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Job Description :
Job summary
The Financial Analyst will partner with the Global Finance team (based in the US and Europe) to support various analytical, planning and reporting needs. This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-paced business at Amazon. The successful candidate will be strategic, analytical, and have a demonstrated ability to effectively manage the financial responsibilities of a high-growth business. The successful candidate will be comfortable working in cross-functional teams, and demonstrate strong leadership skills. The ideal candidate must have superior attention to detail and the ability to successfully manage multiple competing priorities simultaneously. The position represents an exciting opportunity to be a part of an extremely dynamic and high paced environment, supporting a global organization and offers significant opportunities for rapid growth.
Key job responsibilities
. Strong Experience with Anaplan too to leverage this tool for Capacity Planning, building Reporting Packages and Finance Operations Volume Forecast Models.
. Timely and accurate delivery of headcount plans for respective FinOps Services operations programs considering factors of forecast and operational productivity inputs for each site.
. Create hiring plans and govern the process by coordinating with involved teams like recruitment, training and operations.
. Create estimated capacity to deliver against forecast basis on the derived headcount plan.
. Independently solve and deliver for business problems related to planning with occasional direction. Drive an agile capacity model to meet customer promised SLA standards.
. Deliver cost efficient HC plans and driving hiring demands for the FinOps Services organization. Set long-term vision and direction for team projects.
. Perform financial reporting and support monthly P&L analysis and financial forecasts
. Developing and reporting on financial and operational performance metrics
. Support in monthly/quarterly financial closing activity in close co-ordination with business and accounting teams
. Assist in Measuring and reporting progress on key goals for the business team in a timely manner
. Provide inputs for monthly and quarterly business reviews in a timely manner. Facilitate the business reviews with data analysis and follow through with business leaders on actionable items for improving business metrics over a period of time
. Long and short term financial planning
. Perform ad-hoc business analyses, and financial modeling. Present recommendations to senior management on strategic decisions, and planned future initiatives
. Perform headcount planning and forecasting, Build and implement capacity planning processes across FinOps Services teams that will allow the organization to scale in response to business demand
. Effectively allocate headcount resources between recruiting teams to support seasonal recruiting/peak demand
. Coordinate with central and local Finance teams to maintain and update plans
. Analyze drivers of significant forecast misses to continuously improve forecasting
. Assess technology needs to support our global workforce management and capacity planning needs
. Partnering with various accounting and finance vertical (Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable) to ensure procedures and controls are routinely applied whist performing accounting and operation.
. Execute and drive KPI metrics for business and operation performance
. Demonstrate appropriate understanding / working knowledge of accounting principles and internal controls, and apply them
. Ensure appropriate financial policies, procedures, and internal controls are in place, documented, and operating as intended.
. Participate in recruiting efforts. Continually raises the bar
. Responsible to frame and deliver team objectives.
. Drive process improvements required to enhance controls.
. Actively participate in strategic initiatives and special projects when assigned or required.
. Run recruiting and workforce metrics & scorecards for leaders
. Gather and manage large datasets from multiple sources
Basic Qualifications :
. Strong expertise in Anaplan tool is a must.
. Strong English language oral and written skills
. Any graduate/ PG with specialization in finance/accounting required
. Advanced proficiency with spreadsheet software (e.g. Excel) is a must
. Strong expertise in SQL, Microsoft Access, Oracle Financials, Cognos, Anaplan
. Experience Data Visualization tool (e.g. Tableau, QuickSight) is a plus.
. Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
. Strong financial analysis and financial modeling skills
. 8+ years of relevant finance experience with advanced analytical ability and technical skills to come up with quick, innovative solutions in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment.
Preferred Qualifications :
. MBA degree is preferred
. Experience working with and drawing insights from raw data & data visualizations
. Demonstrated analytic and data management capabilities and reporting presentation of complex data
. Proven ability to develop new ideas and creative solutions
. Proven ability to work successfully in an ambiguous environment
. Proven ability to meet tight deadlines and prioritize workload
. Ability to work in cross-functional teams
. Customer focus and professional demeanor
. 5+ years experience in Capacity planning/ WFM experience
. Experience in building and analyzing models for forecasting and headcount optimization.
. Strong commitment to exceptional customer experience, and a high level of dedication, enthusiasm, motivation, and persuasive ability in a team and cross-functional environment
