Amazon
Senior Financial Analyst (FP&A), APAC FP&A
Our mission is to be Earth's most customer-centric company. This is what unites Amazonians across teams and geographies as we are all striving to delight our customers and make their lives easier, one innovative product, service, and idea at a time.
Finance and accounting
Full-time
Office | Sydney, NSW, Australia
Visa sponsorship · No
Senior · A role for someone with advanced knowledge and skills. May involve mentoring, leading others or specialisation. Typically at least 5 years of experience.
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Why Amazon
The scope and scale of our mission drives us to seek diverse perspectives, be resourceful, and navigate through ambiguity. Inventing and delivering things that were never thought possible isn't easy, but we embrace this challenge every day.
About the role
DESCRIPTION
The APAC Stores FP&A team is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst (FP&A) to join our consumer business in Australia. You will lead the overall FP&A function for the Singapore Stores, and play a critical role in the business decision making process through driving key operating mechanisms and delivering relevant insights and analysis objectively. You will also drive continuous improvements to our processes, especially through automation as we scale the business. The successful candidate will be a self-starter who is comfortable with ambiguity, is analytical, detail oriented and will possess the ability to work well with cross-functional teams.
Key job responsibilities Primary responsibilities include: • Drive weekly, monthly and quarterly mechanisms to support delivery of business goals • Lead planning and reporting cycles with leadership teams • Deliver insights and analysis objectively to support decision making process, using relevant data and benchmarks • Gatekeeper for integrity and accuracy of Amazon’s data across various financial databases • Identify and drive opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field - 4+ years of finance or a related analytical field experience - Experience in financial modeling, P&L management or analysis - Excellent attention to detail, takes ownership of your work to deliver results, strong interpersonal skills including written and oral communication skills
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 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 applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses - Experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results
What you'll be responsible for
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Process Management and Ongoing Improvement
Manage and improve organizational processes to minimize complexities and increase productivity
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Accounts Payable and Receivable Management
Maintain and update accounts payable and receivable, issue invoices and undertake reconciliations
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Pipeline Management
Prioritize and maintain pipeline while owning the sales cycle from discovery to close, in order to meet targets and goals
Skills you'll need
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Collaboration
Works with others by being open, clear in communication and listening to achieve goals
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Prioritization
Compares and ranks the relative importance &/or urgency of different tasks to identify the best order of actions
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Attention to detail
Accurately identifies and rectifies discrepancies or errors that exists in information and deliverables
Meet the team
