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Description

Amazon Ads seeks an experienced Senior Financial Analyst to join our Marketing Finance team. This role will partner with multiple finance and business teams to support overall planning, reporting, and analysis for Ads Marketing. This role also leads efforts to improve finance processes and productivity, and provides financial insights to assist in evaluating the return on Marketing investments.

The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced highly ambiguous environment, exercise high standards and good judgment, and demonstrate strong ownership and business acumen as they interact with and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

Key job responsibilities

- Drive core financial processes including annual operating plans and guidance forecasts, monthly/quarterly financial reviews, and month-end close.

- Manage business and finance goals reporting, reviews, and action item tracking.

- Collaborate with finance and tech teams to simplify, standardize, and automate financial processes and reporting.

- Consolidate and communicate key insights based on financial metrics and business drivers.

- Ensure compliance with finance and accounting policy, controls, and systems.

- Lead special projects, working cross-functionally with various Ads finance and business teams.

About the team

The broader 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

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

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

- Experience in financial modeling, P&L management or analysis

- Experience in identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes

Preferred Qualifications

- 4+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience

- MBA, or CPA

- 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)

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 $60,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $128,800/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.