Finance Business Partner
Full time
at Amazon
in
UAE
Posted on January 29, 2025
Job details
Roles and responsibilities
- Lead planning and performance reviews for the country and various programs you are responsible for.
- Create and build models to manage and deliver the plan for growth and profitability. Hold teams accountable for their designed KPIs .
- Deliver meaningful insight and practical recommendations, in addition to sound financial data analysis, to inform and influence business decisions.
- Deliver accurate financial information and key financial reporting to senior management including spends, ROIs, performance by channels and category.
- Represent Finance in MBRs, QBRs with narrative on performance.
- Evaluation of Initiatives: Analyze various ‘initiatives’ agreed with Category, Country, and program teams. Identify and document learnings, and share with the teams for better planning.
- Work on attribution models to allocate spends by Channel and Product line.
- Build processes, tools, dashboard to support the business and improve decision making
- Understand the inherent limitations of data and exercise judgment to make trade-offs between timeliness and accuracy of analysis and how to best synthesize findings.
- Work with product managers to influence new program requirements and business decisions.
- 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- 4+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
- 4+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience
- Experience designing and implementing controls or experience performing audits over financial reporting environment
- Experience in financial modeling, P&L management or analysis
- Experience working with stakeholders
- Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence
- 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)
Desired candidate profile
1. Business Acumen- Strong understanding of the business operations, market dynamics, and industry trends.
- Ability to translate financial data into actionable insights that impact business decisions.
- Deep knowledge of how different business units or functions contribute to the overall business success.
- Expertise in financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
- Ability to assess financial performance, identify key drivers, and provide recommendations to improve profitability and cost efficiency.
- Proficiency in long-term financial planning and forecasting, taking into account changing market conditions and business strategies.
- Excellent communication skills to present complex financial information in a clear and understandable manner to non-financial stakeholders.
- Strong interpersonal skills to build relationships with business leaders and work collaboratively across departments.
- Ability to influence decision-making and drive financial discipline throughout the organization.
- Ability to align financial strategies with broader business goals and objectives.
- Expertise in assessing the financial implications of business decisions and initiatives.
- Proactive approach to identifying opportunities for growth, cost control, and financial optimization.
- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills to address financial challenges and optimize performance.
- Ability to collaborate with teams to find creative financial solutions to business problems.
- Support senior management with decision-making by providing financial analysis and insights.
- Ability to manage cross-functional projects and work collaboratively with different departments to achieve financial and business objectives.
- Skilled in leading financial initiatives and supporting business teams in the execution of key projects.
- Experience with change management and driving financial performance through process improvements or new initiatives.
- Expertise in financial reporting, ensuring accuracy and compliance with accounting standards and regulations.
- Strong understanding of risk management and financial governance to ensure business decisions are financially sound.
- Knowledge of financial systems, tools, and reporting software.
- Ability to mentor and guide junior finance team members, helping them develop their skills and understanding of business operations.
- Experience in leading teams or working cross-functionally to deliver on financial goals.
- Leadership in fostering a collaborative culture between finance and other departments.
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