• Finance Manager, Ads Product Marketing

    Amazon (Seattle, WA)


    Description

    Come build the future with us! Amazon Ads aims to become the world’s leading AI-driven media company and best place for advertisers to build their businesses and brands. Our Product Marketing team is propelling Ads toward this vision by translating advertiser needs into products. They equip our product teams with the precise inbound insights they need to build customer-focused solutions, and arm our sales teams with clear, launch-ready tool-kits highlighting the value of our products.

     

    We are seeking an experienced Finance Manager to establish and lead support for Ads Product Marketing. This role will be a strategic business partner, providing key inputs, intel, and insights that help Product Marketing Managers influence Ads product and feature roadmap decisions and measure customer impact. Additional responsibilities include product opportunity sizing, management of business metrics, and ad hoc financial analyses.

     

    Key job responsibilities

     

    - Partner with Product Marketing Managers to develop high quality, data-driven analyses and deliverables that influence decision-making by leadership.

     

    - Identify, invent, and track business metrics to understand the impact of Product Marketing and new product launches.

     

    - Forecast, manage, and evaluate Product Marketing investments.

     

    A day in the life

     

    Many assignments will be ambiguous and require a highly insightful, intellectually curious self-starter with good judgement who can assess situations through multiple lenses including the advertising customer, the product decision-maker, and the financial stakeholder. The successful candidate will also have strong business acumen, interpersonal and communication skills, and a proven track record of independently partnering with and influencing business teams, and working with various business units and stakeholders.

     

    About the team

     

    The broader Amazon Ads Marketing Finance team works closely with Ads Marketing to analyze business and financial metrics, validate return on investments and business growth initiatives, and drive controllership across the organization.

    Basic Qualifications

    - Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)

     

    - 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience

     

    - 5+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience

     

    - Experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results

    Preferred Qualifications

    - MBA, or CPA

     

    - Knowledge of SQL/ETL

     

    - Experience delivering results for large, cross-functional initiatives/projects

     

    - Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate complex analyses into actionable insights

     

    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 $85,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $179,500/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.