Senior Financial Analyst, Amazon Music FP&A

Amazon Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Amazon Music seeks a Sr. Financial Analyst to join the Financial Planning and Analysis team. You will drive strategic initiatives to improve financial reporting and customer experience through automation, process improvements, and defects prevention.

You will engage with executive leadership and cross-functional teams to deliver results in a fast-paced environment. The right candidate will tackle multiple projects, demonstrate strong leadership, and apply solid business acumen to drive results

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.

Responsibilities

• Owns the long term planning model of the Business.
• Drive end-to-end mechanics of OP1, OP2, and Guidance planning cycles.
• Own the Monday to Cognos reconciliation process and data integrity.
• Prepare and execute 20+ monthly team-level spend reviews.
• Manage and reconcile fixed opex items with tracking and oversight.
• Own budget transfer and holdback management and audit-readiness.
• Deliver timely spend commentary for Monthly Financial Reviews (MFRs) and Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs).
• Prepare financial metrics, reporting packages, and variance analyses; anticipate business trends and corrective actions.

Skills

Financial analysis

Budgeting

Forecasting

Process improvement

Education

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

MBA (preferred)

Tools

SQL

MS Access

Essbase

Cognos

Job description

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.

Come innovate with the Amazon Music team! 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 Reimbursem