"Alerted.org

Description

Amazon Advertising seeks a Financial Analyst to be a strategic business partner to the Advertising Technology Sales team. We are looking for a top analytical mind to develop a deep understanding of Ad Technology (AdTech) and Sales, generate insights for senior leaders into key performance indicators, and measure the impact of the AdTech Sales team on Amazon's Demand Side Platform business. This role will work closely with Sales and Product teams to evaluate and determine the long-term strategy to maximize long-term free cash flow.

This role requires an individual with a keen attention to detail, excellent analytical abilities, and strong interpersonal skills to partner with Sales, Analytics, Product, and Finance teams. The successful candidate will be a self-starter, comfortable with ambiguity, and excel in a fast-paced environment.

Key job responsibilities

- Build, iterate, and automate financial reports, metrics, and scorecards to support Weekly, Monthly, and Quarterly Business reviews.

- Analyze key performance indicators to generate actionable insights for the business and drive incremental long-term free cash flow.

- Develop quantitative models forecast risks and opportunities to our operating plan and measure sales contribution to the business.

- Ensure accuracy of all business & financial reporting and coordinate with other stakeholder teams including Product, Accounting, and partner Finance teams.

- Manage and execute entire projects or components of large projects from start to finish including project management, data gathering and analysis, problem solving, and clear communication of insights and recommendations.

- Streamline finance and business team operations via process simplification and automation.

A day in the life

In this role you will collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders from Sales, Product, and Finance on key performance indicator analysis to generate actionable insights. You will leverage strong verbal and written communication skills to share insights with stakeholders of varying levels, from sales representatives to senior leadership. This position operates in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment.

About the team

AdTech Sales is comprised of sales professionals focused on developing strategic partnerships and driving adoption of Amazon Advertising technology products across advertising agencies and enterprise clients. AdTech Sales specializes in selling Amazon Advertising technology, including our DSP, APIs, and cloud products. Our finance team provides financial modeling and analysis to help AdTech Sales determine and execute strategy to maximize Amazon's long-term free cash flow.

Basic Qualifications

- 1+ years of finance experience

- Experience in Excel (macros, index, conditional list, arrays, pivots, lookups)

- Experience problem solving and root cause analysis

- Experience in corporate finance including budgeting/planning, forecasting and reporting

- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with SQL

- Experience performing ad hoc analysis using advanced Excel

- Experience summarizing and communicating important data

- Experience using databases with a large-scale data set

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $51,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $109,200/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.