Finance Manager, Advertising Finance

About the role

As a Finance Manager, you will closely work with business and finance leaders to develop financial models for both short and long term business and financial goals, evaluate new business opportunities, and drive business initiatives for Sponsored Product Advertising. This role requires a self-starter and independent individual with strong financial modeling abilities, problem solving skills, a keen attention to detail, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with ambiguous situations. The successful candidate will have shown experience in past roles influencing business leaders and supporting decision-making in rapidly evolving environments. This role also has regular interaction with executives and various business units across Amazon, and therefore requires strong interpersonal and communication skills. In addition, this role requires strong business sense and the capability to independently drive business partnership.

Responsibilities

• Own the long and short term forecasting for Sponsored Products
• Assist in the development of new advertising products by evaluating the business, understanding customer needs and value drivers, and crafting high impact growth strategies for the business
• Partner with the Sponsored Product Ads business team to anticipate business requirements, trends, and variances; develop action plans; measure and analyze results; identify and drive growth and improvement opportunities
• Manage financial and operational performance metrics for your business and provide clear and concise commentary for leadership e.g. Monthly Business Reviews

Requirements

• 5+ years of finance, accounting, or related analytical field experience
• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, tax, economics, or a related analytical field

Qualifications

• 6+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience
• 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
• MBA, or CPA
• Knowledge of SQL/ETL
• 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 delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results

Pay

Base salary range: USA, NY, New York — $104,900 – $179,500 annually; USA, WA, Seattle — $95,400 – $163,200 annually. 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.

Benefits

• 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
• Parental leave

Company: Amazon.com Services LLC; Job ID: A10587878