Senior Financial Analyst

Amazon; Vancouver; On-site; USD 66,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join its Financial Planning and Analysis team. This role is pivotal in driving business insights and developing metrics that support growth. The ideal candidate will leverage their extensive experience in finance and analytics to create reporting solutions, automate processes, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. This dynamic position offers the opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment, contributing to innovative projects that enhance operational excellence and efficiency. If you are passionate about data and business strategy, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in finance or a related analytical field.
• Experience with large-scale data mining and reporting tools.

Responsibilities

• Create mechanisms for non-technical stakeholders to self-serve data.
• Facilitate the intake of requests from the field to improve reporting options.

Skills

Data Modeling

Business Analytics

SQL

Communication Skills

Process Improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or related field

MBA or CPA

Tools

QuickSight

PowerBI

SQL

MS Access

Essbase

Cognos

Oracle

SAP

Lawson

JD Edwards

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Description

Are you passionate about driving change and delivering results?

Our Customer Fulfillment network is renowned for being world-class, delivering packages to customers across the world. Our Finance teams don’t just manage our books; they help drive the company forward by partnering closely with cross-functional teams to support the growth of this rapidly expanding network; driving controllership, innovation, productivity, and cost-effective operations across the network in a fast-paced environment.

Amazon seeks a Senior Financial Analyst to join the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team to drive business insights and develop metrics that support business growth. Supporting customer and business insights, you will be responsible for data modeling, QuickSight migration, ad-hoc reporting, and long-term analytical and statistical projects. You will support cross-functional stakeholders and work with multiple sources and a wide range of data technologies/sources (e.g., PowerBI, Quicksight, SQL).

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with developing metrics and business analytics, and have the aptitude to incorporate new approaches and methodologies, with a strong understanding of Data Warehouse (DW) concepts, while dealing with ambiguity. Excellent business and communication skills are essential to develop and define key business questions and to build data sets that answer those questions. You should be able to work with stakeholders to understand business requirements and implement reporting solutions.

Key job responsibilities

• Create mechanisms for non-technical stakeholders to self-serve data
• Look for opportunities to simplify and automate redundant processes
• Facilitate the intake of requests from the field to help improve reporting options & operational support
• Rationalize existing reporting that has been built and create additional reports to be maintained centrally
• Accurately capture and translate stakeholder requirements into technical requests for tech teams
• Influence and drive project outputs independently, meet deadlines, and set clear expectations and roadmaps
• Understand data flow through financial platforms and establish a source of truth to support operations
• Be self-driven and capable of delivering on ambiguous projects with incomplete or dirty data
• Work effectively in a fast-paced, rapidly-changing environment
• Participate in hiring, developing, and mentoring activities, leveraging diverse perspectives
• Contribute to a positive, collaborative work environment as an indicator of operational excellence

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or related field
• 3+ years of experience in finance or a related analytical field

Preferred Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience participating in continuous improvement projects with measurable results
• MBA or CPA
• Experience with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (SQL, MS Access, Essbase, Cognos) and financial systems (Oracle, SAP, Lawson, JD Edwards)
• Experience creating process improvements with automation and analysis
• Advanced SQL skills for data mining and BI
• Proficiency in creating reporting solutions in QuickSight

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. For workplace accommodations during the application process, visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations.

The salary range is $66,000 to $110,100 per year, based on experience and skills. Additional compensation such as equity or sign-on bonuses may be offered.

Company

Amazon Canada Fulfillment Services, ULC

Job ID: A2950468

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Finance, Information Technology, and Accounting/Auditing

Industries

• Software Development