Amazon

Senior Financial Analyst, Advertising Finance

Amazon$73K — $128K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years in tax, finance or related analytical field
  • Experience applying financial performance indicators (KPIs)
  • 3+ years in process improvements, automation and analysis
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, statistics or business (or equivalent quantitative role experience)
  • Preferred: 4+ years in continuous improvement projects
  • Preferred: MBA or CPA
  • Experience with large-scale data mining and reporting tools

Responsibilities

  • Partner with the business to initiate strategic analysis and reporting
  • Identify and quantify growth opportunities for new products
  • Lead cross-functional collaboration to analyze ad trends affecting revenue
  • Provide financial insights for periodic business reviews
  • Work with BIE and Data Science teams to streamline processes and reporting

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance including medical, dental, and vision
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
Full Job Description
We are looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to support our high growth Amazon Advertising business, namely on our owned and operated device Alexa. This role will drive key reporting and business inspection mechanisms for Display ads across classic Alexa, and AI powered Alexa+. This position involves analytics, strategic thinking, and business partnership skills to influence and track how Amazon Ads performs on our devices. This job can be located in either New York or Seattle.

Key job responsibilities

Key job responsibilities
• Partner directly with the business to drive new initiatives, strategic analyses and performance related reporting and reviews
• Identify growth opportunities and quantify new product launches for planning cycles
• Lead cross functional work to collaborate with other finance stakeholders to understand the broader ad trends that impact our device revenue
• Provide financial insights for periodic business reviews with key stakeholders.
• Work with BIE and Data Science team to build for scale. Streamline/automate processes and reporting.

A day in the life

We are looking for a highly motivated individual to assist in simplifying and scaling reporting and provide insights. If you enjoy partnering with multiple stakeholders, building and automating reports for scale, this is the right role for you.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 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 creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience

- Bachelor's degree in engineering, statistics or business, or Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 4+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience

- MBA, or CPA

- 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)

- Knowledge of SQL/ETL

- 3+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience

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 - 73,600.00 - 128,800.00 USD annually

About Amazon

Audible is a provider of spoken audio information and entertainment , on the Internet. They provide premium spoken audio content, such as audio versions of books and newspapers and radio programs, that is delivered over the Internet and played back on personal computers and hand-held electronic devices. The Audible service allows consumers to purchase and download their content from their Website, store it in digital files and play it back on personal computers and electronic devices. More than 15,000 hours of audio content are available on their Web site, including audio versions of books, periodicals and radio programs. Several manufacturers have agreed to support and promote the playback of their content on their hand-held audio-enabled electronic devices.

Amazon Careers

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1,608 employees
Market Cap
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Industry
Net Income
$21.3 billion
Founded
1994
5 Year Trend
+28.1%
Revenue
$386 billion
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