Description
Business Analysts are responsible for converting data into actionable business insights. They are analysis experts who leverage a variety of data platforms and analytical tools to provide timely, meaningful, and consumable information. They build deep contextual and domain knowledge. They ensure data quality and build scalable tools. They communicate findings with the most effective and influential methods.
Amazon is seeking an exemplary Business Analyst with broad technical skills to develop data visualizations and build automation solutions that drive business decision making and process improvement. The ideal candidate will draw upon advanced analytical, problem-solving skills, and passion for delivering business insights and analytics. We look for candidates who are excellent communicators, self-motivated, flexible, hardworking, and who like to have fun.
The complexity of research and skills for a Business Analyst is well beyond basic data entry and extraction. It involves design and development of automated data pipelines, sophisticated analytical modeling and intuitive data visualization. This role will directly be responsible for establishing scalable, efficient, automated processes for large-scale data analyses, statistical and predictive model development, validation and implementation maintaining front end code. Proficiency in the using Python, SQL, HTML, Java, and R, or other similar coding languages is not required, but an ability to be a quick learner and gain proficiency is required for a successfully candidate. This role will have high level visibility due to the nature of the toolsets being maintained, built, and the network impact of analysis conducted. This role has great exposure to a broad scope that can really help shape the future of operational fulfillment and promotes career progression.
Key job responsibilities
- Provide data management processes such as accessing raw data feeds, organizing data and designing reports that present status-at-a-glance visualization for business performance.
- Retrieving and analyzing large sets of data using Excel, SQL, and other data management systems.
- Designing and implementing reporting solutions to enable stakeholders to manage the business and make effective decisions.
- Taking ownership of reporting processes to ensure that each report is accurate and timely with a high degree of customer focus in resolving data discrepancies.
- Building and managing related key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure, control, and benchmark reporting processes.
- Monitoring existent metrics, building new metrics, and partnering with internal teams to identify process and system improvement opportunities.
- Supporting cross-functional teams on the day-to-day execution of the existent program implementation.
- Doing complex analysis to dive deep on process issues
- Innovating to improve customer experience
About the team
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Basic Qualifications
- 2+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- 3+ years of Excel (including VBA, pivot tables, array functions, power pivots, etc.) and data visualization tools such as Tableau experience
- 2+ years of business or financial analysis experience
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Experience defining requirements and using data and metrics to draw business insights
- Experience with Excel
- Experience making business recommendations and influencing stakeholders
Preferred Qualifications
- 5+ years of business analyst, data analyst or similar role experience
- Experience with SQL
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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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 .
USA, TN, Nashville - 66,900.00 - 117,000.00 USD annually
USA, TX, Austin - 74,300.00 - 130,100.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Bellevue - 82,700.00 - 130,100.00 USD annually