Senior Financial Analyst, Amazon Music FP&A

Amazon; Culver City (CA); On-site; USD 73,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSU eligibility

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC in the Amazon Music FP&A team seeks a Senior Financial Analyst to influence planning and reporting. You will partner with business, operations, and tech teams to automate processes, drive improvements, and deliver meaningful insights across budgets and spend reviews.

The role requires leadership in a fast-paced, global environment, with responsibilities spanning OP cycles, reconciliations, and executive-facing analytics.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in finance, accounting, or related analytical field.
• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, economics, or related analytical field.
• Experience with data mining and reporting tools (SQL, Cognos, Essbase) and financial systems.

Responsibilities

• Owns the long term planning model of the Business.
• Drive end-to-end planning cycles (OP1, OP2, Guidance) including board setup and submissions.
• Own Monday to Cognos reconciliation, ensuring data integrity across cycles.
• Prepare and execute 20+ monthly team-level spend reviews with cadence and accountability.
• Manage and reconcile fixed opex items with close oversight.
• Own budget transfer and holdback management with allocation and release.
• Deliver timely spend commentary for Monthly Financial Reviews and QBRs.
• Prepare financial metrics, reporting packages, and variance analyses to anticipate trends.

Skills

Financial analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Business acumen

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, economics, or related field

Tools

SQL

Cognos

Essbase

Oracle

SAP

Job description

Senior Financial Analyst, Amazon Music FP&A

Job ID: 10602919 | Amazon.com Services LLC

Welcome to Amazon Music, where ideas are born, and come to life as Amazon Music Unlimited, Amazon Music Prime, Amazon Music Free, Digital Music Store, Physical Music, Tour and Artist Merch, and Livestreaming. Come join us and make history.

Amazon.com is seeking a Sr. Financial Analyst in the Amazon Music Financial Planning and Analysis team. In partnership with business, operations, and tech teams throughout Amazon Music, this position will drive strategic initiatives to improve financial reporting and customer experience through automation, process improvements, and defects prevention. This role will engage with executive leadership and cross functional teams to drive results and provide meaningful insight.

The right candidate will have the ability to tackle multiple projects and efficiently execute deliverables. They will need to possess strong leadership skills and solid business acumen capable of driving results and improving processes. They will have operated successfully in a fast-paced, global, results-oriented environment.

This position is located in Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Seattle.

Key job responsibilities

• Owns the long term planning model of the Business.
• Drive the end-to-end mechanics of OP1, OP2, and Guidance planning cycles, including board setup, timeline management, data entry, follow-ups, and final submissions.
• Own the Monday to Cognos reconciliation process, ensuring our Monday planning platform ties cleanly to Cognos and maintaining data integrity throughout guidance cycles.
• Own the preparation and execution of 20+ monthly team-level spend reviews, ensuring consistent cadence and accountability across the organization.
• Manage and reconcile fixed opex items that require dedicated tracking and closer financial oversight.
• Own budget transfer and holdback management — including allocation, release, and tracking of holdback budgets - ensuring clear accountability and audit-readiness.
• Deliver timely, accurate spend commentary for Monthly Financial Reviews (MFRs) and Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs).
• Prepare financial metrics, reporting packages, and variance analyses; anticipate business trends and initiate corrective actions to minimize the impact of negative variances.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of finance, accounting, or related analytical field experience
• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, tax, economics, or a related analytical field

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.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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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, CA, Culver City - 72,600.00 - 117,100.00 USD annually
• USA, WA, Seattle - 82,700.00 - 117,100.00 USD annually