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Financial Analyst III

Amazon· Corporate Operations
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Madison, WI$99.5k - $163.2kFull-timePosted yesterday

About the role

Financial Analyst III position based in Madison, Wisconsin, supporting financial planning and operating expense management for Zappos.com LLC with responsibility for analysis, reporting, process improvement, and cross-functional project leadership.

Responsibilities

  • Gather and analyze qualitative and quantitative economic, financial and other data to support financial planning and operating expense management.
  • Prepare various deliverables to support internal and external financial reporting needs, including insightful financial performance analysis to achieve business goals.
  • Take ownership, identify process improvement opportunities for existing processes, reporting and controls, and drive positive change across the organization.
  • Understand relevant accounting principles and communicate the application of GAAP to peers and business partners.
  • Participate in writing white papers to support a given accounting position.
  • Provide management and direction to junior analysts, including overseeing and reviewing reporting and Excel spreadsheet work papers.
  • Document processes.
  • Assess internal controls, identify gaps in the control process, and design additional controls to solve deficiencies.
  • Oversee the monthly close process working closely with finance team to ensure the validity of the financials and report results to senior management.
  • Act independently to complete multiple cross-functional projects with complex objectives.
  • Create and maintain reports.
  • Track down and identify sources of data, determine the validity of the data, and analyze the variance in the data between various systems and reports.

Qualifications

  • Master's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics or related analytical field and three years of experience in Finance or a related analytical field.
  • Employer will accept a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics or related analytical field and five years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in Finance or a related analytical field as equivalent to the Master's degree and three years of experience.
  • One year of experience in: building and managing financial models for business forecasting and variance analysis using advanced excel techniques (vlookups, pivot tables); analyzing business processes; designing and implementing controls; financial reporting; managing cross-functional financial projects including project design, requirements and implementation.

Skills

Required:Financial modelingFinancial reportingControls design and implementationCross-functional project management

Benefits

  • Depicted as part of total compensation; equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided; medical, financial, and/or other benefits.
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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