"Alerted.org

Description

We seek a Senior Financial Analyst to join the WW Amazon Stores (WWAS) Insights, Planning, Analytics, and Technology (IPAT) team. Within IPAT, you will be joining our Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team that drives business understanding, financial target setting, and guides external communication regarding company performance and forward-looking expectations.

Amazon strives to be Earth's most customer-centric company, where people can find and discover virtually anything they want to buy. By giving customers more of what they want—low prices, vast selection, and convenience—Amazon continues to grow and evolve as a world-class e-commerce platform. Finance is critical to the success of Amazon's rapid global expansion, serving as a cornerstone to driving the right strategic decisions and distilling the right stories to push our business forward.

The WW Stores FP&A team is on a transformation journey, and this role is a critical piece of our vision to evolve the Topline planning and analysis space. You will contribute to new initiatives in the development and execution of automated insights, price analysis, revenue bridges, GenAI initiatives, and performance reporting for WW Stores leadership. In this role, you will manage the performance insights that ensure the business has accurate, timely, and actionable financial intelligence. This is a highly visible role with direct exposure to senior leadership. You will have the opportunity to work across business and finance leaders to drive high-impact outcomes, partnering with teams across Finance, Tech, and Operations to influence strategic decision-making at the executive level.

The ideal candidate will drive innovation and automation and be results-oriented with areas of responsibility including: 1) ownership of daily/weekly topline narratives and variance explanations, partnering with Business and Local FP&A teams, Corporate FP&A, accounting, investor relations, and public relations to drive standardization across tools, reporting, and best practices across Worldwide Amazon Stores; 2) identifying areas of opportunity and risk within Topline trends and performance to forecast; and 3) influencing decision-making to yield better financial and customer outcomes through clear, data-driven insights while owning projects that dive into multiple processes for reporting, planning, and storytelling.

Key job responsibilities

- Supports financial planning, analysis, and development of key business insights for WW Stores topline performance.

- Develops and monitors KPIs for topline metrics, highlighting trends and explaining variances, working with regional and global partners to identify insights including storytelling on the Topline narrative.

- Partners cross-functionally to understand business drivers (channel mix, business input trends, seller fee changes, changes in returns rate, etc.).

- Partners with Engineering, Science, and BI teams to understand data definitions, sources, and builds reporting on agreed-upon metrics.

- Conducts ad hoc financial modeling and analysis to support executive communications, planning cycles, and strategic initiatives.

- Leverages AI agents and automation tools to enhance analytical efficiency and accelerate insights delivery.

About the team

The broader WW Stores IPAT team vision is: We are the chief storytellers for the Worldwide Amazon Stores organization. We reimagine finance using technology and science to provide fast, efficient, and accurate insights that drive business decisions and strengthen governance.

Basic Qualifications

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

- Bachelor's degree

- Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities

- Can communicate effectively with all levels of the organization

Preferred Qualifications

- 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)

- Familiarity with AI-enabled productivity tools (Quick Suite, Co-Pilot, or Claude, etc.) and a demonstrated interest in leveraging emerging technologies to solve complex business problems.

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.