Senior Financial Analyst
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Job summary
Amazon seeks a Senior Financial Analyst. The successful candidate will manage AR projects and will report into the IN AR Leader. The candidate will be a good communicator and will be responsible for coordinating and representing the interests of Finance Operations receivables group within Amazon in the areas of Vendor/client dispute management, Invoicing, Cash Application and Collections.
The responsibility of this role will be Global process management. This individual will be a very good leader who is adept at driving change within a very dynamic business environment and has a proven record of delivering process efficiency results.
Job duties include:
Management responsibilities
Performs autonomously, initiates and manages complex, departmental and/or cross- company work. Managing process workload and establishing priorities.
Is expected to set and improve policies and procedures, maintaining full compliance and implement best practices.
Independently manages and drives recruiting efforts. Continually raises the bar.
Plays significant role in career development of the team.
Drives execution of vision and goals for the team.
Business Responsibilities
Setting up process priorities and aligning with overall organization goals.
Driving organization’s strategy, plays a leader’s role in improving process efficiencies and effectiveness, spearheads development and implementation of tools and other automation.
Exploring upstream/downstream improvement opportunities by working with business partners, identifying root causes and builds long term solutions.
Act as a process SME and drive engagement across multiple stakeholder groups to drive required process improvements
Building long-term relationship to improve OTC lifecycle. Stakeholders and customer management.
Building and maintaining operations and projects performance metrics and continually raising the bar.
Evaluating and communicating accounts receivable controllership risks with the Finance Operations, assessing the adequacy of existing controls and partnering with controllership team to implement new controls as needed.
Operationalizing policies, documentation and implementation, and procedural compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. This includes developing, modifying and maintaining the operational and design effectiveness of internal controls partnering with Internal Audit.
Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines while managing multiple projects
Ability to dive deep and design/redesign processes for existing as well as new business lines / geos expansion
Ability to work independently in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment - candidate has to be good in dealing with ambiguity
Internal job description
Loop competencies
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Basic qualifications
CA, CPA or CWA, with 15 years of relevant Finance and/or Operational experience. Excellent Project Management skills with an ability to influence to meet goals good presentation and written communication skills are essential, as is the ability to build effective partnerships with senior leaders across a variety of groups throughout Amazon good analytical skills and ability to evaluate business processes Experience with complex problem solving using Lean / Six Sigma techniques desired Proven project management ability that shows how to organize, find solutions, and follow through to a successful conclusion Advanced presentation skills and the ability to guide and influence leadership
Preferred qualifications
Excellent analytical and problem solving skills Demonstrated experience in Finance Operations International experience at a multinational organization a plus Proven project management ability that shows how to organize find solutions and follow through to a successful conclusion specifically using technology and building consensus across diverse teams Experience with complex problem solving using Lean / Six Sigma techniques a plus Independent and entrepreneurial style showing the ability to work with minimal direction in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- 4+ years of Accounts Receivable or Account Payable experience
- 4+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
- 4+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
- 4+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, statistics or business, or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) experience
- Six Sigma Black Belt
- Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence
- Experience as a lean sensei, or experience working as a Quality Assurance Engineer
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
- Knowledge of Tableau
- 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)
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