Sr. Financial Analyst, Design & Construction, GREF

Amazon - Arlington, VA

Full-time - Mid Level

Arlington, VA

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About the position

The Sr. Financial Analyst for Design & Construction at Amazon will play a crucial role in supporting the Global Real Estate and Facilities (GREF) team. This position focuses on financial analysis and reporting of capital expenditures, annual budgeting, and forecasting processes, while providing financial leadership and insightful guidance to stakeholders. The role requires a proactive individual who can drive automation efforts and improve financial systems integration.

Responsibilities

• Detailed forecasting of construction projects at a Purchase Order and Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) code level
• Coordinate with Project Managers and provide controllership over individual projects
• Benchmark costs of similar projects
• Driving quarterly, annual and multi-year forecasting and budgeting process
• Lead monthly reviews of financial and operating metrics, analyze variances to forecast
• Be an expert in managing data in financial systems and develop automation programs to create insightful reports to drive business improvement
• Produce regular metrics reviews, as well as analytical support through deep-dive analysis
• Improve and further develop metrics decks that include relevant KPIs
• Liaise with various accounting teams on new programs and initiatives
• Train business teams on finance processes, roll out new programs, and communicate platform changes
• Take ownership for budgeting and forecasting for capital expenditures
• Provide analytical support to key business partners

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)
• 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
• Experience in financial modeling, P&L management or analysis
• Experience applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses
• Experience in identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes

Nice-to-haves

• MBA, or CPA
• Experience participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results
• 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 in Real Estate and/or Facility Management a strong plus