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Financial Analyst II

Amazon, New York, New York, us, 10261

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Overview

Amazon is a US-based multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Amazon.com started as an online bookstore, but soon diversified into many other categories, with a vision to be earth's most customer-centric company & to build a place where people can come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online. Amazon's Finance Operations, Accounting & Analysis (FOAA) team is a fast-paced, team-focused, dynamic environment and delivering great experiences for our customers is top priority. FOAA is seeking a Financial Analyst -II to support our accounting team. The responsibilities include month end closing activities, preparation of monthly/quarterly/annually reconciliations and balance sheet analysis. This position will support the Management in all aspects of financial accounting, reporting systems, procedures, and policies. This position will also play an important role in promoting systems/process development within department to ensure ongoing efficiency and control improvements. The successful candidate will have a strong desire in innovating processes and exceed expectations in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

Month end closing activities

Preparation of monthly/quarterly/annually reconciliations and balance sheet analysis

Support the Management in all aspects of financial accounting, reporting systems, procedures, and policies

Promote systems/process development within the department to ensure ongoing efficiency and control improvements

Innovate processes and exceed expectations in a dynamic, fast-paced environment

Qualifications

Must be a Certified Accountant with CA / ICWA / CIMA / CMA or CPA

Prior experience in Retail or Marketplace or Financial Retail Services is a plus

Strong interpersonal skills — including written and oral communication skills

Zeal towards Operational Excellence/Process improvement & simplifications

Excellent knowledge of financial controls and procedures, US GAAP knowledge would be a plus

Advanced level Excel and knowledge of SQL is a must

Experience with Oracle/SAP

Flexible, adaptable, well organized

Knowledge of Six Sigma defect reduction techniques (Lean, etc) preferred

Proactive behavior

Strong team skills

Self motivated, enthusiastic and highly energetic

Basic Qualifications

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

4+ years of Accounts Receivable or Accounts 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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