Amazon FinTech - Accounting automation

 

Role

UX Design Intern

Skills

Product Thinking, User Research

Team

1 Manager, 7 Stakeholders, 3 Designers, 3 Engineers

Duration

May 2020 - August 2020

 

The project is currently under NDA, please email me at dj333@cornell.edu if you have further questions.

 

How might we:

Create an end-to-end user experience to automate the Journal Entry posting process during monthly close that would accommodate all accounting use-cases?

 

Results

  • 4/4 users strongly agreed that they can accomplish what they need to with the posting functionality.

  • Overall satisfaction rate: 4.6/5

 

 “This is really good. I really like this, especially comparing to what I do now.”

“The error repair is a good one. It’s very easy to understand.”

“I like this message. It gives me a confirmation. I also like the comfort to know that I can come back and edit anytime”

 

Approach Timeline:

  • Stakeholder interviews

  • User interviews

  • Propose user flow

  • Wireframe low-fidelity prototypes

  • Design iterations

  • Stakeholder/designer/engineer reviews

  • Usability testing

  • Design iterations

  • Finalize high-fidelity design

  • Final presentation

 

Key Learnings

  • Cross-functional team communication is key

  • Advocate for UX design choices

  • Always back-up design decisions with customer data

  • UX Storytelling to build consensus