Senior Financial Analyst, APB: OpEx & Goals Lead

Amazon Inc.; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 67,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Inc. in Arlington, VA is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst for APB Finance to own OpEx planning, controllership, and the Goals framework for translating business strategy into measurable outcomes. You will partner with cross-functional teams and contribute to month-end close with scalable, AI-enhanced FP&A processes.

The role emphasizes building automated reporting, driving cost discipline, and delivering leadership-ready analyses across planning cycles and reviews.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience.
• 3+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
• 3+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
• 3+ years of contributing to cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy experience
• 3+ years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience

Responsibilities

• Own APB OpEx end-to-end — maintain the org's operating expense plan, track actuals vs. plan monthly and quarterly, perform variance analysis, and surface insights that drive cost discipline and investment decisions
• Run the APB Goals mechanism — own the cadence, tracking infrastructure, and reporting for APB's org-level goals; partner with business and finance leads to ensure goals are well-defined, measurable, and progressing against plan
• Support month-end close reporting — partner with the reporting lead to produce accurate, timely month-end financial outputs; own specific reporting deliverables within the close cycle and ensure commentary is crisp and insight-driven
• Support operating plan cycles (OP1/OP2) — build bottoms-up OpEx models, synthesize inputs across functions, and produce leadership-ready outputs for planning reviews
• Drive continuous improvement — proactively identify manual, repetitive, or low-value processes within APB Finance's FP&A mechanisms and lead projects to automate, simplify, or replace them with AI-driven tools
• Build scalable reporting mechanisms — design and maintain dashboards, trackers, and automated analytics that improve visibility and reduce manual effort across the team
• Drive financial controllership — ensure accuracy and internal consistency across OpEx and close reporting; identify and resolve discrepancies proactively before they reach leadership
• Partner cross-functionally — work with HR, recruiting, and business ops to align headcount plans with financial targets; translate operational inputs into financial outputs
• Contribute to WBR, MBR, QBR, and other leadership reviews — prepare OpEx and goals-related inputs for APB's senior-facing operating rhythm

Job description

Amazon Inc. in Arlington, VA is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst for APB Finance to own OpEx planning, controllership, and the Goals framework for translating business strategy into measurable outcomes. You will partner with cross-functional teams and contribute to month-end close with scalable, AI-enhanced FP&A processes.

The role emphasizes building automated reporting, driving cost discipline, and delivering leadership-ready analyses across planning cycles and reviews.