Senior Financial Analyst, International Grocery Operations Finance
2 days ago
Birmingham
Amazon's International Grocery Operations Finance team is looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to join the Under‑The‑Roof (UTR) Finance function, supporting Grocery Fulfilment Centre (GFC) and Distribution Centre (DC) operations across the UK, Italy, Spain, and Japan. This high‑visibility, high‑impact role sits at the intersection of financial planning, operational analytics, and reporting automation. You will serve as the FP&A and Automation Lead for the INTL UTR organisation, owning financial reporting and planning across a significant annual cost base spanning multiple sites across four countries, while acting as the primary Finance interface with Business Intelligence and Engineering teams on automation and dashboard delivery. • Own variable cost (VCPU) reporting and planning across four INTL markets, including weekly operational decks, monthly leadership communications, and planning cycle inputs (OP1/OP2, Quarterly Guidance)., • Lead INTL UTR automation and BI initiatives and serve as the primary Finance interface with the FIRE (Finance Intelligence & Reporting Engineering) team., • Represent UTR in WW prioritisation forums and drive delivery of reporting tools and dashboards., • Own cost per hour (CPH) wage planning across all INTL planning cycles, consolidating inputs from labour agencies, PxT, and Operations., • Lead UTR Finance consolidation, integrating variable cost productivity, freight‑in, fixed cost, and wages into the integrated UTR view that underpins all VP/Director‑level reporting., • Drive month‑end close controllership, including accrual management, cost booking, reconciliation across Accounting and PxT, and audit trail ownership across four countries., • Build and maintain executive dashboards and scorecards, including the INTL Rating Balanced Scorecard consolidating performance metrics across variable cost, productivity, fixed cost, volume, quality, and safety., • Partner with Supply Chain, Operations, and S&O teams to identify and quantify cost‑reduction opportunities across transportation and fulfilment., • Challenge assumptions, proactively surface risks, question line‑item spend, and push back on requests with poor ROI or unrealistic timelines., • Contribute to WW standardisation by developing scalable reporting frameworks and automation solutions that can extend beyond the INTL remit., • Morning: Review VCPU actuals from the automated dashboard, build a bridge for variance and add it to the leadership deck., • Mid‑week: Lead discussions with the FIRE BI team to review wireframes, setting requirements and driving the initiative., • Dashboard development: Gather user feedback, translate into a requirements brief, align with FIRE on feasibility, prioritise and track feature through to launch., • Month‑end: Work with Accounting in London and Tokyo to clear accruals, reconcile labour invoices, and ensure a clean close., • Planning cycle: Build wage models across four countries, stress‑test CPH assumptions and scenarios before presenting to leadership., • Friday: Draft performance email to VP/Director, summarising four‑country data in a sharp executive narrative., • Ongoing: Scope and ship automations for manual Excel processes., • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree., • Experience delivering results for large, cross‑functional initiatives or projects, or experience in multiple finance and accounting roles., • Experience working with large‑scale data mining and reporting tools (SQL, MS Power Query, Python) or advanced Excel (macros, arrays, pivots, lookups)., • Experience with financial analysis and modelling., • Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Statistics, Business, or related field., • Experience troubleshooting and identifying root causes of issues., • Experience in a fast‑paced, dynamic organisation., • Experience developing customer relationships and influencing key decision‑makers. Amazon is an equal‑opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. #J-18808-Ljbffr