Financial Analyst, Amazon
Advertising Finance
$51.1-109.2k
The largest online retailer and technology provider
Posted today
The largest online retailer and technology provider
1001+ employees
Posted today
$51.1-109.2k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be Earth's most customer-centric company.
Role
Who you are
- A successful candidate will be comfortable using analytical tools to extract metrics, have the ability to manage tight deadlines, and achieve effective results in a dynamic environment
- They demonstrate a passion for the sports industry and a desire to be on the forefront of its evolution to Streaming TV
- They are a self-starter who demonstrates strong interpersonal skills and attention to detail
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field
- 1+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
- Experience in corporate finance including budgeting/planning, forecasting and reporting
- Experience in Excel (macros, index, conditional list, arrays, pivots, lookups)
- Experience using data to influence business decisions
Desirable
- Knowledge of standard software including Excel, Access, Oracle, Essbase, SQL and VBA skills
- 2+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
- Previous work experience in Advertising Finance
What the job involves
- Amazon Advertising seeks a Financial Analyst to play a key role on the Live Sports Advertising Sales team
- We are looking for a high caliber individual to support the pricing & yield function for our Live Sports Advertising Sales
- In this highly visible and strategic role, you will build scalable finance processes, analytical frameworks and demonstrate thought leadership to maximize monetization of our Sports Advertising business
- You will apply both business and analytical acumen in a fast-paced, ambiguous and innovative environment
- This role will require partnering with Product and Sales leaders to understand capabilities coupled with an assessment of industry pricing trends
- The role will require long-term thinking and a holistic strategy to maximize monetization of our Sports Advertising packages
- Create, prepare, and present yearly targets, quarterly forecasts, and monthly/weekly financial reports
- Develop pricing strategies for our Sports Advertising Packages
- Build a 'test and learn' culture that experiments with different pricing models
- Uphold and enforce an environment of strong financial controllership
- Manage and execute entire projects or components of large projects from start to finish including project management, data gathering and analysis, problem solving, and clear communication of insights and recommendations
- Contribute with deep-dive analyses and insights in Quarterly and Monthly Business Reviews
Our take
Amazon is the world's largest online retailer, and is well-known for its disruption of well-established industries. The company is present in numerous verticals, including cloud computing with Amazon Web Services, AI with its range of Alexa devices and a global marketplace more commonly referred to as 'the everything store'. Acquisitions include Ring, Twitch, Whole Foods Market, and IMDb.
More recently, Amazon has been focused on leading the "third wave in digital advertising". Many businesses are now shifting ad dollars to retailers, which before would have been spent with online media platforms. Amazon's seen great success in the space, with its revenue from advertising now higher than its Amazon Prime membership scheme, audiobooks and digital music combined. This growth is particularly impressive considering its digital ad rivals (like Snap, Alphabet, and Meta) have suffered declines due to wider macroeconomic factors and Apple's iOS privacy changes.
Despite its dominant market position, Amazon will continue to be challenged over the next decade, including sustaining AWS's cloud dominance in the face of Google and Microsoft. On top of this, the company's e-commerce division is facing profitability problems despite its 2023 post-IPO debt funding of 8 billion. It will need to find new ways to stay above their competitors.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
South Lake Union, Seattle, WA
Leadership
Jeff Bezos
(Founder & Executive Chairman)Jeff is an American business magnate, media proprietor, and investor. As well as founding Amazon, Jeff founded Blue Origin, an aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company and also owns The Washington Post.
Andy Jassy
(President & CEO)Joined Amazon as a Marketing Manager in 1997. Developed AWS with Jeff Bezos, and became CEO of Amazon in 2021.
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