The Amazon Advertising team seeks a Senior Financial Analyst to join its finance department to support the Advertising Marketing team. The role will work closely with finance and business teams in creation of advertiser insights, validating financial results for Marketing investments and advertising product growth initiatives, and driving controllership.
This Senior Financial Analyst must be detail oriented, have strong finance skills, and strong organizational and project management skills. This Senior Finical Analyst will need to roll up her/his sleeves, work independently, and have a high level of ownership and accountability.
Key job responsibilities
• Controllership of Marketing investment, understanding actuals, challenging variances and tracking action plans to bring financial results back to plan when necessary
• Active business partner to drive decisions on where to invest for Marketing initiatives
• Produce and analyze performance metrics to establish and measure business goals
• Partner closely with the Marketing Team to provide financial support as we find and attract new digital advertisers and deepen our insights on how to improve advertiser retention
• Coordinate and help drive the weekly, monthly and quarterly Business Review process
• Manage quarterly forecast, annual plan and long range plan of the business
• Participate in projects that drive efficiency or quality; manage and execute entire projects or components of large projects from start to finish.
A day in the life
The Senior Financial Analyst must be detail oriented, have strong finance skills, and strong organizational and project management skills. This Senior Financial Analyst will need to roll up her/his sleeves, work independently, and have a high level of ownership and accountability. The Senior Financial Analyst will be responsible for creating key performance indicators, analyzing Marketing strategy to maximize revenue, and providing financial guidance for prioritization and decision-making. This position will collaborate with Marketing business leaders on a daily basis and will be contributing to overall financial modeling and analysis during requirements planning and business reviews.
About the team
The Amazon Advertising Marketing Finance department works closely with the Marketing teams to analyze marketing initiatives, validate financial results of investments and advertising product growth initiatives, and drive controllership across the organization.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
- 3+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
- 3+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience
- 3+ years of finance, accounting, or related analytical field experience
- Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, tax, economics, or a related analytical field
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)
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
