Description

　　There are multiple openings within our Ads Finance organization for Senior Financial Analyst roles.

　　Advertising Finance is a global organization dedicated to providing major brand partners with compelling and effective customized media, sponsorship and event programs. The global sales organization is comprised of business leaders, sellers, creative teams, operational teams and product managers located around the world. You will help drive revenue-generating projects, conduct opportunity assessments, and shape overall sales strategy. During a typical week this role can expect to utilize multiple data systems to compile data sets, review data, uncover insights about the business, and present findings and proposals to management.

　　You will feel equally comfortable heads-down in data and leading projects to completion and will thrive in an environment of rapid context-switching. You will work cross-functionally across the entire organization including Partnerships, Content, Marketing, Ad Product, Engineering, Finance, and Legal to develop and understand deep knowledge of the business. You will translate this knowledge into delivering key insights to the Advertising Sales organization. Current and ongoing work spans the following areas: financial reporting & analysis, strategic planning, process creation & process improvement, and ad hoc reporting & analysis. The successful candidate will have strong communication skills and solid business acumen capable of driving results and improving processes. They must be able to think and act both strategically and tactically. Strong oral and written communication skills are crucial, as well as ability to think clearly, analyze quantitatively, problem-solve, and prioritize.

　　Key job responsibilities

　　Support sales teams and the wider business, and proactively develop forward-looking projects to scale the business

　　Act as trusted partner to the Sales team in making optimal business decisions and highlighting critical blockers, risks, and opportunities that impact ability to meet quarterly/annual goals.

　　Drive performance improvements across the sales organization and build the foundation for it to scale. This will include evaluating revenue optimization opportunities, strategic programs to enhance productivity, process redesign, and financial reporting & analysis.

　　Assist with co-authoring highly visible and extremely important business reporting to senior management.

　　Work closely with team and management to identify systems, data or process needs that can generate revenue.

　　Use data systems such as Salesforce, SQL, and Tableau to identify insights and surface to management.

　　We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

　　New York, NY, USA | Seattle, WA, USA

　　Basic Qualifications

　　3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience

　　Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)

　　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

　　Knowledge of Tableau

　　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)

　　Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

　　Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $56,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $128,800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.