Senior Financial Analyst, Amazon Logistics (UK&IE)

Amazon; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Finance Analyst to optimize financial operations and enhance customer experiences. In this pivotal role, you'll act as a key finance leader, collaborating with various partners to provide insights that improve operational performance. Your responsibilities will include building financial models, leading projects, and generating insights from data to drive business actions. With opportunities to work remotely and a focus on diverse and inclusive workplace culture, this is a chance to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required with experience in finance or analytical fields.
• Proven ability to lead and execute finance improvement projects.

Responsibilities

• Build financial models to drive business decisions and insights.
• Lead projects, oversee timelines, and resolve issues effectively.

Skills

Financial Analysis

Project Management

Data Analysis

Business Process Improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

TM1

Cognos

Essbase

SQL

Data Warehouse

Job description

Job ID: 2801679 | Amazon UK Services Ltd.

The right financial and business decisions have made Amazon what it is today. As a Senior Finance Analyst, you’ll help us optimise our finances so that we can enhance our customer experience even more and navigate the fast-changing business environment. This role is an opportunity to act as the key finance leader for a strategic programme and get really involved with shaping our business.
Our Finance Managers take a hands-on role to boost our business performance and efficiency. You’ll collaborate with partners in different areas of our business to provide insights on improvements in our operational performance. That will involve deep diving into data, managing our planning processes, and giving team members guidance on more ambiguous areas of our cost structures. You’ll also help other teams across the EU to gain access to vital insights and to collaborate.
You’ll be owning and leading projects and programs as well as you will be working closely with partners to help inform and guide their key decisions. This role is predominantly based in one of our corporate offices but may also be based in one of our sites with opportunities to work remotely on occasion.

Key job responsibilities

1. Build financial models to drive business decisions and make judgement calls on challenges using your understanding of Amazon’s cost structure.
2. Lead projects by overseeing timelines, priorities, auditing quality and resolving issues.
3. Generate insights from financial data, identify opportunities for greater efficiency, and communicate findings with the leadership team to drive business actions.
4. Own the financial and operational plan and financial reporting, create scalable processes and monitor teams for accuracy.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. Bachelor's degree
2. Experience in tax, finance or a related analytical field
3. Experience in identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes
4. Experience applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Experience with cube engine tools (e.g. TM1, Cognos or Essbase), SQL and Data warehouse

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Posted: January 21, 2025 (Updated about 4 hours ago)