Finance Manager, Alexa Finance in Seattle, Washington

Description

Amazon seeks a Finance Manager (FM) to partner with the Alexa Audio domain team. The Audio domain is a key driver of Alexa active users and engagement. The FM will be a key member of the Alexa Domains finance team and providing finance support to business partners. This is an exciting opportunity to join at an early stage for one of the most innovative businesses at Amazon.

The right candidate will be self-motivated, have strong business judgment, and considerable financial acumen. This role requires the ability to interact and collaborate with cross-functional teams including business development, monetization, product management, program management, business intelligence, and engineering.

The candidate must be able to balance challenging priorities, meet tight deadlines and provide insights and recommendations backed by data driven analysis. This role will also work with various functional stakeholders (engagement, advertising, international) to directly impact the Alexa Organization.

Key job responsibilities

• Build financial models/business cases on new monetization programs, new partnerships, growth initiatives, new product features, and productivity programs

• Work with domain business teams to help develop short- and long-term plans and interim forecast updates

• Collaborate with domain business teams on business development initiatives by providing profitability analysis

• Drive continuous reporting improvement on the weekly/monthly financial and operational metrics

• Help finance team drive standardization, simplify processes, and build scalable solutions

• Provide a strong controllership environment and improve controls over operational and financial metrics

• Be go-to-person for financial questions, inputs and queries for Audio domain teams.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or related field

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated effective communication and writing skills in working with senior finance and business leaders

• Exceptional analytical skills and advanced knowledge of Excel with demonstrated ability to build financial models and create business cases

• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment

• Demonstrated financial and/or analytical experience including familiarity with concepts of forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and/or data interpretation and analysis

• Solid experience in problem solving and root cause analysis

• Ability to meet tight deadlines, prioritize workload and achieve effective results in a fast-paced, dynamic, ever-growing and often ambiguous environment

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $85,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $179,500/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.