Sr Financial Analyst, Ads F&A, Amazon Advertising Sales Finance

Amazon • New York, NY

19h

About The Position

The Amazon Advertising FP&A team is seeking an experienced and highly motivated
Senior Financial Analyst to join the Productivity team. The role will help
establish and monitor productivity measurements across our Global Ad Sales. The
SFA will partner closely with Data Engineers and Business Intelligence Engineers
to maintain and enhance productivity tools. This includes holistic ownership of
productivity, benchmarking, and cost of service analytics. This role will work
closely with Sales teams, regional Finance PoCs, and Ads Central FP&A.

This role requires an individual with excellent analytical abilities, high
business acumen and strong interpersonal skills to partner with Finance 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.

This role will help drive standardization of reporting and insights for a global
ad sales finance team, including productivity and cost of service.

The Ad Sales Finance team supports the global ad sales organization around the
world.

Requirements

• 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field 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
• 3+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
• 3+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
• 3+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience

Nice To Haves

• 4+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
• MBA, or CPA
• Knowledge of Tableau
• 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)
• Six Sigma Black Belt
• Experience as a lean sensei, or experience working as a Quality Assurance Engineer

Responsibilities

• Establish cost of service analytics and validation
• Lead productivity reporting and deep dives
• Maintain and develop standard reporting cadence and metrics for leadership benchmarking
• Contribute with deep-dive analyses and insights in Quarterly Business Reviews

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