- Amazon seeks a Finance Manager to be a key member on our Advertising Finance team. This role is an exciting opportunity to join Ads Finance where you will work side by side with business and finance leaders to develop business strategies, financial models, and analytical insights.
In this role, you will partner with Ads Core Services (ACS) team, who develops core features and tools to support all advertising programs across the advertising organization. You will partner with senior business leaders on a regular basis and will be responsible for financial modeling and analysis, leading business reviews, and supporting strategic and financial planning for new business launches. On a day-to-day basis, you will interact with product management, engineers, advertising finance and accounting teams.
Key job responsibilities
- Build and maintain forecasting models for short and long range planning cycles
- Develop financial frameworks for new business opportunities partnering with product management.
- Curate and provide visibility into key business performance and operational metrics. Provide financial insights for weekly, monthly and quarterly business reviews with key stakeholders.
- Report and maintain financial metrics that evolve with the business. Build for scale. Streamline/automate processes and reporting.
- Anticipate business requirements, trends, and variances through deep dives and metrics; develop action plans; measure and analyze results.
A day in the life
Depending on the time of the year, our Finance Manager may be working on a variety of items, whether it is our month-end financial reporting package, assisting teams in tracking and updating of key goals prior to senior leadership review, working with our business partners on understanding revenue and expense drivers, and/or helping to kick off a new project to support a key business initiative.
About the team
The Ads Core Services (ACS) Finance team partners with product managers, software engineers, economists, data scientists, and financial analysts across the advertising organization, driving key mechanisms that support the rhythm of the Ads Core Services businesses. We generate insights to guide product strategy. We also provide direct business partnership and ongoing business performance measurement support to senior leaders.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)
- 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- Experience performing ad hoc analysis using advanced Excel
- Experience building and managing financial models for business forecasting and problem solving
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 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
- 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 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.
- Experience identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $85,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $179,500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.