Senior Financial Analyst, Amazon Freight Finance
Company: Amazon
Location: Bellevue
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
Amazon Freight Finance is seeking an experienced and highly
motivated Senior Financial Analyst to join its Transportation
Finance team. This is an exciting opportunity to create and
innovate on behalf of our customers and build the transportation
experience of the future. This role will have heavy impact for the
business, and it will require strong partnership with the
Operations, Pricing, Product, Sales and other teams within Amazon
Freight and across transportation teams. The role will require an
individual to deep dive into business input drivers, dive into
complex data pool, and use insights to influence business
decisions. The role is ideally suited for a candidate who has
demonstrated an exceptional financial modeling and strong verbal
and written skills. We are looking for Senior Financial Analyst who
exhibits excellent attention to detail and is comfortable with
ambiguity. The successful candidate will demonstrate an ability to
influence business owners, support thoughtful decision-making, and
adapt to a rapidly evolving environment. A typical day in this role
provides an opportunity to improve and create new measures for
business effectiveness, innovate creative solutions utilizing large
scale data mining tools, and identify high priority projects to
maximize results for key stakeholders. Key job responsibilities -
Own and perform OPEX planning for Truck Load, Less-Than Truck Load
and Inter-modal businesses through building of input based drivers
that demonstrate required productivity year over year. - Partner
with Operations, Pricing, Product, Sales and other teams to define
their gearing ratios including tech entitlements and programmatic
solutions to reduce cost-to-serve. - Own and perform E2E CAPEX
planning for Truck Load, Less-Than Truck Load and Inter-modal
businesses through building of ROI, FCF, PBP, and IRR models and
supporting the CAR approval. This includes integration of our
processes with Central CAPEX Planning team and developing a working
model including reviews with senior leaders. - Partner with Cross
Functional teams on cost allocation for OPEX and CAPEX and its
methodology to ensure accurate financial reporting. - Identify
opportunities to resolve defects proactively and improve, scale, or
simplify finance tools across teams and organizations. -
Collaborate with Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) teams and
partner finance teams to ensure seamless integration of the AF plan
into the overall Worldwide plan. - With Controllership as the top
priority, you identify, resolve, or provide guidance to resolve
data integrity issues. You improve controls to address financial
risk and support frugality. - Use active listening skills
intuitively to communicate data (both written and verbal) in a
clear, concise, and unambiguous manner. A day in the life Your day
will be a blend of deep financial analysis, collaborative
problem-solving, and strategic partnership with Operations,
Pricing, Product, Sales, and cross-functional teams. You'll dive
into Operations Cost for headcount, bad debts, marketing and CAPEX
Cost to review performance data to identify trends that help
leadership understand the financial health of operations. Each day
brings unique challenges requiring creativity, precision, comfort
with ambiguity, and a passion for understanding the financial
drivers of a rapidly scaling business, as you support cost-saving
initiatives through financial analyses, stakeholder meetings, and
identifying opportunities to reduce cost to serve while maintaining
operational excellence. About the team Amazon Freight Finance team
is a collaborative group focused on delivering exceptional results
while constantly seeking ways to optimize costs-to-serve. We work
closely with various stakeholders across the organization to own
Financial Planning, drive financial efficiency and provide valuable
insights that inform business decisions. Our team values analytical
thinking, effective communication, and the ability to influence
without authority. We're committed to developing innovative
financial solutions that support Amazon's operational excellence
and long-term business growth. - 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 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 - Bachelor's degree in
engineering, statistics or business, or Bachelor's degree and 5
years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering,
quality assurance) experience - Six Sigma Black Belt - Experience
with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence
- Experience as a lean sensei, or experience working as a Quality
Assurance Engineer - 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, Bellevue - 82,700.00 -
117,100.00 USD annually
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