JOB DESCRIPTION / ROLE
Description
Work hard. Have fun. Make history. The Business Finance team at Souq.com is looking for an experienced Financial Analyst to work on projects that will have a high reaching impact on the company's bottom-line. While most people are focused on topline growth initiatives, the Finance Analyst works in a team that has the challenging job of making an impact on cost control initiatives. The successful candidate will have a mix of financial skills coupled with technical acumen to drive various opex projects and initiatives. The candidate will:
• Drive opex reporting and analysis to the management and senior leadership, and ensure there is adequate visibility into P&L cost lines
• Continuously liaise with the Accounting team to ensure that opex bookings are in line with Amazon management reporting framework
• Work on projects that are part of Souq's migration to Amazon financial systems and will have thorough understanding of chart of accounts, cost center structures etc.
• Work with Amazon global teams for various Souq projects that are expected to continue into 2019 and focus on aspects related to budgets, transfers, planning etc.
• Support the Finance team for controllership on headcount and cost budgets and ensure that there is timely and consistent communication to the Souq leadership teams on these metrics
• Work on quarterly and annual opex budgeting process and ensure that forecasts have minimum variance with actual financials<
• Explore areas of automation and analytics to improve efficiency and effectiveness of opex tracking, reporting and analysis
• Use monthly opex figures to identify trends or provide insights to management backed by sound data-driven analysis
REQUIREMENTS
Basic Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree required; MBA-Finance / CA / CFA preferred
• Experience of 4+ years in a Finance-related field
• Must be an expert with MS Excel; working knowledge of macros is a plus.
• Demonstrated financial analysis and modeling skills
• Proven ability to work against tough deadlines in a challenging environment
• Should have exceptional analytical and quantitative skills
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Detail-oriented yet able to reflect on and understand the big picture
• Proactive, results-driven, and able to correctly set priorities
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
Preferred Qualifications
• SAP or OFA experience is a plus
• Familiarity with data-warehousing and basic knowledge of SQL is a plus
• Knowledge of Cognos is a plus
• Experience in e-commerce is a plus
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Amazon.ae, formerly Souq.com, is an English-Arabic language e-commerce platform, owned by Amazon, Inc. It is the largest e-commerce platform in the Arab world. On March 28, 2017, Amazon.com Inc. confirmed it would be acquiring Souq.com for $580 million. On May 1, 2019, Souq.com became known as Amazon.ae.
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