Financial Analyst, Amazon Ads, Ads Trust

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 99,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Advertising is seeking a Financial Analyst to join the MADS finance team supporting Advertising Trust. You will manage FP&A activities, build financial models, and drive automation to improve productivity in a fast-paced, global environment.

You will collaborate with technology and operations teams to set up metrics, review business opportunities, and communicate risks to senior leadership across geographies and time zones.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of finance experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics or a highly analytical field.
• 2+ years participating in continuous improvement projects.

Responsibilities

• Implement and drive the core financial processes and reporting for the business (FP&A).
• Create short and long term financial forecasts to assist business in decision making.
• Identify and create business metrics to understand the operational and financial health of the business and drive improvement.
• Influence others, insist on the highest standards, have bias for action and challenge the status quo.
• Identify operating improvements, deep dive on cost structures, and analyze business opportunities/investments.
• Assess impact of new business ideas and initiatives.

Skills

Finance experience

Continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics or a highly analytical field

Tools

TM1

Data Warehouse

SQL

Job description

Description

Amazon Advertising operates at the intersection of eCommerce and advertising, offering a rich array of digital display advertising solutions with the goal of helping our customers find and discover anything they want to buy. We help advertisers reach Amazon customers on Amazon.com, across our other owned and operated sites, on other high-quality sites across the web, and on millions of Kindles, tablets, and mobile devices. We start with the customer and work backwards in everything we do, including advertising. If you're interested in joining a rapidly growing team working to build a unique, world-class advertising experience with a relentless focus on the customer, you've come to the right place.

Advertising Finance is seeking a Financial Analyst to be a part of MADS finance team. This role will support Advertising Trust team. This team provide critical support to ensure we provide the best experience to Amazon advertisers and customers.

This role will manage the FP&A activities, partner with business teams including both technology and operations in creating and reviewing business opportunities, setting up metrics, creating financial models and driving automation and productivity improvement. The successful candidate will be thoughtful, analytical, and has demonstrated ability to effectively influence the decisions of senior business leaders through clear verbal and written communication, financial analysis, and logical reasoning. The role operates in a fast-paced, global, autonomous and results-oriented environment, and will be an important member of the business leadership team.

This position will also partner with the members of the global advertising team to develop team-wide goals, process improvement initiatives, and assist in the identification of standards for global consistency. This role requires excellent communication and organization skills, including the ability to anticipate, identify and communicate risks to senior leadership across geographies and time zones.

Key job responsibilities

• Implement and drive the core financial processes and reporting for the business (FP&A)
• Create short and long term financial forecasts to assist business in decision making
• Identify and create business metrics to understand the operational and financial health of the business and drive improvement
• Influence others, insist on the highest standards, have bias for action and challenge the status quo
• Identify operating improvements, deep dive on cost structures, and analyze business opportunities/investments
• Assess impact of new business ideas and initiatives

Basic Qualifications

• 1+ years of finance experience
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics or a highly analytical field (e.g., Engineering, Math, and Computer Science)

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
• Experience in TM1, Data Warehouse and SQL

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.

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 - 66,300.00 - 109,200.00 USD annually

USA, WA, SEATTLE - 80,200.00 - 99,300.00 USD annually

Company - Amazon.com Services LLC