Finance Manager, Advertising Product Finance

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 163,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Advertising seeks a Finance Manager to directly support the product team in charge of Video Advertising and collaborate with internal stakeholders across sales, supply, and device teams. This role will design reporting and models, develop business insights, and own reporting during planning and forecasting cycles.

The position supports evaluating monetization opportunities, building actionable analytics, and driving profitability through data-driven decisions across Amazon devices and ad

Qualifications

• 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience.
• Bachelor's degree.
• 6+ years identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience.
• 6+ years of solving complex business challenges by delivering accurate and timely financial models, analysis, and recommendations that have a proven impact on business (e.g., financial savings, operational improvements, or customer benefits) experience.
• MBA, or CPA
• Knowledge of SQL/ETL
• 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 delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results

Responsibilities

• The successful candidate will be highly motivated and have the ability to tackle multiple projects and efficiently execute deliverables; move and adapt quickly to new information or change in strategic direction; can dive deep into data to understand and identify business trends; is detail oriented and has the ability to work well with cross-functional business and finance stakeholders; has strong oral and written communication skills and solid business acumen capable of driving results and improving processes; can think clearly, analyze quantitatively, problem-solve and prioritize.

Skills

Data analysis

Financial modeling

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Problem solving

Forecasting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SQL

ETL

MS Access

Essbase

Cognos

Oracle

SAP

Lawson

JD Edwards

Job description

Description

Amazon Advertising seeks a Finance Manager to directly support the product team in charge of the Video Advertising business, and collaborate with several internal stakeholders across sales, supply, and device teams. This is a fast growth business that is continuously expanding and launching new products and services on a frequent basis.

This role will play a key role in evaluating ambiguous and complex monetization opportunities, designing new or enhance reporting and models that make our data more actionable, developing and communicating business insights through data analytics, and owns reporting functions during the various business review, planning, and forecasting phases in finance.

Key job responsibilities

The successful candidate will be highly motivated and have the ability to tackle multiple projects and efficiently execute deliverables; move and adapt quickly to new information or change in strategic direction; can dive deep into data to understand and identify business trends; is detail oriented and has the ability to work well with cross-functional business and finance stakeholders; has strong oral and written communication skills and solid business acumen capable of driving results and improving processes; can think clearly, analyze quantitatively, problem-solve and prioritize.

About the team

The DAV advertising product finance team directly supports Amazon Device, Audio, and Video advertising demand-side platform (DSP) product teams. We also act as internal partners to support and drive our ad sales and supply teams. Our focus is to accelerate top-line revenue and improve profitability by evaluating overall ad supply monetization and utilization, product feature or sales package adoption, campaign performance, and other various product drivers of growth.

DAV product finance manages our business priorities through modeling new opportunities and initiatives, developing key operational metric reports with actionable insights, and building input-based forecasts.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience

• Bachelor's degree

Preferred Qualifications

• 6+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience

• 6+ years of solving complex business challenges by delivering accurate and timely financial models, analysis, and recommendations that have a proven impact on business (e.g., financial savings, operational improvements, or customer benefits) experience

• MBA, or CPA

• Knowledge of SQL/ETL

• 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 delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results

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

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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, NY, New York - 104,900.00 - 179,500.00 USD annually

USA, WA, SEATTLE - 95,400.00 - 163,200.00 USD annually