Finance Manager, Amazon
Advertising Finance
$85.9-179.5k
The largest online retailer and technology provider
Open for applications
The largest online retailer and technology provider
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$85.9-179.5k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be Earth's most customer-centric company.
Role
Who you are
- If you are looking for a fast paced environment at the intersection or content and advertising, this is your role
- The successful candidate will be a self-starter who is comfortable with ambiguity, detail oriented, and has the ability to work well with cross-functional teams including partner finance teams, engineering, product management, ad operations, and analytics
- The ideal candidate will also be comfortable with analytics and diving deep to understand the impact of to service growth and customers
- 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- 4+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)
- Experience performing ad hoc analysis using advanced Excel
- Experience building and managing financial models for business forecasting and problem solving
Desirable
- 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
- 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
- 6+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
- 6+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience
What the job involves
- This role will be a blend of traditional Financial Planning and Analysis work combined with business focused ad hoc projects
- The Amazon Publisher Monetization (APM) businesses are high growth product and content focused businesses in fast paced environments who partner across the orgs of Advertising, Devices, Digital Music, and Digital Video
- Amazon.com seeks a Finance Manager to be a key partner for the high growth Amazon Publisher Monetization (APM) and Publisher Technology (PubTech) businesses
- This position will support owning consolidation, reporting, and headcount and OpEx allocations
- The Sr. Financial Analyst will be responsible for financial modeling and analysis for adhoc projects, reporting and variance analysis
- He or she will simultaneously be focused on the business operational metrics while thinking big about new business and monetization opportunities
- Support forecasting efforts of operating expenses, headcount, and resource allocation
- Develop new metrics to assess the health of the business in terms of monetization and OpEx controllership
- Uphold and enforce an environment of ethical practices and strong financial controllership
- Support financial and goal planning by setting working backward timelines for business operating reviews, facilitating monthly financial reviews with leadership, and consolidating Amazon Publisher P&Ls
- Act as a subject matter expert for OpEx allocations, and headcount management and tracking
- This role will support the Amazon Publisher Monetization (APM) finance teams managing Opex, and surfacing insights across these businesses
- It will work with business partners on HC and Opex allocations, as well as partner directly with APM business and finance leadership on a day to day basis
Application process
- This position will remain posted until filled
- Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site
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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