Senior Financial Analyst - North America Retail

Being a finance business partner at Amazon means having good judgment and possessing strong business acumen coupled with a mastery of each P&L line item. Therefore, it is about knowing your numbers, the drivers of the business, the strategy and tactics, and much more. We, Finance Leaders at Amazon, draw our energy from ideating with our business partners, solving complex problems, and diving deep in the data to find patterns and trends in order to design and deliver solutions for our customers. Our decision making process is fact based, which means that Finance has a seat at the table. How does it sound to you? Are you up for a challenge? Do you have what it takes to be successful in such an exciting and fulfilling environment?

The Canada Retail Finance Team is looking for a strong Sr. Financial Analyst to support a new, rapidly growing platform aimed at growing selection and reducing fulfillment costs in both Canada and Mexico. This role will help influence the product sourcing strategy for these markets.

This is a new role we are creating on the team and therefore it is like a start-up opportunity. It will work across both international markets and functional areas, ranging from retail to product compliance and operations. The position will build financial models to evaluate sourcing channels and the platform’s overall economic impact, as well as to develop strategies to expand beyond its current state. Additionally, it will establish financial processes to identify and communicate key performance drivers to a wide range of stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will have an entrepreneurial spirit as he/she will have an opportunity to build something from the ground up. He or she is motivated by problem solving, will challenge the status quo, and has a consistent history of delivering results. The position is located in Seattle.

Some of his/her responsibilities include but are not limited to:

-Influence strategic decisions to expand the imports platform through financial modeling and data analysis

-Build in-depth understanding of the platform’s impact on marketplace economics. Utilize economics to communicate performance and drive strategy discussions with business teams

– Lead monthly and long term financial planning, forecasting and analysis for the business

– Scale financial processes to communicate performance drivers to retail business and finance teams. Develop metrics that will drive action to streamline how we source product across North America and improve customer experience

– Collaborate with the transportation and operations teams to drive identify process improvement opportunities and cost savings initiatives

– Lead monthly and quarterly financial review meetings with stakeholders and develop action plans

– Additional responsibilities include ad analyses that help drive Free Cash Flow.

Basic Qualifications

BA/BS degree required
Minimum of 6 years of strong, progressive finance experience

Preferred Qualifications

MBA preferred
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel
Experience and Proficiency with SQL required
Excellent written and oral communication and poise to support Executive reviews
Ability to maintain a high level of attention to detail, meet tight deadlines and prioritize workloads
Ability to work independently in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment
Ability to translate large amounts of data into useful information and actionable items
Experience with financial and accounting systems (COGNOS, Essbase, Oracle)
Direct experience in Retail or Operations (FC, Trans, Supply Chain) a strong plus but not necessary
Strong analytic skills and a demonstrated ability to build and manage financial models for business forecasting, variance analysis, and problem solving
Ability to work with cross functional teams, dive deep into the details
Drive for results
Thinks big and has convictions