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Description

Amazon seeks a Senior Financial Analyst to join the team behind the world's leading book business. We pride ourselves on delivering financial insights with the same precision and impact that our authors bring to their craft. Amazon Books serves millions of readers across global marketplaces with an ever-expanding selection of physical and digital books, including Kindle Unlimited subscriptions, print-on-demand services, publishing initiatives, and innovative formats like Japan’s manga web scrolling comics.

The successful candidate will be analytical and have a demonstrated ability to support business decisions through exceptional writing skills and verbal communication, financial analysis, and logical reasoning. In this fast-paced, global role, you'll have the opportunity to shape the future of reading while working alongside business leaders who are revolutionizing how the world discovers and experiences books. Your analytical insights and clear communication will help write the next chapter in Amazon Books' success story.

Key job responsibilities

- Execute reporting and analytical projects for core Finance and FP&A deliverables

- Contribute to financial planning activities for both our annual planning cycle and for our quarterly guidance deliverables

- Contribute insightful analysis in areas such as pricing (ASP), higher-P&L profitability metrics (Net PPM and Gross Margin analytics), Cost-to-Serve, Allocations, and Operating Profit and Margin drivers

- Collaborate with global marketplace finance teams to analyze financial performance and identify opportunities for profitability improvement

Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in BI, finance, engineering, statistics, computer science, mathematics, finance or equivalent quantitative field

- 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience in financial modeling, P&L management or analysis

- 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)

- Experience in identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $60,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $128,800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.