Deals Desk Analyst, Advertising Deals Desk

Amazon • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

The Amazon Advertising Deals Desk team is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Financial Analyst (FA) to join the Deal Desk team and support core aspects of the Direct Advertiser Agreements program. This team owns benchmarking, deal evaluation, defining guardrails, negotiating deal terms and support monetization initiatives. As a FA you will have the exposure to all aspects of deal making and support the deliverables for this team. This role will work closely with Sales and Product teams to evaluate and determine the long-term strategy to drive incremental Advertising Revenue. Day to day activities include reviewing program adoption, evaluating and building long term revenue proposals, support accounting, and reporting initiatives such as monthly and quarterly business reviews. As a Financial Analyst, you will be at the center of our deal approval operations, reviewing campaigns and deals daily, ensuring compliance with pricing guidelines, and managing the approval workflow for both Managed Services and Sales-enabled self-service execution deals. You will work extensively within our Order Management System (OMS) to evaluate applied rates against Pricing Hub benchmarks and make critical approval decisions that impact revenue and advertiser relationships. This role requires an individual with excellent analytical abilities, business acumen and strong interpersonal skills to partner with Sales and Product teams. The successful candidate will be a self-starter, comfortable with ambiguity, with strong attention to detail, and an ability to work in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment.

Requirements

• 2+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics or a highly analytical field (e.g., Engineering, Math, and Computer Science)
• Knowledge of standard software including Excel, Access, Oracle, Essbase, SQL and VBA skills
• 2+ years of finance experience
• Experience using data to influence business decisions
• 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

Responsibilities

• Manage Deal review and approvals
• Support Wider Deals Desk team in strengthening the reporting function
• Partner with the product teams to streamline the existing workflows

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level