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Job Details
Advertising is one of Amazon's fastest-growing businesses. 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. If you enjoy solving problems, shaping strategy, and influencing revenue-generating initiatives from concept to full-scale operations, this role is for you.
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. 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. This role requires regular interaction with various leaders and stakeholders across Amazon Ads and Stores business units.
Key job responsibilities
-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
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
London, GBR
- Bachelor's degree
- Significant experience working as a Business Partner
- 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
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. 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. This role requires regular interaction with various leaders and stakeholders across Amazon Ads and Stores business units.
Key job responsibilities
-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
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
London, GBR
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in tax, finance or a related analytical field- Bachelor's degree
- Significant experience working as a Business Partner
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 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
