Financial Analyst I, Global Financial Audit

Amazon; Jeddah; On-site; SAR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global retailer in Jeddah is seeking a Financial Analyst to support its Global Financial Audit program. The role involves performing audits across financial systems, supporting monthly financial closings, and analyzing business data. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree and at least 2 years of experience applying key financial performance indicators. This position offers significant opportunities for rapid growth within a dynamic work environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of applying key financial performance indicators to analyses.
• Experience demonstrating problem solving and root cause analysis.

Responsibilities

• Perform audits across Amazon Financial Systems using internal and third-party tools.
• Contribute to process improvements required to enhance controls.
• Support monthly/quarterly financial closing activities.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Financial performance indicators

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Overview

Amazon is seeking a Financial Analyst to support its Global Financial Audit program. If you view problems as treasures and enjoy diving deep to identify root causes and developing long-term, scalable solutions, this is the job for you! The position represents an exciting opportunity to be a part of a dynamic and high paced environment in a role that supports a global organization and offers significant opportunities for rapid growth. The Financial Analyst will partner with Global Retail and Finance teams to support various analytical, planning, reporting and audit needs.

Responsibilities

• Perform audits across Amazon Financial Systems using Amazon internal and third-party tools with the highest degree of accuracy.
• Perform reviews of audit findings to maintain a high bar on quality and provide constructive feedback to the team.
• Partner with various accounting and finance vertical teams (Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable) to ensure procedures and controls are routinely applied while performing accounting and operations.
• Contribute to process improvements required to enhance controls and/or optimize team productivity.
• Lead standard operating procedure (SOP) document enhancements and calibration.
• Support monthly/quarterly financial closing activities in close co-ordination with business and accounting teams.
• 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.
• Perform ad-hoc business analysis and financial modeling. Present recommendations to senior management on strategic decisions, and planned future initiatives.
• Participate in recruiting efforts and continually raise the bar.
• Actively participate in strategic initiatives and special projects, as appropriate.

About the Team

Global Financial Audit (GFA) is a Finance function operating through both internal and external teams with the objective to recover missed or underbilled funding, overpayments and savings due to Amazon from current and prior periods. Scope includes Stores Vendors (Inventory), Non-Inventory Vendors (construction, contract compliance etc.), Corporate, Subsidiaries and affiliated business units, wherever possible. In addition, GFA works proactively with upstream tech and process owning teams to identify and reduce defects based on root cause reporting owned by GFA, and focuses on vendor experience improvements by reviewing vendor contacts/correspondence and monthly vendor experience metrics.

Basic Qualifications

• 2+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience.
• Bachelor's degree.
• Experience demonstrating problem solving and root cause analysis.

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience.
• Knowledge of finance, accounting or related field focused on analytics.

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