Financial Analyst II

Amazon is a US-based multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Amazon. com started as an online bookstore, but soon diversified into many other categories, with a vision to be earths most customer-centric company & to build a place where people can come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online

Amazons Finance Operations, Accounting & Analysis (FOAA) team is a fast-paced, team-focused, dynamic environment and delivering great experiences for our customers is top priority. FOAA is seeking a Financial Analyst -II to support our accounting team.

The responsibilities include month end closing activities, preparation of monthly/quarterly/annually reconciliations and balance sheet analysis.
This position will support the Management in all aspects of financial accounting, reporting systems, procedures, and policies.
This position will also play an important role in promoting systems/process development within department to ensure ongoing efficiency and control improvements.
The successful candidate will have a strong desire in innovating processes and exceed expectations in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Knowledge & Skills/ Business Acumen/ Education & Experience
Must be a Certified Accountant with CA / ICWA/
CIMA/ CMA or CPA.
Prior experience in Retail or Market Place or Financial Retail Services is a plus
Strong interpersonal skills including written and oral communication skills.
Zeal towards Operational Excellence/Process improvement & simplifications
Excellent knowledge of financial controls and procedures, US GAAP knowledge would be plus
Advance level excel and knowledge of SQL is a must
Experience of Oracle/SAP
Flexible, adaptable, well organized
Knowledge of Six Sigma defect reduction techniques (Lean, etc) preferred
Proactive behavior
Strong team skills
Self motivated , enthusiastic and highly energetic - 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- 4+ years of Accounts Receivable or Account Payable experience
- 4+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
- 4+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
- 4+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience
- Bachelors degree in engineering, statistics or business, or Bachelors degree and 5+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) experience
- Six Sigma Black Belt
- Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence
- Experience as a lean sensei, or experience working as a Quality Assurance Engineer