Financial Analyst, Amazon Ads
DESCRIPTION
Over $500 billion is spent each year on digital advertising worldwide, all while the industry experiences foundational changes in terms of media advertisers want to buy, how potential customers spend time online, and an ever evolving privacy landscape. Amazon Advertising Finance is looking for a Financial Analyst to support our Ad Tech team as they build products to help our advertisers reach customers and drive outcomes, across Amazon properties (e.g., Amazon.com, IMDb TV, Twitch, Fire TV, and Amazon Music), as well as tens of thousands of third-party (3P) websites and apps. This role will work hand in hand with the product team, sales team, and other finance members to size the potential opportunity of new product launches, set goals/targets, analyze petabytes worth of data, make suggestions based on analysis, and write strategy documents.
Key job responsibilities
Partner closely with the business to size the opportunity (customers, ad spend, etc.) of new product launches
Analyze rich supply, demand, and auction/bidding, data in order to provide tangible insights that influence real-time decision making
Establish new metrics to track and communicate business health
Write 1-6 page strategy documents
Participate in and lead parts of the quarterly guidance and yearly operational plans, including revenue forecasting
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field
- 1+ years of finance experience
- 1+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience
- Knowledge of standard software including Excel, Access, Oracle, Essbase, SQL and VBA skills
- Experience using data to influence business decisions
- Experience in corporate finance including budgeting/planning, forecasting and reporting
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 2+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
- Experience in TM1, Data Warehouse and SQL
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 $51,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $109,200/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. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.