Senior Finance Analyst, Advertising Finance
Amazon Online UK Limited•5h ago
United KingdomOnsiteFull-timeSenior Level5+ yrs exp
- Amazon seeks a Senior Finance Analyst to support its growing European Amazon Advertising business. Amazon Advertising operates at the intersection of advertising and ecommerce and offers advertisers a rich array of innovative advertising solutions across Amazon’s mobile and desktop websites, proprietary devices and DSP solutions. We are breaking fresh ground and pioneering a crucial platform for future Amazon growth. We are entrepreneurial and have a bias for action with a broad mandate to experiment and innovate. This role is an exciting opportunity to join one of the fastest growing divisions within Amazon. The right candidate will be a highly motivated individual who will be responsible for financial controllership, planning and analytical insights on a weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual basis. They will conduct in depth analysis to uncover opportunities or risks and work closely with sales and finance teams. This role requires an individual with exceptional analytical abilities, business acumen and partnership skills. The successful candidate will be a self-starter with strong attention to detail and an ability to work in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment. Key job responsibilities - Weekly revenue and sales inputs reporting for various stakeholders, including sales and finance teams and leadership - Quarterly planning process across EU5 and Amazon's full Advertising product suite - Deep dive into insights to help drive sales team efforts where opportunities exist - Manage OPEX and Headcount reporting and budgets - Automation of recurring reporting using AI About the team The EU Ad Sales Finance team supports the growing EU Ads business by partnering with the EU Ad Sales teams based in UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. We work across ad products in the Amazon advertising ecosystem including Prime Video Ads, Prime Video Sports, Twitch, FireTV, OLV, Audio and more. This role is part of the Financial Planning & BI Analytics Finance team with a strong mandate to maximise the long-term growth of Amazon via optimised planning and performance reviews.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, statistics or business
- a Bachelor's degree and experience in quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) - Six Sigma Black Belt - Experience in tax, finance or a related analytical field - Experience in accounts receivable or account payable - Experience applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses - Experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis - Experience in identifying, leading
- executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes - Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence - Experience as a lean sensei
- experience working as a Quality Assurance Engineer
- CPA - Knowledge of Tableau - Experience participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results - 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 opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice ( https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page ) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability
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Required skills
SQLTableauSix Sigmafinancial analysisdata miningbusiness intelligenceprocess improvementautomation