Sr. Financial Analyst, Amazon Music Finance

Overview

Imagine being a part of an agile team where your ideas have the potential to reach millions within a matter of months. Partner on consumer-facing products where every team member is a critical voice in decision-making. Welcome to Amazon Music!

Amazon Music is seeking a Finance Manager to own Music Business Development by strategizing with the business and generating insights to foster growth, while supporting the business in deal evaluations, goal performance reporting and management, forecasting, and process building and enhancements. The individual also supports Amazon Music royalty licenses, partnering with the Music content acquisition team on royalty deal negotiations analysis and various strategic planning projects.

The successful candidate will demonstrate exceptional strategic thinking and business partnering capabilities, with the ability to influence decisions through financial insights and drive alignment across multiple stakeholders. You will tackle multiple projects and efficiently execute deliverables, act as a self-starter with strong business and financial modeling skills, maintain keen attention to detail, and have a proven track record of influencing business partners.

The candidate will have operated successfully in a fast-paced, global, results-oriented environment. Advanced financial modeling skills, excellent communication abilities, and a track record of driving results through influence are crucial for success in this role.

• 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 global financial and business forecast models
• 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 assist the Amazon Music team to take action on your findings

Envision strategizing with product and marketing stakeholders on customer-facing initiatives to drive customer growth.

You will partner cross-functionally with Accounting, Finance Operations, and Business Intelligence teams to drive product and deal launches, critical requirements, and the next big idea for 3rd Party partnerships in Amazon Music.

You will partner with Music Content Acquisition to analyze deal terms in the midst of royalty negotiations.

You will partner across Amazon Music Finance to complete operating planning cycles and critical month-end close processes.

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

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field
• Experience in tax, finance or a related analytical field
• Experience applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses
• Experience in financial modeling, P&L management or analysis

• 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)
• Experience working with stakeholders
• Experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis

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