Finance Manager, Amazon Ads

Amazon • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

Over $500 billion is spent each year on digital advertising worldwide, all while
the industry experiences foundational changes in terms of media advertisers want
to buy, how potential customers spend time online, and an ever evolving privacy
landscape. Amazon Advertising Finance is looking for a Finance Manager to join
one of the fastest growing divisions within Amazon and support our Ad Tech team
on building our Streaming TV and Audio business and help our advertisers reach
customers and drive outcomes. This role will work hand in hand with the product
team, sales team, and other finance members to evaluate new partnerships, size
the potential opportunity of new product launches, set goals/targets, analyze
petabytes worth of data, make suggestions based on analysis, and write strategy
documents.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, statistics or business, or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) experience
• 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
• 5+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
• 5+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience
• 5+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
• 5+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience

Nice To Haves

• 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

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with the business on strategic initiatives and to size the opportunity (customers, ad spend, etc.) of new product launches
• Analyze rich supply, demand, and auction/bidding, data in order to provide tangible insights that influence real-time decision making
• Establish new performance metrics to track and communicate business health and drive insightful deep dives into our business
• Write 1-6 page strategy documents
• Participate in and lead parts of the quarterly guidance and yearly operational plans, including revenue forecasting

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager