Senior Finance Analyst, Canada Stores, Canada Stores Finance

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Finance Analyst to join the Canada finance team and influence strategic directions across 1P & 3P businesses in Seattle. You will distill complex problems into actionable insights, manage end‑to‑end financial reporting, and partner with leadership to set strategic priorities and improve profitability.

The role requires strong modeling, attention to detail, and the ability to juggle multiple projects with cross‑functional stakeholders including vendor managers, marketing, and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, statistics or business, or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of quantitative role experience.
• Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence.
• 3+ years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy.
• 3+ years of contributing to cross‑functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy.

Responsibilities

• Owns Profit and Loss Statement across both 1P & 3P Business for their GL(s) (i.e. acts as the CFO of their business).
• Managing weekly, monthly and quarterly financial reporting including operational metrics.
• Communicating financial and business results to senior leaders; going beyond the “what happened”, and focusing on the “what can we do about it”.
• Seeing around corners for the next big opportunity and helping to scale those insights to your GL Counterparts across CA and NAS.
• Gathering analytical insights and developing financial frameworks that inform and measure investment decisions and help set the long‑term strategy.
• Performing deep dive analyses to develop recommendations that impact the decision making of senior leadership; this is across profitability, topline, and cost out initiatives.
• Ensure a high level of financial controllership, maintaining data integrity.
• Partners with SMEs to take deep dive findings and right size insights for their business partners, ultimately driving financially accretive actions.

Skills

SQL

Financial analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Data mining

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, statistics or business

MBA or CPA

Tools

MS Access

Essbase

Cognos

Oracle

SAP

Lawson

JD Edwards

Job description

Description

Want to help build the leading e-commerce finance team? At Amazon, it’s our goal to be the most customer‑centric company where customers can find and discover anything they want to buy online. We are seeking a Finance Analyst to be a key member of the Canada finance team.

This is an exciting opportunity to influence the strategic direction of one of Amazon’s fastest growing and most successful businesses, with a focus on capturing growth opportunities and driving profitability improvement. The CA Retail Finance team supports the core category business (Hardlines, Softlines, Consumables) and various fast‑growing and highly impactful programs (e.g., Daily Essentials, Subscribe and Save, Coupons, Private Brands, Amazon Business etc.). We are looking for an analytical, self‑driven, and innovative Finance Analyst who is able to distill complex problems into solutions that drive business insights and finance process improvement. As a key member of the Canada finance team, you will develop strong business partnerships by frequently engaging with leadership teams, vendor managers, marketing, and operations partners to share financial insights, set strategy, and influence business decisions.

The successful candidate will have shown experience in past roles influencing business owners and supporting decision making in rapidly evolving environments. This role requires a self‑starter with strong modeling skills, a keen attention to detail, and an ability to manage multiple projects effectively. This role also has regular interaction with various business units across Amazon and therefore requires strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Key job responsibilities

• Owns Profit and Loss Statement across both 1P & 3P Business for their GL(s) (i.e. acts as the CFO of their business).
• Managing weekly, monthly and quarterly financial reporting including operational metrics.
• Communicating financial and business results to senior leaders; going beyond the “what happened”, and focusing on the “what can we do about it”.
• Seeing around corners for the next big opportunity and helping to scale those insights to your GL Counterparts across CA and NAS.
• Gathering analytical insights and developing financial frameworks that inform and measure investment decisions and help set the long‑term strategy.
• Performing deep dive analyses to develop recommendations that impact the decision making of senior leadership; this is across profitability, topline, and cost out initiatives.
• Ensure a high level of financial controllership, maintaining data integrity.
• Partners with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to take deep dive findings and right size insights for their business partners, ultimately driving financially accretive actions.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, statistics or business, or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re‑engineering, quality assurance) experience
• Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence
• 3+ years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience
• 3+ years of contributing to cross‑functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy experience

Preferred Qualifications

• 4+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
• MBA, or CPA
• Experience working with large‑scale data mining and reporting tools (examples: SQL, MS Access, Essbase, Cognos) and other financial systems (examples: Oracle, SAP, Lawson, JD Edwards)

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Seattle - 82,700.00 - 117,100.00 USD annually

Company

Amazon.com Services LLC