Functional Consultant, Affs Accounting Onboarding

Description 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 earth s most customer-centric company to build a place where people can come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online Amazon s 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 Functional App Analyst to support our Accounting Onboarding team The Functional Consultant will partner with the Accounting Onboarding team based in the US to support various Amazon businesses to launch their products and services by automating their accounting use cases This is an exciting opportunity to join fast-paced businesses at Amazon The successful candidate will be strategic analytical and have a demonstrated ability to support financial systems and architecture The successful candidate will be comfortable working in cross-functional teams and demonstrate strong leadership skills The Functional App Analyst manager will independently manage a team of Functional Analysts establish structures that enable their team to deliver on projects Partner with customers team members and other teams on what projects move forward and in what priority order A successful candidate will track team level activities in terms of customer engagement adherence to SLAs and execution of projects and programs customer roadmaps and successfully deliver projects that executes that vision of the org The ideal candidate must have superior attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple competing priorities The position represents an exciting opportunity to be a part of an extremely dynamic and high -paced environment support a global organization and work with accounting and business teams The role offers significant opportunities for rapid growth and is a great place to learn about various businesses at Amazon Key job responsibilities Independently manage and develop a team of Functional Analysts establishing robust structures for project delivery Partner with cross-functional teams to prioritize and execute strategic accounting onboarding projects Track and optimize team performance through customer engagement metrics SLA adherence and project execution Design and implement automation strategies for complex accounting use cases across multiple business units Collaborate with customers and team members to develop comprehensive project roadmaps A day in the life A Day in the Life Your day will be a dynamic blend of strategic problem-solving cross-functional collaboration and technological innovation You ll dive deep into complex accounting use cases design intelligent automation solutions and work closely with teams across Amazon to streamline financial systems and processes About the team We are a collaborative and forward-thinking group within Amazon s Finance Operations dedicated to creating efficient scalable financial solutions Our team thrives on innovation continuous learning and delivering exceptional customer experiences We re not just processing numbers we re building the financial infrastructure that supports Amazon s global business ecosystem Basic Qualifications - Bachelor s degree in engineering statistics or business or Bachelor s degree and 5 years of quantitative role engineering process re-engineering quality assurance experience - 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 - Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence Preferred Qualifications - 4 years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience - 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 Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information If the country region you re applying in isn t listed please contact your Recruiting Partner