Job Description
The Amazon Japan Marketplace business is looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to join the Japan Seller Services Finance Team. “Finance” in Amazon has similarities to 経営企画室・経営戦略本部 in Japanese companies in which you own a wide variety of planning and analysis responsibilities.
Amazon Marketplace has been the engine of growth for Amazon for the past several years. This is an opportunity to be part of Amazon’s international growth story, by shaping the opportunity for third party sellers to sell on the JP Marketplace. The Senior Financial Analyst will partner closely with the JP Seller Services Paid Services business and cross functional initiatives to enhance seller experience and drive growth of our selection through promotion and expansion initiatives; and improving our financials via fees and cost savings initiatives. He/she will also collaborate with our international and cross-functional partner teams such as central International Seller Services finance, supply chain, operations, and retail. Key deliverables include controllership, operational planning, goal setting and tracking, providing financial outlook for business projects, and business partnering.
Key job responsibilities
- Serve as the controller and finance process for the JP 3P Paid Services business and cross functional initiatives
- Partner with Directors and Senior Managers to drive the success of our strategic initiatives.
- Collaboratively work across finance and business teams to create value by identifying challenges and working together to solve problems which arise in the business
- Conduct business reviews, evaluate progress toward business goals, and communicate progress to senior management
- Dive deep into our business operations and processes to identify opportunities for growth acceleration and cost optimization
A day in the life
The Senior Financial Analyst will partner closely with the JP Seller Services Leadership team to enhance seller experience and drive growth of our selection through promotion and expansion initiatives; and improving our P/L via fees and cost savings initiatives. He/she will also collaborate with related finance organizations, and with our international and cross-functional partner teams such as supply chain, operations, and retail. Key deliverables include creating controllership mechanisms, operational planning, goal setting and tracking, and financial plans for business projects.
About the team
We are a team of six Finance leaders, partnering with a fast growing and expanding business. Our team is diverse in nationality and background, and we bring our knowledge and experience together so that we can effectively support the business growth and deliver long term free cashflow.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- 5+ years in multiple finance, accounting, audit, and/or related analytical fields
- Experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results
- Experience building and managing financial models for business forecasting and problem solving
- Proficiency in Excel (index, conditional list, pivots, lookups) and experience performing ad hoc analysis using advanced Excel
- Business level or above English language 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 delivering results for large, cross-functional initiatives/projects
- Experience applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses
- MBA, or CPA
- Knowledge of SQL/ETL
- Business level Japanese language skills
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