Principal Finance, Advertising Finance, Advertising Finance

Amazon • Seattle, WA

2d • $139,100 - $207,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Amazon Advertising Finance is seeking a Finance leader to join the Advertising Services organization to lead Self Service Advertising Services finance. This role will directly partner with leaders of Programmatic Solution Consultants (PSC) and Support Products and Services (SP&S) organization and will be responsible to work towards achieving advertisers service strategy through measurements, driving efficiency and providing analytical support. This role will work in close partnership with sales finance, product partners and Ads Services Finance Analytics team. The successful candidate will be thoughtful, analytical, and has demonstrated ability to effectively influence the decisions of senior business leaders through clear verbal and written communication, financial analysis, and logical reasoning. The role operates in a fast-paced, global, autonomous and results-oriented environment, and will be an important member of the business leadership team. This role requires excellent communication and organization skills, including the ability to anticipate, identify and communicate risks to senior leadership (including directors and VPs) across geographies and time zones.

Requirements

• 10+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
• 10+ years of finance technology, forecast & budgeting, or other finance-focused competency experience
• Experience with Tableau, Python, SQB, Quicksight, Cognos or or other BI packages
• Bachelor's degree

Nice To Haves

• MBA, or CPA
• Experience in a leadership position managing finance, accounting and operational processes

Responsibilities

• Develop financial insights and narratives during all planning, forecasting, and reporting cycles.
• Manage and develop the financial planning and analysis processes, including long range planning, and OP1/OP2 planning processes.
• Partner with finance teams across Advertising to standardize, streamline, and prioritize improvements, remove roadblocks, and increase the reliability and efficiency of reporting.
• Partner with the business teams to drive alignment between financial forecast and business plan of record.
• Support ad-hoc requests and assist in various requests from finance and business executives.
• Identify and create business metrics to understand the operational and financial health of the business and drive improvement
• Influence others, insist on the highest standards, have bias for action and challenge the status quo
• Partner with Sales and Product teams to drive the prioritization of the roadmaps to drive efficiency.
• Mentor finance analyst and finance managers

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: Principal