Sr. Financial Analyst, US Performance Marketing

About the role

Amazon seeks a Finance Manager to join the Marketing Finance team. We are responsible for managing a portfolio of marketing investments across a diverse set of channels which drive new and existing customers to the Amazon store. We measure and track these investments with the aim of optimizing long-term free cash flow.

The Finance Manager will be the direct finance partner for the Outbound Communications business, which manages all interactions with customers through channels such as push notifications and email. They will provide strategic guidance and thought leadership for short and long-range investment decisions, build mechanisms and tools to surface key analytical insights, dive deep into large sets of data, prioritize and deliver projects that improve scale and efficiency, and manage controllership.

Specifically, they will lead the launch of new channels across Emerging countries, develop investment frameworks, define willingness to pay for those new channels, work with data scientists to build message optimization guidance, and help deliver strong growth plans.

Responsibilities

• Drive investment strategy discussions via insightful and relevant analysis on historical and projected performance
• Manage controllership with a high degree of accuracy across planning and reporting
• Lead Weekly, Monthly, and Quarterly Business Reviews
• Partner with Senior leadership to evaluate the financial impact of decisions
• Be a steward for maximizing long-term free cash flow of investments
• Partner with various business and tech teams to become a subject matter expert on systems and outcomes

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or related field
• 3+ years of tax, finance, or a related analytical field experience
• 4+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
• 3+ years of contributing to cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy experience
• 3+ years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or CPA
• Experience working with Excel, reporting tools, and large-scale data mining tools, such as Power BI, Python, SQL, or Tableau

Skills

• Business modeling skills
• Keen attention to detail
• Track record of influencing business partners with data-driven decision making
• Ability to move fast
• Strong communication and collaboration skills

Pay

USA, NY, New York - $73,600.00 - $128,800.00 USD annually

Benefits

• Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs)
• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
• Basic Life & AD&D insurance with option for 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
• Parental leave

Learn more about our benefits at amazon.jobs/en/benefits.