Senior Financial Analyst, Books, Demand Finance
at Amazon
Location
Seattle, Washington, USA
Type
full time
Posted
2 days ago
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Job description
Love books? Want to shape worldwide strategies that connect millions of readers with their next favorite read — while building the finance function behind two of the world's most beloved book businesses?
Amazon's Books Finance team is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join WW Programs, supporting Goodreads and AbeBooks — two distinct, fast-growing subsidiaries united by a shared mission to connect people with books they love. Goodreads is the world's largest site for readers and book recommendations, helping millions of avid and casual readers discover new books, share ratings, track their reading, and connect with authors. AbeBooks is one of the world's leading marketplaces for new, used, rare and collectible books, operating across multiple entities and currencies globally.
This is a high-impact role with end-to-end financial ownership across both businesses. You will serve as a trusted finance partner to senior leadership, delivering clear insights that drive strategic decisions across financial reporting, planning, business partnership, and controllership. The successful candidate will be thoughtful, analytical, and self-driven — with a demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders through financial analysis, logical reasoning, and clear communication. The role operates in a fast-paced, global, results-oriented environment.
Key job responsibilities
Financial Planning & Forecasting
- Develop long-term, annual, and quarterly financial forecasts across WW Programs, providing variance analyses and insights to senior Finance and business leadership
- Support end-to-end planning cycles (budget and multi-year forecast) including data gathering, financial modeling, and submission across topline, headcount, and operating expenses
- Build and maintain financial models ranging from new business opportunities to cash flow initiatives that inform investment decisions and long-term strategy
Financial Reporting & Controllership
- Full P&L ownership, driving core financial processes including Annual Operating Plans, Long Term Plans, and Monthly/Quarterly Business Reviews
- Prepare weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting packages including variance analysis, bridges, and operational commentary for senior leadership
- Partner with accounting teams to ensure ledger accuracy, support month-end close, and oversee reconciliations — knowledge of accounting principles is essential
Business Partnership, Analysis & Process Improvement
- Lead revenue and expense deep dives, going beyond the numbers to communicate the "so what" and recommended actions
- Interface with stakeholders across product, operations, and business leadership to surface financial impact of business processes
- Support launch readiness for new initiatives with financial, tax, or compliance implications, and deliver ad hoc analyses for key business decisions
- Support tax and compliance reporting across multiple jurisdictions, providing data and reconciliations to internal tax teams and external auditors
- Identify opportunities to simplify, automate, and improve financial processes to reduce manual dependencies and improve data integrity
A day in the life
The Demand Finance function supports Kindle Content's businesses with full P&L ownership, partnering closely with business teams to formulate growth strategies and drive planning. The insights gleaned from this role's analysis inform decision-making at all levels of the business, and Kindle Content leadership will look to you as the expert on forward-looking P&L planning. Additionally, this position supports Kindle Content's Demand Product Managers with financial analysis that aids in the design of new products to delight our customers.
- 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- 4+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
- Bachelor's degree in BI, finance, engineering, statistics, computer science, mathematics, finance or equivalent quantitative field, or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience
- 3+ years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience
- 3+ years of contributing to cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy experience - 4+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
- MBA, or CPA
- Knowledge of Tableau
- 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)
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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 https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
USA, WA, Seattle - 82,700.00 - 117,100.00 USD annually
Amazon's Books Finance team is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join WW Programs, supporting Goodreads and AbeBooks — two distinct, fast-growing subsidiaries united by a shared mission to connect people with books they love. Goodreads is the world's largest site for readers and book recommendations, helping millions of avid and casual readers discover new books, share ratings, track their reading, and connect with authors. AbeBooks is one of the world's leading marketplaces for new, used, rare and collectible books, operating across multiple entities and currencies globally.
This is a high-impact role with end-to-end financial ownership across both businesses. You will serve as a trusted finance partner to senior leadership, delivering clear insights that drive strategic decisions across financial reporting, planning, business partnership, and controllership. The successful candidate will be thoughtful, analytical, and self-driven — with a demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders through financial analysis, logical reasoning, and clear communication. The role operates in a fast-paced, global, results-oriented environment.
Key job responsibilities
Financial Planning & Forecasting
- Develop long-term, annual, and quarterly financial forecasts across WW Programs, providing variance analyses and insights to senior Finance and business leadership
- Support end-to-end planning cycles (budget and multi-year forecast) including data gathering, financial modeling, and submission across topline, headcount, and operating expenses
- Build and maintain financial models ranging from new business opportunities to cash flow initiatives that inform investment decisions and long-term strategy
Financial Reporting & Controllership
- Full P&L ownership, driving core financial processes including Annual Operating Plans, Long Term Plans, and Monthly/Quarterly Business Reviews
- Prepare weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting packages including variance analysis, bridges, and operational commentary for senior leadership
- Partner with accounting teams to ensure ledger accuracy, support month-end close, and oversee reconciliations — knowledge of accounting principles is essential
Business Partnership, Analysis & Process Improvement
- Lead revenue and expense deep dives, going beyond the numbers to communicate the "so what" and recommended actions
- Interface with stakeholders across product, operations, and business leadership to surface financial impact of business processes
- Support launch readiness for new initiatives with financial, tax, or compliance implications, and deliver ad hoc analyses for key business decisions
- Support tax and compliance reporting across multiple jurisdictions, providing data and reconciliations to internal tax teams and external auditors
- Identify opportunities to simplify, automate, and improve financial processes to reduce manual dependencies and improve data integrity
A day in the life
The Demand Finance function supports Kindle Content's businesses with full P&L ownership, partnering closely with business teams to formulate growth strategies and drive planning. The insights gleaned from this role's analysis inform decision-making at all levels of the business, and Kindle Content leadership will look to you as the expert on forward-looking P&L planning. Additionally, this position supports Kindle Content's Demand Product Managers with financial analysis that aids in the design of new products to delight our customers.
- 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- 4+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
- Bachelor's degree in BI, finance, engineering, statistics, computer science, mathematics, finance or equivalent quantitative field, or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience
- 3+ years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience
- 3+ years of contributing to cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy experience - 4+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
- MBA, or CPA
- Knowledge of Tableau
- 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)
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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 https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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 - 82,700.00 - 117,100.00 USD annually