AP Payments Business Analyst

Description:
Amazon is looking for a smart, motivated, and driven Financial Analyst to join the growing Finance Operations AP Payments Program. This position requires high judgment, focus on speed and accuracy, and an ability to balance customer experience with financial impact; it also offers broad exposure to various business and technical teams within Amazon.

The successful candidate will have a passion for working around data and systems including financial accounting and driving improvements in existing solutions and process. You need have a strong attention to detail and a passion for providing reports and other business intelligence that is timely, accurate, and actionable and work with the global finance teams and external teams including banks and technology groups. You are comfortable analyzing data from multiple sources to create strategic recommendations in a thoughtful, concise manner and obtaining organizational buy-in at senior levels. They are well-organized, can manage multiple analyses/projects simultaneously, and is intellectually curious.
Responsibilities include:
• Developing detailed reviews and reconciliations between vendor statements and Amazon payments and bank accounts
-Review of payment and reconciliation process to identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities.
-Working with internal teams, e.g., accounting, to make sure Amazon financials are correct and accurate
• Engage with vendor managers and internal teams to streamline business processes and operations to reduce vendor friction while maintaining exceptional Amazon controllerhsip

Preferred Qualifications:
-3+ years of professional experience in process improvement activities, e.g., six sigma related projects and methodologies
-accounting reconciliation experience
-sql query or other technical analytic tool knowledge
-Oracle or other ERP financial systems knowledge