Senior Financial Analyst, Brand Innovation Lab (Ads)

Amazon Advertising LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Job summary

Amazon Ads' Brand Innovation Lab seeks a Sr. Financial Analyst to deliver analyses, models, and reports shaping investments and operations across creative, product, and tech teams. You’ll build financial models, forecast, and drive performance improvements while partnering with cross-functional partners to inform resource allocation and strategic decisions.

In this role you’ll automate reporting, develop SOPs, and support fast-paced decision making in a globally impactful advertising business.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of finance, accounting, or related analytical field experience.
• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, tax, economics, or related analytical field.
• 3+ years forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and interpreting financial results, or experience in financial modeling, P&L management or analysis.
• 3+ years experience creating process improvements with automation and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams to support investment and resource allocation decisions through data-driven analysis.
• Drive financial planning and analysis including quarterly forecasting, annual planning, and monthly actuals and variance reporting for revenue and operating expenses.
• Manage business performance metrics, identifying root causes behind variances and advising on actions to improve performance.
• Coordinate weekly, monthly, and quarterly business reviews with clear reporting of results.
• Lead projects to automate, simplify, or scale finance processes, leveraging AI-enabled tools to reduce defects and boost productivity.
• Build and maintain SOPs, process documentation, and team tools for knowledge sharing and collaboration.

Skills

Finance experience

Forecasting & budgeting

Variance analysis

Financial modeling

Automation & analysis

Cross-functional partnering

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, tax, economics, or related analytical field

Tools

SQL

MS Access

Essbase

Cognos

Oracle

SAP

Lawson

JD Edwards

Job description

Amazon Ads' Brand Innovation Lab seeks a Sr. Financial Analyst to deliver analyses, models, and reports shaping investments and operations across creative, product, and tech teams. You’ll build financial models, forecast, and drive performance improvements while partnering with cross-functional partners to inform resource allocation and strategic decisions.

In this role you’ll automate reporting, develop SOPs, and support fast-paced decision making in a globally impactful advertising business.