Financial Analyst, Amazon Leo Finance

Socket.dev; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 99,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Leo is seeking a Financial Analyst to join a start-up environment on the ground floor of a satellite initiative. You will partner with the Finance Manager to ensure controllership over the software team, analyze data to influence global investment decisions, and deliver monthly/quarterly close and forecasts with rigorous accuracy.

You will build scalable tracking mechanisms, work with large data sets in Excel, and communicate insights to senior leaders across multiple business units.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of finance experience.
• 2+ years of Accounts Receivable or Accounts Payable experience.
• 2+ years applying KPIs to analyses.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics or a highly analytical field.
• Knowledge of Excel, Access, Oracle, Essbase, SQL and VBA.
• Experience using data to influence business decisions.
• Experience in corporate finance including budgeting/planning, forecasting and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Finance Manager to provide controllership oversight to software teams and internal controls.
• Analyze financial data to provide investment recommendations with global impact.
• Deliver monthly and quarterly closing reports and forecasts with high accuracy.
• Build scalable tracking mechanisms across business teams and collaborate with stakeholders.
• Use financial systems and Excel to produce plans, forecasts, budgets and consolidations.

Skills

Finance experience

Accounts receivable

Accounts payable

KPIs analysis

Data-driven decisions

Corporate finance & budgeting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Business or analytical field

Tools

Excel

Access

Oracle

Essbase

SQL

VBA

Job description

Are you ready to get in on the ground floor of Amazon's long-term initiative to design, launch and maintain a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites to provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world? It's Day 1 for Amazon's next billion dollar business and we are looking for an entrepreneurial minded Financial Analyst to work in a start-up environment who is passionate about technology, who thinks and acts globally, and has the ability to create and implement solutions, processes and controls.

Key job responsibilities

• Partner with Finance Manager to provide controllership oversight to Amazon Leo software team, ensuring financial processes and internal controls over financial reporting are properly implemented and maintained
• Analyze and interpret financial data to provide investment recommendations that deliver measurable results and influence leaders throughout the organization, with decisions that can have global impacts to the business
• Deliver high quality monthly and quarterly financial closing reports and forecasting plans, proactively diving deep to ensure reporting accuracy and regularly auditing your work
• Build scalable and sustainable tracking mechanisms across business teams, collaborating with finance and business stakeholders to create effective partnerships and provide operational guidance based on data analysis
• Use financial systems and advanced Excel functions to work with large data sets, producing plans, forecasts, budgets, and consolidations while identifying incomplete or inaccurate data and executing solutions

A day in the life

You will collaborate with all types of stakeholders, from Vice Presidents and Directors to Program and Project Managers and other Finance Managers across multiple business units within Amazon Leo.

You are comfortable leading analyses with high ambiguity, creating a robust process to track and manage spending needs, presenting to business owners, and can pivot between the defined financial rhythms and ad-hoc project analyses.

You use judgment to prioritize high-priority work and projects that maximize results for key stakeholders, while helping to solve complex problems that affect company-wide decisions.

About the team

This role is within Amazon Leo Finance and partners with the software business team. The team supports one of Amazon's most innovative initiatives, building a satellite constellation to bring connectivity to unserved and underserved communities globally.

As part of this team, you will be a positive, collaborative, and effective contributor, working in a start-up environment where your financial insights and analytical capabilities will directly shape investment decisions and operational strategies.

The team values continuous learning and development, with long-term growth opportunities for high performers to advance their careers.

Basic Qualifications

• 1+ years of finance experience
• 2+ years of Accounts Receivable or Account Payable experience
• 2+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics or a highly analytical field (e.g., Engineering, Math, and Computer Science)
• Knowledge of standard software including Excel, Access, Oracle, Essbase, SQL and VBA skills
• Experience using data to influence business decisions
• Experience in corporate finance including budgeting/planning, forecasting and reporting

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
• Experience in TM1, Data Warehouse and SQL

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

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. 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, Redmond - 80,200.00 - 99,300.00 USD annually