Business Analyst, AWS
- Recruiter
- Amazon UK
- Location
- London, Greater London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive salary
- Posted
- 23 Apr 2022
- Closes
- 22 May 2022
- Ref
- 1902196
- Approved employers
- Approved employer
- Job role
- Business analyst, CFO
- Sector
- Digital, Retail and FMCG
Description:
The cloud computing platform Amazon Web Services (AWS) has provided a highly robust and scalable web services platform for years. The range of services offered with AWS is continuously expanding, and covers on-demand storage, compute and network capacity, as well as a growing list of application services.
This Sales Analyst will be primarily responsible for business partnering, decision support, financial modeling. This person will partner with multiple stakeholders to provide timely analysis, insightful guidance, and financial leadership to this high-growth organization. This role requires extensive cross-functional partnership with various sales, legal, operations and partner teams to identify best practices across the network. The Sales Analyst will also lead variance analysis for monthly/quarterly business reviews as well as execute ad-hoc projects and analysis as needed.
About the team
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon's culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.
Role Responsibilities
• Provide timely and insightful reporting of financial metrics and results
• Support financial review processes including monthly financial, quarterly and annual business reviews, planning, forecasting, and ad hoc analytics
• Drive continual standardization and streamlining of planning and forecasting processes
• Develop tools to drive better understanding of team's performance and metric trends
• Work with data source providers to ensure that data is accurate, automated and timely available
• Expertise in collecting, analyzing and managing quantitative data and creating meaningful analyses to lead business improvement and cost reductions
• Building financial models, presenting analyses and recommendations to senior leadership
• Developing scalable and efficient processes that support the operations
• Partnering across the GTT and WWPS organization to drive continuous improvement in financial and operational performance
• Driving automation of reporting and analytics
This Financial Analyst will be primarily responsible for business partnering, decision support, financial modeling. This person will partner with multiple stakeholders to provide timely analysis, insightful guidance, and financial leadership to this high-growth organization. This role requires extensive cross-functional partnership with various retail, transportation, and finance teams to identify best practices across the network and lead cost improvement efforts for operations. The Financial Analyst will also lead variance analysis for monthly/quarterly business reviews as well as execute ad-hoc projects and analysis as needed.
Work/Life Balance
Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isn't about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it's about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.
Mentorship & Career Growth
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we're building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.
Basic Qualifications:
Relevant finance work experience
Technical Excel skills and experience with financial system such as Oracle, Cognos, SQL data mining and business intelligence tools
Demonstrated ability to build financial models for business forecasting and variance analysis
Ability to meet tight deadlines, prioritize workload, and achieve effective results in a fast-paced, dynamic, ever-growing and often ambiguous environment
Attention to detail
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Preferred Qualifications:
• MBA or Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business and or similar discipline
• Highly analytical and detail oriented
• Advanced Excel & business modeling skills
• The ability to translate large amounts of data into useful information and actionable conclusions
• Strong analytical, financial modeling, and reporting skills
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities simultaneously and drive projects to completion
• Ability to develop strategic relationships with business partners and influence
The cloud computing platform Amazon Web Services (AWS) has provided a highly robust and scalable web services platform for years. The range of services offered with AWS is continuously expanding, and covers on-demand storage, compute and network capacity, as well as a growing list of application services.
This Sales Analyst will be primarily responsible for business partnering, decision support, financial modeling. This person will partner with multiple stakeholders to provide timely analysis, insightful guidance, and financial leadership to this high-growth organization. This role requires extensive cross-functional partnership with various sales, legal, operations and partner teams to identify best practices across the network. The Sales Analyst will also lead variance analysis for monthly/quarterly business reviews as well as execute ad-hoc projects and analysis as needed.
About the team
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon's culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.
Role Responsibilities
• Provide timely and insightful reporting of financial metrics and results
• Support financial review processes including monthly financial, quarterly and annual business reviews, planning, forecasting, and ad hoc analytics
• Drive continual standardization and streamlining of planning and forecasting processes
• Develop tools to drive better understanding of team's performance and metric trends
• Work with data source providers to ensure that data is accurate, automated and timely available
• Expertise in collecting, analyzing and managing quantitative data and creating meaningful analyses to lead business improvement and cost reductions
• Building financial models, presenting analyses and recommendations to senior leadership
• Developing scalable and efficient processes that support the operations
• Partnering across the GTT and WWPS organization to drive continuous improvement in financial and operational performance
• Driving automation of reporting and analytics
This Financial Analyst will be primarily responsible for business partnering, decision support, financial modeling. This person will partner with multiple stakeholders to provide timely analysis, insightful guidance, and financial leadership to this high-growth organization. This role requires extensive cross-functional partnership with various retail, transportation, and finance teams to identify best practices across the network and lead cost improvement efforts for operations. The Financial Analyst will also lead variance analysis for monthly/quarterly business reviews as well as execute ad-hoc projects and analysis as needed.
Work/Life Balance
Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isn't about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it's about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.
Mentorship & Career Growth
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we're building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.
Basic Qualifications:
Relevant finance work experience
Technical Excel skills and experience with financial system such as Oracle, Cognos, SQL data mining and business intelligence tools
Demonstrated ability to build financial models for business forecasting and variance analysis
Ability to meet tight deadlines, prioritize workload, and achieve effective results in a fast-paced, dynamic, ever-growing and often ambiguous environment
Attention to detail
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Preferred Qualifications:
• MBA or Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business and or similar discipline
• Highly analytical and detail oriented
• Advanced Excel & business modeling skills
• The ability to translate large amounts of data into useful information and actionable conclusions
• Strong analytical, financial modeling, and reporting skills
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities simultaneously and drive projects to completion
• Ability to develop strategic relationships with business partners and influence