Description

　　Amazon Advertising operates at the intersection of eCommerce and advertising, offering a rich array of digital display advertising solutions with the goal of helping our customers find and discover anything they want to buy. We help advertisers reach Amazon customers on Amazon.com, across our other owned and operated sites, on other high-quality sites across the web, and on millions of Kindles, tablets, and mobile devices. We start with the customer and work backwards in everything we do, including advertising. If you’re interested in joining a rapidly growing team working to build a unique, world-class advertising experience with a relentless focus on the customer, you’ve come to the right place.

　　Advertising Finance is seeking a Financial Analyst to be a part of ACTS finance team. This role will support Advertising Operations and Policy team. These teams provide critical support to ensure we provide the best experience to Amazon advertisers and customers.

　　This role will manage the FP&A activities, partner with business teams including both technology and operations in creating and reviewing business opportunities, setting up metrics, creating financial models and driving automation and productivity improvement. The successful candidate will be thoughtful, analytical, and has demonstrated ability to effectively influence the decisions of senior business leaders through clear verbal and written communication, financial analysis, and logical reasoning. The role operates in a fast-paced, global, autonomous and results-oriented environment, and will be an important member of the business leadership team.

　　This position will also partner with the members of the global advertising team to develop team-wide goals, process improvement initiatives, and assist in the identification of standards for global consistency. This role requires excellent communication and organization skills, including the ability to anticipate, identify and communicate risks to senior leadership across geographies and time zones.

　　Primary responsibilities include:

　　· Implement and drive the core financial processes and reporting for the business

　　· Cost out the revenue impact of the policy changes made by the Ad Policy team

　　· Identify potential areas which can be tested and evaluated for policy simplification

　　· Built a tracking mechanism of revenue impacts for all policy changes

　　· Lead Financials and Business Metrics Reviews with senior leadership

　　· Create short and long term financial forecasts to assist business in decision making

　　· Identify and create business metrics to understand the operational and financial health of the business and drive improvement

　　· Influence others, insist on the highest standards, have bias for action and challenge the status quo

　　· Identify operating improvements, deep dive on cost structures, and analyze business opportunities/investments.

　　· Assess impact of new business ideas and initiatives

　　As a Financial Analyst, you will be working to ensure controllership of the business, work directly with business leaders to provide insightful financial reports and help influence business decisions. In addition to reporting, you will also be working on impact assessment of new services and projects, thus having a direct impact on the business.

　　Key job responsibilities

　　· Implement and drive the core financial processes and reporting for the business

　　· Cost out the revenue impact of the policy changes made by the Ad Policy team

　　· Identify potential areas which can be tested and evaluated for policy simplification

　　· Built a tracking mechanism of revenue impacts for all policy changes

　　· Lead Financials and Business Metrics Reviews with senior leadership

　　· Create short and long term financial forecasts to assist business in decision making

　　· Identify and create business metrics to understand the operational and financial health of the business and drive improvement

　　· Influence others, insist on the highest standards, have bias for action and challenge the status quo

　　· Identify operating improvements, deep dive on cost structures, and analyze business opportunities/investments.

　　· Assess impact of new business ideas and initiatives

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

　　Seattle, WA, USA

　　Basic Qualifications

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

　　4+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience

　　4+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience

　　4+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience

　　3+ years of finance or a related analytical field 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

　　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.