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Join Amazon's Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis team as a Finance Partner supporting critical HR operations that serve over 1.6 million employees globally. You'll provide strategic financial guidance to leadership teams managing frontline HR support, translating complex operational data into insights that drive key business decisions across the company.
Key job responsibilities
- Partner with HR Experience and Technology (HRxT) leadership to translate business strategies into financial plans, providing data-driven insights on contact center capacity, technology investments, and operational efficiency initiatives
- Lead annual operating plan, quarterly forecast, and monthly close processes, including headcount planning, operating expense management, vendor spend analysis, and variance reporting
- Design, develop, and maintain financial metrics, reports, analyses, and dashboards that support key business decisions and provide visibility into financial performance
- Conduct cost-benefit analyses and financial evaluations for new system implementations, process improvements, and automation initiatives, communicating key drivers and recommendations to senior leadership
- Collaborate across HR Operations, Technology, Workforce Management, and other teams to develop business cases and assess the financial implications of operational changes
A day in the life
As the dedicated finance partner for the HR Experience and Technology (HRxT) organization, you'll balance strategic partnership with deep financial analysis. Your day might include collaborating with leaders to evaluate the financial impact of new workforce management systems, preparing variance reports that explain monthly financial performance to senior leadership, or developing business cases for process automation initiatives. You'll move between detailed cost analysis-diving into vendor spend or contact center capacity planning-and high-level strategic conversations about how to optimize the cost structure of critical HR services. Your work directly influences decisions about technology investments and operational efficiency across Amazon's global workforce. You will also collaborate with your peers to support other organization's in your team's remit and scale processes across the team.
About the team
We are the strategic finance partners to three organizations within Amazon's People Experience and Technology (PXT) function, including the Human-AI Enablement & Engagement, Senior Talent & Transformation, and Talent & Compensation. Our team provides the data-driven insights that help shape decisions impacting all of Amazon's employees. We're focused on supporting the operational backbone that enables Amazon to serve its workforce effectively, and we're looking for someone who shares our commitment to increasing financial rigor and building strong partnerships with senior leaders. Joining our team means becoming part of a group that values clear communication, analytical depth, and the ability to influence important business decisions.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)
- 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- MBA, or CPA
- 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 solving complex business challenges by delivering accurate and timely financial models, analysis, and recommendations that have a proven impact on business (e.g., financial savings, operational improvements, or customer benefits)
- Experience leveraging artificial intelligence to improve financial planning, analysis, and/or communication
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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, WA, Seattle - 95,400.00 - 163,200.00 USD annually