Location: Nashville,TN, USA
Description
Amazon Transportation Services (ATS) is looking for a talented Business Analyst who will own analytics and develop solutions to drive insights and optimization for the Carrier Services team. 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 you further your career as a 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 ownership of the projects you work on.
Key job responsibilities
- Perform complex data analysis by applying statistics, analytical and business skills to identify opportunities to reduce fulfillment costs as well as improve efficiencies and customer experience
- Assist in the design, development, and maintenance of ongoing metrics, reports, analyses, dashboards, etc. to identify process and system improvement opportunities to drive key business decisions
Recognize and adopt best practices in reporting and analysis: data integrity, test design, analysis, validation, and documentation. Learn and understand a broad range of Amazons data resources and know how, when, and which to use and which not to use
Dive deep into various optimization systems, operational processes, and delivery partner/operator experience, and identify insights that influence the direction of product
Partner with Operations, Product, Program and Finance stakeholders, gathering requirements and delivering end-to-end solutions
Communicate complex analysis and insights to stakeholders and business leaders, both verbally and in writing
Support cross-functional teams on the day-to-day execution of the existent program implementation
Identify, develop, manage, and execute analyses to uncover areas of opportunity and present written business recommendations
Continually improve ongoing reporting and analysis processes, automating or simplifying self-service support for datasets and model data and metadata to support ad-hoc and pre-built reporting
Drive small to medium operational enhancement projects and research and recommend cost reduction opportunities
Basic Qualifications
- 3+ 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
- Experience in tax, finance or a related analytical field
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $66,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $143,100/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.