Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

Description

At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. Operations is at the heart of what we do, delivering millions of packages each day and fulfilling customer orders from all over the world. Amazon is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to help lead and oversee critical functions for the Under The Roof (UTR) Execution team as part of Amazon Logistics (AMZL) – our rapidly expanding internal delivery operation, purposely-built to achieve and exceed the delivery quality and speed demands of Amazon customers.

The Senior Financial Analyst for the UTR Execution team will play a key role in influencing initiatives that drives efficiency for AMZL operations, both from a tactical and strategic perspective. This role will directly support 15-20 delivery stations across the US, but will also drive projects that impact the entire AMZL network of delivery stations. If you enjoy solving problems, leveraging data, and providing thought leadership in an ambiguous environment where you get to help write the playbook, then this may be for you.

The successful candidate will have a high attention to detail, unlimited curiosity, and a strong passion for continuous improvement. This role requires extensive cross-functional partnership with various operations, supply chain, finance, and other support teams to identify and address cost opportunities across the network. This individual will contribute to month end close, cost business reviews, network scale initiatives, and ad-hoc analysis.

Key job responsibilities

• Proven ability to develop strategic relationships with your business partners – you influence the decisions. Demonstrated ability to root cause issues quickly and uncover core issues using data, then assist, consult with, and teach the business how decisions affect costs in their sites and create new mechanisms, as they are needed.

• Expertise in collecting, analyzing and managing quantitative data and creating meaningful analyses to lead business improvement and cost reductions.

• Recommend, develop, and implement policies and programs that guide the organization in maintaining and improving its competitive position and profitability.

• Create a “learn by doing” environment by engaging with on-the-floor associates and managers to promote and encourage continued customer focus.

• Partner with your team and develop weekly and monthly financial close activities, planning, forecasting, and reporting models while overseeing their continuous innovation and communication to both your operations & other business partners.

• Ensure timely and accurate metrics and forecasts are created and maintained.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Dallas, TX, USA | Nashville, TN, USA

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree

• 3+ years of finance or a related analytical field experience

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)

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.