Amazon.com Services Looking for Sr. Finance Manager, Pv Sports at Seattle, WA, United States Full Time

Job Description

• 12+ years of finance experience or a related analytical field.

Job summary

Prime Video is changing the way millions of customers enjoy video. Prime Video delivers premium content to customers through purchase and rental of movies and TV shows, unlimited on-demand streaming through Amazon Prime subscriptions, add-on channels like Showtime and live concerts and sporting events like NFL Thursday Night Football.

We are seeking a Senior Finance Manager to partner with the Prime Video teams responsible for Live Sports.

This opportunity is ideal for a finance professional who is passionate about sports and looking for a challenge in a high growth, new business environment.

The candidate must operate successfully in a fast-paced, global, results-oriented environment, and have the ability to influence the decisions of senior business leaders through effective verbal and written communication, logical reasoning, and the presentation of alternatives. The successful candidate must be able to think and act both strategically and tactically. Strong oral and written communication skills are crucial, as well as ability to think clearly, analyze quantitatively, problem-solve, scope technical requirements and prioritize. The role requires a self-starter, who is able to work effectively autonomously and drive projects with the team and cross-functionally with other teams.

Key job responsibilities

• Collaborate with the business to build financial models to evaluate potential investments
• Manage the financial planning and analysis effort and forecast various metrics for financial risks and opportunities
• Report on the financial and business performance for the Sports business and lead in the preparation of weekly, monthly and annual financial reviews with senior management
• Influence business decisions by effective verbal and written communication, data driven analysis and modeling, and presentation of alternatives with senior management
• Lead ad hoc financial analyses and new business development initiatives
• Drive cross-business analytic projects for senior management, with financial modeling, data mining and presentation support
• Lead and mentor a team of financial analysts
• Master’s degree in finance, accounting, business, or related field
• Prior experience in a global, multi-layered organization, with a successful track record of managing a team
• Strong financial acumen including advanced accounting knowledge and experience with forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and Cognos/TM1 skills and ability to quickly learn other proprietary Amazon systems
• High attention to detail, comfort with ambiguity, and an ability to work independently with a high degree of autonomy
• Experience performing financial and ad hoc analyses and providing recommendations to management based on results
• Experience working with and presenting to senior executives

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