Senior Financial Analyst, Worldwide Returns & Recommerce

Amazon is hiring a Senior Financial Analyst, Worldwide Returns & Recommerce in Bellevue, United States. It pays $83k-$117k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.

Level's read on this job

Uses AI ●●○○ is how Level rates this finance role: an ordinary role that requires AI tools.
Tools and skills the posting cites include financial analysis, budgeting and reporting.
Level classifies it as a senior role.
Level lists 20,000+ other open roles at Amazon.
The role was posted within the past two weeks.

AI in this role

Lead financial planning, reporting, and process automation leveraging AI tools to drive return and recommerce goals.

financial-analysisbudgetingreportingprocess-automation

We invent bold solutions in sustainable transportation and returns experiences which create trust and value for customers, selling partners, and shippers that benefit people, planet, and profit. We champion and lead the way to achieve Zero Defects, Zero Cost of Returns, Zero Product Waste and Zero Carbon, at scale.

Worldwide Returns & Recommerce enhances the relationship with Amazon’s customers through Support Options and a Returns process that is simple, transparent, and convenient. We work to reduce returns by helping customers keep what they bought and removing defects that would cause a return (Zero Defects). When items are returned or damaged, we maximize reuse and recovery to achieve Zero Cost of Returns and Zero Product Waste, benefiting people, planet, and profit.

The WWR&R Finance team seeks a self-driven Senior Financial Analyst excited about solving complex problems that have a customer facing impact, require strategic long-term thinking and help drive the 4 zeroes.

As the Senior Financial Analyst, you will partner directly with business, finance and tech teams to exercise controllership over key business parameters. This is a high visibility role, where you will partner with senior leaders (including a Vice President/L10 and several Directors/L8s) regularly, and build reporting that helps them keep a pulse on key business parameters, and helps them make strategic decisions. You will own headcount and OpEx planning and reporting, as well as partnering with senior executives to help them identify strategic options to deliver to their goals. You will have a strong operational and controllership mindset as we continue our mission to build best-in-class reverse logistics processes.

The successful candidate has demonstrated the following abilities: they influence business owners, support thoughtful decision-making, and adapt to a rapidly-evolving environment. They collaborate with and earn trust with executives and various business units across Amazon. They insist on the highest standards, and bring excellent verbal and written communication skills. They automate and streamline processes, and leverage AI tools to get results faster. A successful candidate is an effective multitasker, adept at identifying high-priority work and projects that maximize results for key stakeholders, and excited about solving complex problems that affect company-wide strategic decisions.

Key job responsibilities
- Use solid financial knowledge and business acumen to build financial models, interpret data, draw conclusions, and make recommendations that deliver results, drive improvements, and influence leaders throughout Amazon. These decisions can have global impact.
- Uses financial systems and advanced MS Excel functions to work with large data sets. Outputs plans, forecasts, budgets, and consolidations.
- Creates effective business partnerships, manages competing priorities, and provides guidance based on data analysis during unexpected events.
- Uses active listening skills intuitively to communicate data (both written and verbal) in a clear, concise, and unambiguous manner. Adjusts style for various audiences to articulate complex finance issues clearly.
- Collects and analyzes quantitative data to develop relevant reports that drive cost reductions.
- Participates in hiring, developing, and mentoring peers and team members. Seeks and leverages diverse perspectives in all activities.
- Identifies opportunities to resolve defects proactively. Improves, scales, or simplifies finance tools across teams and organizations.
- Contributes to work life harmony by being a positive, collaborative, and effective influencer to new team members as an indicator of operations excellence.

Basic qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)
- 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- Experience developing financial models in Excel with advanced functions (pivot tables, macros, VBA, Power Query)
- Experience in forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and interpreting financial results

Preferred qualifications

- MBA, or CPA
- 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)
- Experience in financial modeling, P&L management or analysis
- Experience using financial models, KPIs, and data analysis to inform business decisions with proven business impact (e.g., financial savings, operational improvements, or customer benefits)

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, Bellevue - 82,700.00 - 117,100.00 USD annually

How we rate this

Senior Financial Analyst, Worldwide Returns & Recommerce at Amazon rates 45 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Uses AI (AI Level 2 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Uses AI. An ordinary role that requires AI tools.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

Senior Financial Analyst, Worldwide Returns & Recommerce is an open job at Amazon.
Level rates this role AI Level 2 of 4: Uses AI.
The listed salary is $83k-$117k a year.
The role is based in US, WA, Bellevue.
The job was posted on October 26, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by Amazon. Apply on Amazon

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Pay

This job starts at: $83k
Typical finance job: $105k

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