Business Analyst, FinOps PMO

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a detail-oriented Business Analyst to join their Finance Operations team. This role will involve analyzing finance requirements, translating them into actionable insights, and collaborating with various teams to develop automated finance solutions. The ideal candidate will have a strong analytical background, proficiency in Excel and SQL, and the ability to influence stakeholders effectively. Join a dynamic environment where your contributions will help streamline finance processes and enhance operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• Experience in tax, finance, or a related analytical field.
• Proficiency in Excel and data visualization tools.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and validate finance requirements for completeness and feasibility.
• Collaborate with teams to design and implement automated finance solutions.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Excel Proficiency (including VBA)

Data Visualization (Tableau)

SQL

Financial Analysis

Stakeholder Influence

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent

Tools

Excel

Tableau

SQL

Job description

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About Amazon

At Amazon, we strive to be Earth's most customer-centric company. Our passion for invention leads us to continually pioneer and expand new businesses and customer offerings. As a result, Amazon continues to grow and evolve across various sectors including Retail, Digital, Advertising, AWS, Logistics, and Healthcare.

Finance Operations (FinOps) supports all Amazon business lines globally by managing procure-to-pay processes, order-to-cash, and payroll to ensure timely, accurate payments and an excellent vendor and employee experience. FinOps plays a crucial role as Amazon aims to be Earth's most customer-centric company.

As Amazon expands, so does the demand for our FinOps services. We are recruiting a customer-obsessed, analytical, and detail-oriented Business Analyst (BA) to join our FinOps Program Management Office (PMO). This is a unique opportunity to make a difference in a high-growth environment by working on complex, scalable, and repeatable projects that meet business and customer needs while maintaining high standards of controllership. This role offers the chance to impact Amazon’s diverse global businesses.

Key Job Responsibilities

1. Independently analyze, validate, verify, and approve finance requirements, ensuring completeness, consistency, feasibility, and traceability.
2. Translate business and customer requirements into meaningful insights using process and data analysis mechanisms to drive business value.
3. Collaborate with technical teams, process owners, and finance experts to design, develop, test, and implement automated, scalable finance solutions that meet customer needs and compliance standards.
4. Maintain requirements traceability and manage change requirements through effective change control processes and tools.
5. Deep dive into business finance processes to identify problems and opportunities.
6. Partner with operational teams to problem-solve during design, testing, and deployment, ensuring a smooth transition to operational business-as-usual.
7. Create standardized and repeatable business analysis artifacts and processes to enhance team maturity and effectiveness.
8. Develop strategies for optimizing and automating finance business processes.
9. Influence stakeholders to meet deadlines and communicate critical information effectively to facilitate decision-making and problem-solving.
10. Share domain and process expertise across the organization.

Who Are We Looking For?

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in tax, finance, or a related analytical field.
• Proficiency in Excel (including VBA, pivot tables, array functions, Power Pivot, etc.) and data visualization tools such as Tableau.
• Experience in defining requirements and using data and metrics to generate business insights.
• Experience with SQL.
• Ability to make business recommendations and influence stakeholders.
• Experience in financial or business analysis.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.