Business Analyst

DESCRIPTION

At Amazon we believe that every day is still day one.
A day to take a first step. A day to look forwards to new challenges. And today is that day for you. It's your day to be part of something great. A day to make your ideas come to life. And your day to join a company that redefines itself every day. That's the energy and passion behind Amazon. At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright and driven people. Amazon is one of the most recognizable brand names in the world and we distribute millions of products each year to our loyal customers.

Our overall mission is simple: We want Amazon to be the place where our customers can find, discover and buy anything online. Whatever our customers want, we will find the means to deliver it. With your help, Amazon will continue to enable people to discover new worlds.
This is your chance to make history.
For our Fulfillment Center (FC) in Slovakia we are looking for a Business Analyst.

About the role
This role is all about making your specific Fulfillment Center the best it can be. So analyzing and reporting on our daily, weekly and monthly productivity metrics, it’ll be down to you to spot trends and opportunities to reduce costs while boosting performance. To that end, you’ll work with our Site Controller to set quarterly cost targets and get involved in our strategic financial planning. It means mining complex data warehouses and making sure all of your analyses are accurate and complete. But you won’t stop there. Casting a critical eye over your own work, you’ll streamline our processes, increase forecast accuracy and put an effective variance analysis process in place.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Basic qualifications:
· Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, computer science, mathematics, statistics or related field
· Experience in financial analysis, business process and labour demand analytics and systems within a fast paced metrics driven environment
· Thrive on analytics and detailed investigation; able to coordinate workload, work independently and deliver accurate results on time
· Technical Expertise- in-depth knowledge of planning and analysis tools; solution driven approach to system and process; advanced computer literacy (MS Excel, MS Access/other Database). SQL knowledge is essential
· Decision Making/ Complex Problem Solving- proactively gathers the right data from appropriate sources, probes/considers all of the facts, considers other perspectives; conducts root cause analysis; refers to long term plans and goals; prioritises key factors; acts decisively, promptly and confidently; complex analysis
· Proficiency with quantitative analysis, and databases
· Previous experience on similar position is advantage

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

If you thrive in a challenging and fast-paced environment, you’ll meet your match with us, as you will be part of a vibe of constant improvement, where the things you do one moment, you will not necessarily be doing 6 months later. We don’t like to sit still, which is why we always treat every day like the first day. A day to make more good things happen for our customers. It’s that kind of spirit that drives our success now and keeps us ahead of the competition in the future. And you could be part of it. It’s as simple as this: Work Hard. Have Fun. Make History.

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. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build.

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