FinOps AP Analyst: Data-Driven Process Optimizer

Amazon Inc.; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 57,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC - A57 in Northern Virginia (HQ2) seeks an Accounts Payable Analyst to support FinOps. You will work with vendors, offshore partners, and internal stakeholders to ensure timely payments, analyze payment data, and drive process improvements across procure-to-pay processes.

The role emphasizes accountability, high standards, and implementing improvements in operations, systems, and processes.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of Accounts Payable (AP) experience.
• 3+ years of finance 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 financial controls and procedures
• Experience using data to influence business decisions
• Experience in corporate finance including budgeting/planning, forecasting and reporting

Responsibilities

• Understand and execute procure-to-pay processes. Especially, payment processing
• Recognize escalation trends and identify underlying defects and root causes.
• Partner with and influence upstream and downstream teams.
• Leverage data from numerous databases and internal tools (using Excel, SQL, or other data management systems) to perform reporting and analysis.
• Create and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) and Amazon specific operational documents.
• Report key metrics on daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
• Escalate to leadership key issues that require investigation and immediate resolution.
• Execute continuous process improvements and lead key projects.
• Manage highly ambiguous situations and communicate effectively with multiple stakeholders.

Skills

AP analysis

Data analysis

Stakeholder communication

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Business

Tools

Excel

SQL

TM1

Data Warehouse

Oracle

Essbase

VBA

Access

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC - A57 in Northern Virginia (HQ2) seeks an Accounts Payable Analyst to support FinOps. You will work with vendors, offshore partners, and internal stakeholders to ensure timely payments, analyze payment data, and drive process improvements across procure-to-pay processes.

The role emphasizes accountability, high standards, and implementing improvements in operations, systems, and processes.