Accounts Payable Analyst, FinOps, FinOps Support Center HQ2

As part of the Amazon Global Finance Operations Services team you will support the growth of Amazon FinOps. The candidate will work directly with vendors offshore partners vendor managers and internal stakeholders to coordinate on-time and accurate payment of invoices. The candidate will participate in dive deep investigations into vendor payment data drive process improvements standardize processes and eliminate root-cause defects within existing systems. The candidate must possess a strong passion for accountability setting high standards raising the bar and driving results through constant focus on improving existing and future state operations systems and processes. They will be able to learn quickly and be willing to experiment with new ideas.

This role is based in our new headquarters in Northern Virginia where Amazon will invest $2.5 billion dollars occupy 4 million square feet of energy efficient office space and create at least 25000 new full-time jobs. This role will support teams across multiple time zones specifically PST business

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Key job responsibilities
Understand and execute procure-to-pay processes. Especially payment processing

Recognize escalation trends and identify underlying defects and root causes.

Partner with and influence upstream and downstream teams.

Leverage data from numerous databases and internal tools (using Excel SQL or other data management systems) to perform reporting and analysis.

Create and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) and Amazon specific operational documents.

Report key metrics on daily weekly and monthly basis.

Escalate to leadership key issues that require investigation and immediate resolution.

Execute continuous process improvements and lead key projects.

Manage highly ambiguous situations and communicate effectively with multiple stakeholders.

- 3 years of Accounts Payable (AP) experience
- 3 years of finance experience
- 2 years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
- Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting Business Economics or a highly analytical field (e.g. Engineering Math and Computer Science)
- Knowledge of financial controls and procedures
- Experience using data to influence business decisions
- Experience in corporate finance including budgeting/planning forecasting and reporting

- 2 years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
- Experience in TM1 Data Warehouse and SQL
- Knowledge of standard software including Excel Access Oracle Essbase SQL and VBA skills

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at VA Arlington - 56700.00 - 99300.00 USD annually


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Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
Yearly Salary Salary: 56700 - 99300

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