Senior Financial Analyst, Advertising Finance

Job description

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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

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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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