Senior Finance Analyst - Fixed Term Contract - 12 Months, EU DSP Finance

Description

At Amazon, we're working to be the most Customer‑centric company on earth. One customer experience that we are constantly looking to take to a new level is how we fulfil and deliver orders. Our goal is to exceed the expectations of all our customers by ensuring that their orders, no matter how large or small, are delivered where and when they need them, as quickly, accurately, and cost‑effectively as possible. To meet this goal, Amazon is continually striving to innovate and provide best‑in‑class service levels through the introduction of innovative new products and services in the last mile delivery space. Come build the future with us!

WW DSP Finance seeks a Senior Finance Analyst to partner with the EU Last Mile Delivery Service Program teams focused on delivering new products to enhance the experience and productivity of DSPs and drivers globally. WW DSP Finance offers opportunities to grow your career as you engage on one of the many facets of this high‑quality delivery service. From here, you will have the opportunity to rotate to other functional areas or roles across Amazon's portfolio of businesses.

As a Senior Finance Analyst, you will provide financial analysis for strategic projects or initiatives to influence decision‑making on these initiatives. This role works closely with finance and business leaders, product managers, program managers, and finance counterparts across the Last Mile org.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following abilities: influence business owners, support thoughtful decision‑making, and adapt to a rapidly‑evolving environment. They collaborate with executives and various business units across Amazon. You bring excellent verbal and written communication skills. A typical day in this role provides an opportunity to innovate by building creative solutions with large‑scale data mining tools, identifying the high‑priority work and projects that maximize results for key stakeholders, and solving complex problems that affect company‑wide strategic decisions.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Oversee financial reporting for your business area. Understand input drivers and validate integrity of the reporting to influence strategic decision‑making and planning. Use data to identify innovative ideas and provide advice to business leaders across the globe.
• With controllership as the top priority, identify, resolve, or provide guidance to resolve complex data integrity issues. Improve controls to address financial risk and support frugality.
• Educate business partners on financial and non‑financial trade‑offs. Make reflective judgement calls in ambiguous environments where data may be scarce or difficult to procure.
• Use active listening skills intuitively to communicate data (both written and verbal) in a clear, concise, and unambiguous manner. Adjust style for various audiences to articulate complex finance issues clearly. Your communications result in critical business decisions.
• Identify and sponsor finance‑wide professional development and engagement initiatives that plan for the future and strengthen the global finance community, such as inclusion and diversity initiatives.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, statistics, or business, or a Bachelor's degree and experience in a quantitative role (engineering, process re‑engineering, quality assurance)
• Experience in tax, finance, or a related analytical field
• Experience applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses
• Experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis
• Experience in identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes
• Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA, or CPA
• Knowledge of Tableau
• Experience participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results
• 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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