Finance Manager, Sponsored Products and Brands Finance

About the role

As a key member of the Sponsored Brands (SPB) Finance team, you will work closely with product and finance leaders to develop business strategies, financial models, and analytical insights that drive important business decisions. You will collaborate with product, engineering, and data science teams to solve complex problems, influence the long-term evolution of our products, and develop insights into various aspects of our business.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a finance partner for SB product and engineering leaders on strategic initiatives, leading planning, business modeling, and financial analysis.
• Design and develop performance metrics, institute reporting mechanisms, and implement processes to drive insights related to business performance for stakeholders.
• Proactively identify performance issues and deep dive to investigate and uncover insights.
• Facilitate financial and operational metrics review meetings with product and finance leaders and work with the business to drive effective execution.
• Develop financial models for new business initiatives, experimentation, and special projects.
• Collaborate with BIE and Data Engineering teams to continually improve and enhance existing reporting and mechanisms, implement AI-based solutions and tools.

A day in the life

A day in the life of a Finance Manager can include:

• Leading a Weekly Business Review (WBR) with product teams to analyze business performance and drive actionable insights.
• Partnering with product stakeholders to deep dive into anomalies leveraging complex data sets.
• Preparing documents to review findings with senior product leaders.
• Collaborating with BIE and Data Engineering teams to design solutions that automate metrics reporting and insights from web labs and experiments run by product teams.

About the team

Sponsored Brands (SB) Advertising is one of the largest and fastest-growing business segments within Amazon Advertising. The SPB Finance team partners with this business to provide data analytics and reporting, support product initiative launches and performance tracking, drive operational improvements, and deep dive into business performance to provide insights that drive growth. Our work directly impacts how product teams make decisions, allocate resources, and measure success in a multi-billion-dollar business environment. We pride ourselves on translating complex financial data into actionable insights that drive business growth and innovation.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in tax, finance, or a related analytical field.
• 5+ years of experience applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses.
• Experience communicating complex information and solutions to senior stakeholders and influencing decisions.
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy.
• 5+ years of experience leading cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy.

Preferred Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, determining the root cause, and creating/implementing an escalation plan.
• 6+ years of experience 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).
• MBA or CPA.
• Knowledge of SQL/ETL.
• Experience working with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (e.g., SQL, MS Access, Essbase, Cognos) and other financial systems (e.g., Oracle, SAP, Lawson, JD Edwards).
• Experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results.

Pay

USA, NY, New York - $104,900.00 - $179,500.00 USD 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

• Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and optional supplemental life plans).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and 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 amazon.jobs/en/benefits.