Business Analyst

Description:
Amazon.com strives to be Earth's most customer-centric company where people can find and discover virtually anything they want to buy online. By giving customers more of what they want - low prices, vast selection, and convenience - Amazon.com continues to grow and evolve as a highly respected e-commerce platform. As an extension of this, Amazon encourages sellers/vendors to offer products to Amazon customers through various advertising. The Advertiser Success team is a support function to the local sales and account management teams and helps provide scale to add new participants and help them engage effectively with the ad programs. We work on various ad programs covering NA, EU and APAC markets and we provide 24/7 coverage for operations.
Advertiser Success team (AST) is looking for a talented and driven BusinessAnalyst who can extract meaning from large volumes of data to make the right business decisions. You will leverage your passion for BI to seek out and structure data to propel our reporting and analytics capabilities forward. You will work closely with senior leaders to understand their information needs and then build scalable solutions to deliver the key metrics to make business decisions.

Key functions of this role:
• Reporting of key insight trends, using statistical rigor to simplify and inform the larger team of noteworthy story lines
• Respond with urgency to high priority requests from senior business leaders
• Own the design, development, and maintenance of ongoing metrics, reports, analyses, dashboards, etc. to drive key business decisions
• Ensure data accuracy by validating data for new and existing tools. Learn and understand a broad range of Amazon's data resources and know how, when, and which to use and which not to use

Basic Qualifications:
• 1+ years of experience in financial/business analysis
• Experience with SQL or ETL
• Experience defining requirements and using data and metrics to draw business insights
Basic Qualifications Include:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Engineering, Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics or related field, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of relevant work experience in a business analyst/data analyst/statistical analysis role
• Experience in developing requirements and formulating business metrics for reporting
• Advanced SQL skills and experience in joining/cleansing datasets from multiple sources
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel and analytical platforms
• Strong active listener with solid written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work cross-functionally, building and maintaining trust with internal stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications Include:
• Experience leading and coordinating broad business reviews
• Ability to display complex quantitative data in a simple, intuitive format and to present findings in a clear and concise manner
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python, R or Perl and Excel - VBA
• Familiarity with data visualization tools, e.g. Tableau, QlikView, QuickSight
• Experience with statistical analysis, regression modeling and forecasting, time series analysis, data mining, financial analysis, dynamic pricing, demand modeling, game theory and customer/product segmentation