Description

Imagine being the Finance lead for Amazon Music Unlimited, a product that delivers Music, Podcasts and Audiobooks to millions of customers. The successful candidate in this role will own the Customer and Financial forecast modeling for AMU, support the business strategy by driving business decisions through their insights and analysis, and analyze and measure performance.

The candidate will be a part of an agile team where your ideas have the potential to reach our millions of subscribers within a matter of months. Picture partnering on strategic experimentation, where every single team member is a critical voice in the decision-making process. Envision being able to leverage the resources of a Fortune-500 company within a start-up atmosphere. Welcome to Amazon Music, where ideas are born, and come to life such as Amazon Music Unlimited. Come join us and make history.

The successful candidate will have the ability to tackle multiple projects and efficiently execute deliverables, is a self-starter with strong business and financial modeling skills, has a keen attention to detail and good track record of influencing business partners. The candidate will also have operated successfully in a fast-paced, global, results-oriented environment. Strong oral and written communication skills are crucial, as well as ability to think clearly, analyze quantitatively, and problem-solve.

Key job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Partner with business teams to value propositions

• Develop business cases to support all major financial decisions

• Prepare financial metrics, financial analysis, and financial reporting

• Manage a global financial and business forecast model, drive automation efforts

• Develop, maintain and enhance finance controllership via models, reports, and processes

• Demonstrate the ability to manage competing priorities & providing level-headed guidance during unexpected events

• Root cause opportunities for improvement using data, then assisting the Amazon Music team to take action on your findings

A day in the life

Envision modeling the customer and financial forecast for a music streaming business during planning cycles, analyzing performance vs. plan and providing insights to Marketing and Product Leads. Envision speaking with various business partners on topics ranging from developing new operational mechanisms to strategizing the next segment of focus aimed to improve the product experience for our customers and working closely with various Music finance counterparts to drive automation and improve operational efficiencies.

About the team

The Amazon Music Finance team is designed to be collaborative; although each individual have clear ownership of an area(s), success typically involves partnering with our finance leads for other tiers, or specialties.

Basic Qualifications

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

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

• Experience in financial modeling, P&L management or analysis

• 2+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience

Preferred Qualifications

• 4+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience

• MBA, or CPA

• Knowledge of Tableau

• 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 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.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $60,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $128,800/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.