Sr. Business Analyst, Central RME

Amazon•Nashville, TN

About The Position

Amazon's Reliability, Maintenance & Engineering (RME) team ensures that our global fulfillment and operations networks run safely, efficiently, and at peak performance. We are hiring a Business Analyst to join our Central RME team as the go-to source of business intelligence for Operations. You will analyze operational data, identify trends, and deliver actionable insights that drive decision-making. This role requires a bias for action; you will move quickly to translate complex data into clear recommendations that enable our teams to work smarter and deliver results. Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to influence stakeholders through data-driven narratives are essential for success in this role.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree
5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
5+ years of writing SQL queries and creating business intelligence reports using Tableau, Power BI experience
Experience defining requirements and using data and metrics to draw business insights
Experience with Excel
Experience making business recommendations and influencing stakeholders
Experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results, or experience in solving complex business challenges by delivering accurate and timely financial models, analysis, and recommendations that have a proven impact on business (e.g., financial savings, operational improvements, or customer benefits)
Experience as a business analyst, data analyst, or in a statistical analysis role
Experience running metrics reports, analyzing data to identify problems and using data analysis to generate and explain metrics
Experience gathering business requirements, using industry standard business intelligence tool(s) to extract data, formulate metrics and build reports
Experience in performing financial and ad hoc analysis using data reporting tools

Nice To Haves

MBA
Bachelor's degree, or MBA in management, business administration, economics, engineering, marketing
Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities, or experience in SQL Server/MySQL
Experience solving complex problems quantitatively and develop actionable data-driven business recommendations
Experience in written and verbal communication with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to executives and non-technical leaders
Experience in building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making, or experience working with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (i.e. SQL, MS Power Query, Python)
Experience in financial/business analysis

Responsibilities

Partner with data business leaders and program stakeholders to ensure key decision data is accurate, automated, and delivered in a timely fashion
Collect, analyze, and manage quantitative business data to create meaningful reports, drive metrics discussions, and recommend improvements
Lead the development of weekly, monthly, and quarterly metrics alongside operational planning, forecasting, and reporting models that enable stakeholders to make effective decisions
Manage competing priorities while providing level-headed guidance on business metrics, even during unexpected events
Produce regular reports and analysis using data mining and analytical tools to identify trends, develop forecasts, and uncover improvement opportunities
Conduct root cause analysis to identify underlying process, operational, or data-related issues, implement improvements, and establish new measures that advance data-driven decision-making across the organization
Develop and implement KPIs, automated reporting solutions, and process improvements that meet business needs
Manage and execute data related project components from start to finish including data gathering and manipulation, synthesis and modeling, problem solving, and communication of insights and recommendations