University bachelor's/licentiate's degree completed in Business Administration, Economics, Accounting or Finance.
- 3+ years of Tax, Finance, Records to Report (R2R), Account Payable and/or Account Receivable experience.
- 4+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience.
- 3+ year(s) of continuous internal/external customer, stakeholder and escalation management.
- C1 English proficiency (advanced).
This is a non-virtual, full-time, permanent, exempt (non-hourly) position based in Costa Rica and does not offer relocation benefits.
Job applicants must be located and legally authorized to work in Costa Rica in order to be eligible for consideration.
Prior applying, please consider the following information about the role:
- This is not a virtual position.
If selected for this role, you will be required to work from our SJO3 building, located in the Calle Blancos, San José, in a hybrid-model, attending three days to the office and two days working from home.
- Our only production schedule for this role is Monday to Friday from 8:00am to 5:00pm.
Night and "graveyard" shifts are not available at this time.
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
Key job responsibilities
**Duties will include**:
- Building new/improving existing accounting processes to ensure data integrity and efficient analyses
- Providing financial analysis to prioritize and lead cost reduction efforts (including Kaizen/LEAN reduction efforts)
- Providing analytical support for staffing optimization initiatives
- Sourcing, analyzing, and reporting quantitative data; perform ad hoc analyses
- Analyzing trends, formulating projections, and evaluating savings initiatives
- Developing monthly/quarterly financial reporting (actual and forecast) and annual budgeting
- Provide fact-based insights into variances and trends
- Educating, communicating, and partnering with local leadership
- Ability to quickly build credibility and trust with internal customers
- Demonstrated work ethic based on a strong desire to exceed expectations
- Financial analysis and financial modeling
- Convince management of right decisions based on proven analysis and clear communications
- Work with functional leaders and other finance functions to build scalable financial processes and metrics
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
A day in the life
About the team
Amazon is a multinational technology company with English as its core business language.
CVs must be submitted in English in order to be eligible for consideration.
Calle Blancos, C, CRI
- Master's degree in process or concluded in Business Administration, Finance or Accounting fields.
- Experience working with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (examples: SQL, MS Access, Essbase, Cognos) and other financial systems (examples: Oracle, SAP, Lawson, JD Edwards).
- Experience as a lean sensei, or experience working as a Quality Assurance Engineer.
- Six Sigma Black Belt.