast headcount and employee expenses, including hiring ramps and attrition assumptions.
• Support monthly and quarterly business reviews by preparing headcount data and narratives for leadership.
• Identify opportunities to automate reporting processes to reduce manual effort and improve accuracy.
• Assist in ad hoc analyses and special projects informing strategic workforce and financial decisions.

Skills

Headcount reporting

Financial modeling

Excel advanced (Pivot/Macro/VBA)

Variance analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or related analytical field

Job description

Amazon Leo is building the next generation of satellite broadband connectivity, and we’re seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join the FP&A team. You will support headcount and employee expense reporting, partner with finance and business leaders, and help build automated reporting tools for insightful workforce analytics.

You will contribute to planning cycles, oversee OP1/OP2 and rolling forecasts, and develop models to forecast headcount and costs.