Finance Manager, Movies

Amazon • Culver City, CA

24d • $95,400 - $163,200 • Onsite

About The Position

Amazon Studios is responsible for producing and acquiring compelling, exclusive Original content for its global base of Amazon Prime Video customers. This role is for a Finance Manager to join the team, working closely with the Amazon Original Movies team. The Finance Manager will have direct ownership of cost forecasting and tracking across Streaming Film, Hybrid Film, and Development spend. The ideal candidate will have experience overseeing cross-functional financial processes and a strong track record of building reports, models, and processes from scratch, preferably in the entertainment industry. Additionally, the Finance Manager will support the Studios Finance team on FP&A, including the long-range planning process.

Requirements

• 5+ years of multiple finance and accounting roles experience
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)
• Experience building and managing financial models for business forecasting and problem solving
• Experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis
• Experience in 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)

Nice To Haves

• MBA, or CPA
• Experience in identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan
• 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 working for an entertainment agency, studio, or organization

Responsibilities

• Provide timely, accurate and complete financial forecasting and reporting for Studios Finance and Amazon Original Movies business stakeholders.
• Create complex financial models to improve P&L and cash forecasts. This will require developing robust analytical frameworks and also the ability to effectively collaborate with various teams throughout the organization to gather inputs and build reporting processes.
• Collaborate across multiple studio creative, strategy, production, and production finance teams to understand the business plan and how it translates to financial statements.
• Build out financial models, reports, trackers, cross functional processes from scratch.
• Execute opportunities for process improvement and automation.
• Implement strategies to increase the efficiency of our financial processes.

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
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

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