Financial Analyst II, FOAA Cash Accounting
Finance, Banking & Legal · Banking & Investments · Financial Analysis
In short
The Financial Analyst II will partner with Global Cash Accounting teams to support Amazon's payments infrastructure, focusing on AI-first automation and technology-driven solutions. Responsibilities include financial reporting, P&L analysis, forecasting, and end-to-end bank-to-GL reconciliation, leveraging SQL and Python for automation and data analysis.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement Cash accounting methods.
- Perform financial reporting, monthly P&L analysis, financial forecasts, and ad-hoc financial modeling.
- Facilitate monthly and quarterly business reviews with data-driven analysis.
- Ensure accounting principles, internal controls, financial policies, and procedures are in place.
- Own end-to-end Bank-to-GL reconciliation across multiple entities and currencies.
- Perform root cause analysis on reconciling items.
- Maintain and improve reconciliation control frameworks.
- Partner with the Tech team on data quality standards.
- Provide updates within and across business units regarding transition to new processes.
- Coordinate with global accounting teams to establish communication channels.
- Support User Acceptance Testing (UATs).
- Offer and receive coaching, support, and guidance to the team.
- Design and deploy AI/ML-powered workflows to automate accounting tasks.
- Act as AI product owner for accounting automation initiatives.
- Build and maintain intelligent reconciliation models.
- Evaluate and scale AI-native finance tools.
- Develop and maintain self-serve reporting dashboards and automated data pipelines.
- Leverage SQL, Python, or low-code platforms to build analytical models.
- Design financial models with real-time data feeds.
- Work closely with auditors on audit-related queries.
- Responsible for GRC compliance, internal controls, and stakeholder alignment.
- Establish AI model governance standards for accounting automation.
- Ensure all AI-assisted processes are explainable, auditable, and compliant.
Requirements
- 4+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- 4+ years of finance or a related analytical field 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
- Professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA, or equivalent)
Desired 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)
- Demonstrated experience using AI tools, LLMs, or automation platforms (e.g., Python scripting, RPA tools, or AI-assisted finance platforms) to independently own and deliver automation outcomes.
- Experience operating in an AI-first finance environment — comfortable challenging manual processes, proposing automation solutions, and holding a strong bias for scalable, technology-driven controls.
- Experience working with global, cross-functional teams across multiple time zones.
Benefits
- Significant growth opportunities at the intersection of accounting, technology, and global operations.
- Inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers.
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