Finance Manager, Advertising Finance

As a Finance Manager, you will closely work with business and finance leaders to develop financial models for both short and long term business and financial goals, evaluate new business opportunities, and drive business initiatives for Sponsored Product Advertising. This role requires a self-starter and independent individual with strong financial modeling abilities, problem solving skills, a keen attention to detail, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with ambiguous situations.
The successful candidate will have shown experience in past roles influencing business leaders and supporting decision-making in rapidly evolving environments. This role also has regular interaction with executives and various business units across Amazon, and therefore requires strong interpersonal and communication skills. In addition, this role requires strong business sense and the capability to independently drive business partnership.


Key job responsibilities
• Own the long and short term forecasting for Sponsored Products
• Assist in the development of new advertising products by evaluating the business, understanding customer needs and value drivers, and crafting high impact growth strategies for the business
• Partner with the Sponsored Product Ads business team to anticipate business requirements, trends, and variances; develop action plans; measure and analyze results; identify and drive growth and improvement opportunities.
• Manage financial and operational performance metrics for your business and provide clear and concise commentary for leadership e.g. Monthly Business Reviews

Basic Qualifications

- 5+ years of finance, accounting, or related analytical field experience
- Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, tax, economics, or a related analytical field

Preferred Qualifications

- 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

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 - 104,900.00 - 179,500.00 USD annually
USA, WA, SEATTLE - 95,400.00 - 163,200.00 USD annually