AmazonSenior Financial Analyst, Shopping Finance
Amazon is hiring a Senior Financial Analyst, Shopping Finance in Seattle, United States. It pays $83k-$117k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.
Level's read on this job
- On Level's scale, this finance role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
- The posting mentions financial modeling, financial analysis and budgeting among its tools and skills.
- Level classes it as a senior role.
- Amazon has 21,000+ other open roles on Level.
- Posted within the past week.
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Senior Financial Analyst managing operating expenses and token costs for conversational AI products in shopping technology.
As a Senior Finance Analyst, you will work closely with finance and business leaders to develop financial models, provide analytical insights to assist in evaluating new business concepts, turn insights into operational measurements, and identify paths to improve the planning and reporting process.
This role will manage Operating Expenses split between traditional headcount and token costs related to serving conversational AI products to customers.
Key job responsibilities
- Analyze and manage quantitative data to create meaningful analyses and build financial models that drive business decisions.
- Create, improve, and maintain reports for key financial and operational metrics.
- Analyze monthly financial and business metrics, report on key trends vs. plan, peel back the layers to understand underlying drivers of financial performance.
- Perform month-end close related activities.
- Execute monthly, quarterly, and ad-hoc operating expense reports for the business
- Partner with business teams to enable success in the annual Goals process.
- Drive continuous improvement and standardization of processes, including implementation of best practices, and collaborate with other teams.
A day in the life
You are the single threaded owner for all Alexa for Shopping Operating Expense, this means you are monitoring hiring and org structure. You are also quantifying impact of AI token costs and partnering with tech teams to drive cost out and system efficiencies.
About the team
The team is constantly solving hard problems and supports each other in the process. We are navigating a new world with AI, the team is constantly innovating and rethinking how we approach finance. This is a team where you can build out your finance toolkit, learn new things, and have a lot of fun in the process.
Basic qualifications
- 3+ years of finance, accounting, or related analytical field experience
- Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, tax, economics, or a related analytical field
- 3+ years of contributing to cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy experience
- 3+ years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience
Preferred qualifications
- 3+ 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 an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, WA, Seattle - 82,700.00 - 117,100.00 USD annually
How we rate this
Senior Financial Analyst, Shopping Finance at Amazon rates 20 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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- $83k
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- $107k
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