Finance Manager, Amazon
Ads Marketing
The largest online retailer and technology provider
Job no longer available
The largest online retailer and technology provider
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
Amazon aims to be Earth’s most customer centric company. Their mission is to continually raise the bar of the customer experience by using the internet and technology to help consumers find, discover and buy anything, and empower businesses and content creators to maximise their success.
Role
Who you are
- The successful candidate will be strategic in thinking, analytical in approach, and have a demonstrated ability to effectively manage multiple responsibilities, partner with business teams, and influence decisions through strong interpersonal and communication skills, financial analyses, and the creation of alternatives
- Experience in tax, finance or a related analytical field
- Bachelor's degree
- Significant experience working as a Business Partner
Desirable
- MBA, or CPA
- Knowledge of SQL/ETL
- Experience in identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan
- Experience in building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making
- 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)
- Experience applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Finance Manager to help Ads Marketing drive adoption across Amazon’s portfolio of advertising solutions that help small- and medium-sized businesses (SMB) engage with shoppers and optimize sales of their products
- This role will lead support for Ads Regional SMB Marketing teams as they strive to grow our advertising business outside of the United States
- As Finance Manager, you will work independently and cross-organizationally to deliver results in a fast-paced, start-up-like environment
- 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 Amazon shopper, advertising customer, internal business owner, and financial investor
- This role requires regular interaction with various leaders and stakeholders across Amazon Ads and Stores business units
- Partner with regional Ads Marketing and Stores teams to strategize and evaluate business cases for new initiatives that support international Advertising growth
- Track, assess, and forecast goals for key business metrics in an effort to generate insights and improve results
- Deliver financial models, analyses, and narratives to support investment decisions
- Support return-on-investment analysis by identifying, measuring, reporting, and forecasting revenue driven by Marketing activities and initiatives
- Manage and execute projects from start to finish including data gathering, analysis, stakeholder management, and clear communication of insights and recommendations
- Budget controllership, financial reporting, and ad hoc business support across various work-streams
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Amazon is the world's largest online retailer, and is well-known for its disruption of well-established industries. The company is present in numerous verticals, including cloud computing with Amazon Web Services, AI with its range of Alexa devices and a global marketplace more commonly referred to as 'the everything store'. Acquisitions include Ring, Twitch, Whole Foods Market, and IMDb.
More recently, Amazon has been focused on leading the "third wave in digital advertising". Many businesses are now shifting ad dollars to retailers, which before would have been spent with online media platforms. Amazon's seen great success in the space, with its revenue from advertising now higher than its Amazon Prime membership scheme, audiobooks and digital music combined. This growth is particularly impressive considering its digital ad rivals (like Snap, Alphabet, and Meta) have suffered declines due to wider macroeconomic factors and Apple's iOS privacy changes.
Despite its dominant market position, Amazon will continue to be challenged over the next decade, including sustaining AWS's cloud dominance in the face of Google and Microsoft. On top of this, the company's e-commerce division is facing profitability problems despite its 2023 post-IPO debt funding of 8 billion. It will need to find new ways to stay above their competitors.
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Company benefits
- Employees have opportunities to own Amazon stock, participate in 401(k) plans with company match, and enroll in paid life and accident insurance
- Financial counseling and estate planning services are also available, plus paid short-term and long-term disability if needed
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage to all our regular full-time employees, regardless of their level, tenure, or position
- Amazon employees have free access to a network of more than 2 million caregivers, including nannies, babysitters and special-needs caretakers
- Employees receive discounts on certain day care centers, and Amazon provides a variety of free resources for parents of children with autism, ADHD and developmental disabilities
- Adoption assistance for qualified domestic and international adoption expenses including attorney fees, court costs, and travel
- Leave Share program allows employees to give six weeks of paid parental leave to a spouse or partner who isn’t eligible for parental leave from their employer
Company values
- Customer obsession rather than competitor focus
- Passion for invention
- Commitment to operational excellence
- Long-term thinking
Company HQ
South Lake Union, Seattle, WA
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Founders
Jeff Bezos
(Executive Chairman)Jeff is an American business magnate, media proprietor, and investor. As well as founding Amazon, Jeff founded Blue Origin, an aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company and also owns The Washington Post.
Andy Jassy
(President & CEO (not founder))Joined Amazon as a Marketing Manager in 1997. Developed AWS with Jeff Bezos, and became CEO of Amazon in 2021.
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