Business Analyst II, Network Balance and Equipment Optimization (NBEO)

Amazon Transportation Services (ATS) Line Haul is looking for a talented Sr. Business Analyst who will own analytics and develop solutions to drive insights and optimization for Network Planning and Forecasting. As a member of this team, you will have an opportunity to be a thought leader in Amazon Logistics and work with a group of talented program managers, product managers, research scientists, software developers, and business leaders to design the Amazon network of the future.

As a member of this collaborative team, you will have an opportunity to make an impact in Amazon Logistics and work with a group of talented program managers, product managers, research scientists, software developers, and business stakeholders to design the Amazon network of the future.

As a Sr. Business Analyst, you will operate at the crossroads of multiple complex Amazon systems. Specifically, this role will be responsible for owning our most critical efficiency metrics including: Trailer repositioning cost (how much we spend to reposition trailers) and network balance (how balanced is the network). As a business owner you will be expected to produce weekly metrics and callouts, perform deep dives as new products launch that could impact these metrics, contribute to monthly business reviews with VPs, and build models to forecast these metrics for annual/quarterly planning cycles. These metrics are directly used to drive our financial plan, almost all product features in our space are designed to improve these metrics, and they have VP level visibility.

This position requires excellent analytical thinking, ability to quickly approach large ambiguous problems and apply analytics, technical and engineering expertise to rapidly analyze, validate, visualize, prototype and deliver solutions. This position also requires significant cross functional work and integration with transportation, tech, operations and finance. Successful candidates will thrive in a fast-paced environment

As you further your career as a Sr. Business Analyst at Amazon, you will focus on improving corporate reporting frameworks and data visualization. You will analyze performance data, discover and solve real world problems and build metrics and business cases to improve decision making. We are focused on your success and want to build strong leaders within Amazon Transportation Services. You can expect to leverage your analytical skills and have full ownership of the projects you work on.

Key job responsibilities
- Perform complex analysis and data resarch to identify opportunities to reduce transportation costs through efficiency improvements, eliminate defect, improve customer experience, and support critical business decisions.
- Design, develop, and establish KPIs and run complex network simulations to provide strategic insights to drive growth and performance.
- Systematically identify data source/forecast error and follow through on the resolutions to ensure that future plans are updated with improved business processes.
- Requires ability to perform/own reoccurring and ad-hoc business intelligence projects.
- Develop standardized metrics to evaluate and benchmark pertaining to short and long term network planning and forecasting.
- Pull and report data from numerous databases (using Excel, SQL and/or other data management systems) and proven capability to dive deep and utilize known research and problem solving techniques.
- Communicate complex insights to stakeholders, both verbally and in writing.

Basic Qualifications

- 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- 5+ years of Excel (including VBA, pivot tables, array functions, power pivots, etc.) and data visualization tools such as Tableau experience
- 3+ years of business or financial analysis experience
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Experience defining requirements and using data and metrics to draw business insights
- Experience with Excel
- Experience with SQL
- Experience making business recommendations and influencing stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

- 3+ years of business analyst, data analyst or similar role experience

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Bellevue - 82,700.00 - 130,100.00 USD annually