*This role can be located in Vancouver (Canada), Seattle (WA), Arlington (VA) or
New York (NY).
Selling Partner Services (SPS) is responsible for several key elements of the
Amazon flywheel. Globally, we ensure low prices for our customers; we provide a
rich toolchain for our selling partners to work with Amazon; we drive traffic
and increase conversion through promotions and services; and we lower cost
structure via various initiatives, mechanisms, and vendor funding. We underpin
these solutions with highly scalable, automated, self-service, extensible
technology to help scale Amazon's worldwide consumer business.
SPS Finance is seeking a Financial Analyst to be a key contributor on the
Finance Controllership Operations team. This team is responsible for ensuring
high standards of controllership and accuracy in financial reporting, including
new project engagement and ownership of key financial metrics for the North
American marketplace.
Ideal candidates are process-oriented, highly analytical, and able to work
effectively across multiple finance, business, and technical teams. They should
be fluent in technology and financial processes in a fast paced, global, and
results oriented environment. They look around corners and can influence without
authority via data and concise communications across levels and functions.
Ideals candidates can easily understand the business line, supporting
information technologies, and finance/accounting disciplines of each project.
Key job responsibilities
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Partnering with the Selling Partner Services businesses to achieve business
objectives while raising the bar on ownership of controllership.
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Consulting on new business ideas to ensure end to end system, financial
reporting, and operational excellence.
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Performing key reconciliations to ensure complete, accurate, and timely
financial reporting.
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Translate requirements between different functions to progress projects
forward.
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Researches and analyzes fluctuations between system and project assessments
and reports on trends, material changes and recommends modifications or new
controls.
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Able to drill into large amounts of data and extract meaningful business
metrics.
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Able to manage multiple competing priorities
