Senior Finance Analyst, Prime Video Advertising

Job description

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Are you a data-driven finance professional passionate about transforming the streaming industry? Prime Video Advertising is seeking a strategic Senior Finance Analyst who will turn complex financial data into executive business insights that shape our rapidly evolving advertising ecosystem.

Key job responsibilities

-Develop comprehensive financial reports that provide clear, actionable insights for Prime Video Advertising's strategic decision-making
-Orchestrate long and short-term financial planning cycles, collaborating with global finance and business leaders
-Analyze complex financial and performance data to influence and refine business strategies
-Create sophisticated financial models that bridge performance metrics across diverse dimensions
-Drive continuous process improvements to enhance financial reporting efficiency


Key job responsibilities
-Gather data and prepare weekly/monthly/quarterly business reports.
-Support month/quarter/annual close processes with variance analysis. This includes commentary on key drivers of variance versus plan.
-Support monthly/quarterly/annual long range forecasting.
-Identify opportunities to simplify processes and automate standard analyses.
-Manage ad hoc requests, financial deep dives and analyses to support senior leadership.
-Partner with business on ad hoc projects with high visibility.

About the team
Prime Video Ads Finance partners with the broader Prime Video Finance organization to support ad-supported content planning, technology investment, and overall business strategy. We strive to deliver high-quality and actionable insights, strategic analysis, and financial controllership to build a sustainable long-term Ad-supported streaming business that will delight customers and provide maximum value to the Prime Video business and Amazon overall.

Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)
- 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience

Preferred Qualifications

- 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 participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results

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

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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USA, CA, Culver City - 72,600.00 - 117,100.00 USD annually
USA, WA, SEATTLE - 82,700.00 - 117,100.00 USD annually