Sr. Financial Analyst, Studios Opex Finance, MGM Studios Finance

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The Studios Finance team is seeking a Financial Analyst to provide critical oversight of the Studios OpEx budget, with primary focus on headcount expense management, quarterly guidance, and operational planning. This role requires a detail-oriented finance professional who can independently navigate complex financial systems, build robust reconciliation processes, and drive automation initiatives that enhance reporting accuracy and efficiency.

• Assume ownership of Studios OpEx headcount planning, ensuring accurate tracking and forecasting of personnel expenses across the organization.
• Provide scenario analysis for OpEx reinvestment strategies, including contractor‑to‑full‑time‑employee conversions and position releveling.
• Partner with operational teams to understand headcount needs and translate business requirements into financial impact assessments.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive reconciliation reports that align our financial systems, ensuring data integrity across all financial platforms.

• Support quarterly guidance (QG) and operating plan (OP) processes by delivering timely, accurate OPEX projections.
• Automate and integrate monthly reporting processes to reduce manual effort and improve data accuracy.
• Establish standardized templates that capture granular department‑level spend.
• Provide readily available variance explanations at both detailed and summary levels to support leadership decision‑making.

• Leverage advanced Excel capabilities to build scalable financial models with clear audit trails and traceable logic.
• Identify opportunities to streamline reporting processes through automation, formulas, macros, or system integrations.
• Maintain and enhance existing financial reporting frameworks to improve accuracy and reduce cycle time.

Throughout the day, you’re constantly assessing:
What’s the business impact? What’s the deadline? What can I automate or streamline? Where can I leverage existing work? This role requires someone who thrives in a fast‑paced environment, can shift priorities without getting overwhelmed, and has the judgment to know when to dive deep versus when to provide a directionally accurate answer quickly.

The ability to manage multiple concurrent requests, communicate proactively about timelines and trade‑offs, and maintain quality under pressure is essential to success in this position.

The Studios Opex Finance team provides strategic financial partnership to Amazon Studios, managing OpEx budgets and driving financial planning processes. The team values accuracy, ownership, and continuous improvement, with a focus on building scalable processes that support business growth.

• 3+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision‑making.
• 3+ years of finance or a related analytical field experience.
• Bachelor’s degree.

• 3+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results.
• 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 in creating process improvements with automation and analysis.
• Experience in identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants:
Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct,…