Financial Manager, Ads Central FP&A

Amazon • Seattle, WA

3d

About The Position

Join our Ads Central Financial Planning & Analysis team where you'll translate
complex financial information into compelling narratives that guide executive
decision-making at Amazon. In this high-visibility role, you'll partner broadly
across the Ads Finance organization to develop comprehensive financial insights
that shape the performance and future outlook of Amazon's advertising business.
You'll craft financial narratives for executive leadership, including Board of
Directors materials, translating technically complex information into
customer-focused stories that resonate with stakeholders both inside and outside
the Ads business. This position requires exceptional communication skills,
financial acumen, and the ability to balance conflicting stakeholder interests
while maintaining accuracy and precision in all deliverables.

Requirements

• 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
• 5+ years of multiple finance and accounting roles experience
• 5+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience
• 5+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, statistics or business, or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) experience

Nice To Haves

• 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 delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results
• 6+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan 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)
• MBA, or CPA

Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive financial bridges, narratives, and strategic documents for Ads leadership team (SVP and direct reports), covering quarterly, and annual planning processes
• Contribute to quarterly forecasting, annual budgeting, and long-range financial planning while automating and scaling Ads reporting for improved transparency
• Partner with business finance teams using a customer-focused approach to ensure data accuracy and alignment across financial reporting
• Lead the Ads goals process by coordinating inputs from stakeholders and preparing materials for executive-level review
• Create guidance and workback plans to support key financial review meetings while conducting deep-dive analyses that assist decision-making by senior leadership

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: Mid Level