Financial Analyst, Advertising

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Job summary
Amazon Advertising is building a world class customer centric advertising business at Amazon which helps monetize not only many of Amazon’s unique audio, video, and display surfaces but also services and surfaces off Amazon. The Devices, Audio and Video (DAV) business focuses on monetizing Amazon devices, audio streaming services and video streaming services. This is unique opportunity to work in a fast-growing business at an early stage where every team member has a voice in the decision-making process. Come join us and make history.

Amazon.com is seeking a Finance Analyst to support for the Devices advertising business as part of the DAV Advertising Finance team. This individual will be responsible for producing reports and models that make our data more actionable, developing and communicating business insights through data analytics, and creating ad-hoc analyses during the various business review, planning, and forecasting phases in finance. The successful candidate will have the ability to tackle multiple projects and efficiently execute deliverables while maintaining high standards.

The right individual can dive deep into data to understand and identify business trends, analyze quantitatively, problem-solve and prioritize. Strong oral and written communication skills are crucial, as well as the ability to think clearly, analyze quantitatively and implement process enhancements. The successful candidate will have a proven work ethic and a track record of delivering results.

Key job responsibilities

• Produce, analyze, and improve weekly reporting for the business
• Support annual / quarterly revenue planning processes
• Ensure accuracy and controllership of revenue
• Ensure data integrity as owner of multiple datasets by troubleshooting data related issues and implementing mechanisms to proactively detect possible issues
• Identify reporting issues and gaps in processes and then resolve them by partnering with cross-functional teams
• Support the design and implementation of reporting solutions and metrics to enable stakeholders to manage the business and make effective decisions
• Ad hoc analysis including creating, maintaining and expanding the scope of the models that help drive the business

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 3 years of experience in finance or other related field
• BA/BS degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or related field
• Strong analytical, modeling, and problem-solving skills

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with digital advertising
• Experience in writing or enhancing SQL scripts to retrieve applicable data sets for requested analysis
• Comfortable with analyzing large volumes of complex data and presenting findings to different stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to work with minimal direction in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment
• Familiarity with financial reporting software (Cognos TM1/Oracle financial systems)
• Familiarity with analytical tools and modeling methods and an advanced knowledge of Excel