Senior Business Analyst, GTS- Audit

Amazon
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10 months ago
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Amazon is seeking a highly motivated Senior Data Analyst to join GTS- Audit team. In this role, you will be driving audit data support requests by understanding the requirements, planning, scoping, executing, and providing data solutions to our business customers. This team sits within Global Tax Services and is seeking an exceptionally capable individual to help deliver Tax Technology support within the Audit team for our Indirect Tax function. This position is based in Barcelona or Bratislava.
Ideally, we are looking for candidates with strong data analytical skills along with Tax experience. This role requires a self-starter with a keen attention to detail and a good track record of meeting deadlines. The successful candidate will have the ability to tackle multiple requests and efficiently execute deliverables. You will use your analytical skills to interpret clearly, analyze quantitatively, problem-solve, scope technical requirements, and prioritize.
Come innovate with the Amazon Global Tax Services Team!

Key job responsibilities

As Senior Business Analyst, you are expected to support Indirect Tax Audits globally and work in support of Audit Readiness. Your responsibilities include:

  1. Supporting the indirect Tax team on Tax audits on a daily basis.
  2. Diving deep into the details to develop meaningful findings and provide required data.
  3. Analyzing and solving problems at their root, understanding the broader context.
  4. Owning end-to-end ‘Audit request’ cases from gathering requirements to solutions, ensuring deliverables within the deadline.
  5. Learning and understanding a broad range of Amazon’s data resources and knowing when, how, and which to use.
  6. Documenting processes, data flows, etc.
  7. Building partnerships with Tax, Finance, and Accounting customers.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• BS degree in Accounting, Business, Data Science, Economics, Finance, Mathematics, or a related field or equivalent experience.
• Substantial experience as a business analyst, data analyst, statistical analysis, or data engineering role within a technology environment.
• Advanced proficiency in SQL, Excel, and any data visualization tools like Tableau or similar BI tools.
• Advanced ability to draw insights from data and clearly communicate them to stakeholders and senior management.
• Proficiency with Alteryx.
• Strong analytical skills – ability to start from ambiguous problem statements, identify and access relevant data, make appropriate assumptions, perform insightful analysis, and draw conclusions relevant to the business problem.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical problems in simple terms.
• Excellent writing skills – experience in writing business documents, process flows, and building flowcharts.
• Ability to present information professionally and concisely with supporting data.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience within Tax/Accounting/Finance.
• Familiarity with APIs, JavaScript, and Python.
• Knowledge of data management and modeling fundamentals and data storage principles.
• Experience with Amazon tools, for example, AWS.

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. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use, and transfer the personal data of our candidates.

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