Overview Global Finance Solutions (GFS) is looking for a Business Analyst II (Level 5) responsible for the development and implementation of Business Intelligence and analytics in the Finance functions. GFS is a finance department that manages the accounting, reporting and analysis work for global finance teams in Amazon. GFS FP&A services management-reporting activities, is a key contributor in planning, budgeting & forecasting activities, leverages data analytics and visualization to drive standardization & automation on projects, and develops plug and play tools for Finance teams.
Responsibilities Collaborate with Financial Analysts, BI Engineers and Business stakeholders to design, develop influence operational best practices for reporting and analytics
Bring an analytical and consulting mindset to look at existing processes, programs and develop strategies to improve business performance and mitigate risk
Ideate and develop analytics to spot trends & outliers, create scenarios and develop forecasts, generate insights through predictive analytics
Perform data related activities - data discovery, cleaning, engineering, analysis & visualization on multiple technology stacks, to improve operational & business outcomes
Enable effective decision making by retrieving and aggregating data from multiple sources and compiling it into a digestible and actionable format
Participate in business requirements discussion and translate functional requirements into detailed systems design documents
Effectively communicate status, issues, and escalations to leadership and business stakeholders
Basic Qualifications 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
5+ years of Excel (including VBA, pivot tables, array functions, power pivots, etc.) and data visualization tools such as Tableau experience
Experience defining requirements and using data and metrics to draw business insights
Experience making business recommendations and influencing stakeholders
Preferred Qualifications Experience in creating requirements documents and process flows
Experience conducting large scale data analysis to support business decision making
Verbal/written communication and data presentation skills, including an ability to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams
Be self-driven, and show ability to deliver on ambiguous projects with incomplete or dirty data
An ability and interest in working in a fast-paced and rapidly-changing environment
Advanced ability to draw insights from analysis supported by data and clearly communicate them to the stakeholders and senior management as required
Be self-driven, and show ability to deliver on ambiguous projects with incomplete data
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