DESCRIPTION

Amazon seeks an experienced Finance Manager to play a key role on the Echo Finance team supporting Echo/Alexa Sales and Marketing. This role will be responsible for driving broad insights that can shape the Echo/Alexa sales strategy, including measuring the effectiveness of Sales and Marketing investments. The successful candidate will build scalable analyses that help the Finance and Sales and Marketing teams understand and measure the impact of sales strategies. This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the most innovative and dynamic businesses. This role requires someone to be a strategic thinker, analytical, creative, and have a demonstrated ability to effectively manage the responsibilities of a fast-paced business. This position will work closely with multiple stakeholders across the organization to align on critical inputs, as well as support the Sales and Marketing team with robust analytical tools and insights.

Primary responsibilities include:
• Help define and translate key Echo/Alexa sales and customer metrics into a value structure that can be segmented and actioned by the Sales and Marketing teams.
• Establish baseline of effectiveness of past marketing strategies as a baseline to inform current and proposed strategy
• Working with big data and transforming it into insights and information
• Leading automation efforts of critical processes
• Developing success metrics and dynamic scenario models to be used by business partners to help drive data driven decision making
• Support Financial planning processes, identify drivers of variance between forward and actuals.
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. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 8+ years' of finance experience or a related analytical field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• BA/BS in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a highly analytical field (e.g., Engineering, Math, and Computer Science)
• Excellent communication and presentation skills working with multiple peer groups and levels of management
• Experience performing analyses using advanced Excel functionality and providing recommendations based on results to senior management for strategic decision-making
• Strong resourcefulness and ability to find or develop compelling data given limited resources and time
• Experience and ability to use SQL, Essbase, Power Pivot, Cognos or similar tools
• Detail-oriented and data-driven

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. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.