Financial Analyst- JP Private Brands

Job description

DESCRIPTION

At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, creative and driven people. If you'd like to help us build the place to find and buy anything online, this is your chance to make history. Finance is all about the numbers…unless you work at Amazon; it is about knowing the numbers and so much more. As finance leaders, we're not just a reporting function, but a core part of the business, developing strong partnerships and creating value through insightful analyses. If you want to be a part of a fast moving, dynamic initiative then this is the role for you!

The International Retail Private Brands organization seeks a Finance Analyst to support the scaling of our high-growth Private Brands businesses. This is a high exposure opportunity that requires strong financial leadership and partnership with multiple business teams.

The successful candidate will be a self-starter with strong business partnership experience and proven abilities to manage complex projects and effectively dive deep into the details when needed. This person will partner with leaders across several teams including operations, retail category leaders, third party merchant managers, merchandising and marketing teams to provide strategic guidance, tactical direction, and decision support.

Job responsibilities include:
- Lead both multi-year business planning and annual forecasts with detailed financial for business segments and initiatives. Identify opportunity for sales and profit from multiple dimensions, and translate them to action plans with priority calls. Audit business teams' assumptions and plans. Translate opportunities to business goals, with key inputs which matters to the outputs, identify road-blocks, ensure proper and sufficient action plans are developed, and track the delivery
- Partner with the Private Brands finance and business teams to drive optimal investment decisions
- Conduct overall cost analysis including Retail operating components, Supply Chain and logistics, as well as General and Administration costs.
- Partner with other finance teams and multi-functions and develop all weekly and monthly financial close activities, all planning forecasting, and reporting models while overseeing their continuous innovation and communication to both operations and other business partners.
- Track and manage budgets and headcounts. Reviews and approve cost/fee structure change proposals and investments.

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

The ideal candidate will have: +3 years' experience as a finance leader in an organization with world class processes.　

· Demonstrated financial acumen and analytical experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and project analysis (example: business modeling), and data interpretation of business impact and results (example: what-if scenarios).

· Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities at once. · A work ethic based on a strong desire to exceed expectations. · Strong communication skills, both in written and verbal form.

· Ability to present and defend ideas in front of senior and executive leadership.
· Fluent in Japanese(writing, reading, and speaking) and Business English