Financial Analyst II

Job Description

Financial Analyst II | Amazon

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Amazon, located in Memphis, TN. This position supports a vast 787,403-person organization that delivers a wide range of products and services globally. The Financial Analyst II plays a critical part in providing insightful financial analysis, managing operating expenses, and contributing to the integrity of financial reporting. This role is essential for driving process improvements and ensuring accurate financial data for business decision-making.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, Memphis, TN
• Pay: $67080–$117100 yearly
• Mission: To support financial planning and operating expense management, ensure the validity of financials, and drive positive change through continuous process improvements.
• Tech Stack: vlookups, pivot tables

What You’ll Actually Do
• Financial Analysis: Gather and analyze qualitative and quantitative economic, financial, and other data to support financial planning and operating expense management.
• Reporting & Insights: Prepare various deliverables for both internal and external financial reporting needs, providing insightful financial performance analysis to achieve business goals.
• Process & Control Improvement: Identify and drive process improvement opportunities for existing processes, reporting, and controls, assessing internal controls, identifying gaps, and designing solutions for deficiencies.
• Accounting Application: Understand and apply relevant accounting principles, communicate GAAP to peers and business partners, and participate in writing white papers to support accounting positions.
• Junior Analyst Guidance: Provide management and direction to junior analysts, including overseeing and reviewing their reporting and Excel spreadsheet work papers.
• Project & Data Management: Act independently to complete multiple cross-functional projects with complex objectives, while creating, maintaining, and validating reports by tracking and identifying data sources and analyzing variances.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related analytical field.
• Experience: Three years of experience in finance or a related analytical field. This must include at least one year of experience in building and managing financial models for business forecasting and variance analysis, analyzing business processes, designing and implementing controls, financial reporting, and managing cross-functional financial projects (including project design, requirements, and implementation).
• Skills: Financial modeling, variance analysis, advanced Excel spreadsheet techniques (including vlookups and pivot tables), business process analysis, internal controls design and implementation, financial reporting, and cross-functional project management.