Senior Financial Analyst, Amazon Ads, Amazon Ads

Amazon

Seattle (WA)

On-site

USD 83,000 - 117,000

Full time

44 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Sign-on bonus

Health insurance

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Finance Manager for Amazon Advertising Finance to support our Ad Tech team. You will partner with product and sales to size opportunities, analyze big data, and develop strategy documents to guide product launches and revenue forecasting.

You will size partnerships, track KPIs, and influence executive decisions with data-driven insights while collaborating across finance, product, and marketing teams to drive outcomes.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or related analytical field.
3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience.
3+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience.
3+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience.
Experience working with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (e.g., SQL, MS Access, Essbase, Cognos) and other financial systems (e.g., Oracle, SAP, Lawson, JD Edwards).

Responsibilities

Partner closely with the business on strategic initiatives and to size the opportunity (customers, ad spend, etc.) of new product launches.
Analyze rich supply, demand, and auction/bidding data to provide tangible insights for real-time decisions.
Establish new performance metrics to track and communicate business health and drive deep dives.
Write 1-6 page strategy documents.
Participate in and lead parts of quarterly guidance and yearly operational plans, including revenue forecasting.

Skills

Financial analysis

Data mining / big data

KPI development & tracking

Process automation & standardization

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics

Tools

SQL

MS Access

Essbase

Cognos

Oracle

SAP

Lawson

JD Edwards

Job description

Description

Over $500 billion is spent each year on digital advertising worldwide, all while the industry experiences foundational changes in terms of media advertisers want to buy, how potential customers spend time online, and an ever evolving privacy landscape. Amazon Advertising Finance is looking for a Finance Manager to join one of the fastest growing divisions within Amazon and support our Ad Tech team on building our Streaming TV and Audio business and help our advertisers reach customers and drive outcomes. This role will work hand in hand with the product team, sales team, and other finance members to evaluate new partnerships, size the potential opportunity of new product launches, set goals/targets, analyze petabytes worth of data, make suggestions based on analysis, and write strategy documents.

Key job responsibilities

Partner closely with the business on strategic initiatives and to size the opportunity (customers, ad spend, etc.) of new product launches
Analyze rich supply, demand, and auction/bidding, data in order to provide tangible insights that influence real-time decision making
Establish new performance metrics to track and communicate business health and drive insightful deep dives into our business
Write 1-6 page strategy documents
Participate in and lead parts of the quarterly guidance and yearly operational plans, including revenue forecasting

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)
3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
3+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
3+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience
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)

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with cube engine tools (e.g. TM1, Cognos or Essbase), SQL and Data warehouse
Experience operating successfully in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment, and have the ability to influence the decisions of senior business leaders through effective verbal and written communication, logical reasoning, and the presentation of alternatives

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

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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&DD 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.