Senior Financial Analyst, Ads Marketing Finance, Ads Marketing Finance

Amazon Ads is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join the Ads Marketing Finance team in New York, onsite. This role centers on FP&A, financial modeling, and the controllership of marketing investment spend while supporting growth initiatives across the global Ads portfolio. The position offers close collaboration with cross-functional partners to translate data into strategic action within a dynamic advertising business.

Location: New York, NY (onsite). Salary: USD 73,600 - 128,800 per year. Education: Bachelor's degree. Minimum experience: 3 years.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with finance and business stakeholders to deliver financial analyses that drive growth, while handling ad hoc projects as needed.
• Establish and maintain operational and financial metrics that reveal business health, surfacing trends and insights for leadership decisions.
• Develop and maintain quantitative models and business cases to evaluate and implement new marketing initiatives and investments.
• Own the controllership of Marketing investment spend, tracking actuals against plan, probing variances, and maintaining action plans to close financial gaps.
• Analyze marketing channel performance and test-and-learn initiatives to refine strategies and drive incremental Ads revenue.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in tax, finance, or a related analytical field.
• 3+ years applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses.
• 3+ years delivering process improvements through automation and analysis.
• 3+ years identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize, or simplify finance or business tools and processes.
• Bachelor's degree.

Benefits

• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and mental health support.
• Medical advice line and Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage.
• 401(k) matching.
• Paid time off and parental leave.
• Sign-on payments and Restricted stock units (RSUs).

A Day in the Life

As a Senior Financial Analyst, you bridge numbers and marketing strategy. Your day may involve building a financial model to size a new campaign investment, reconciling marketing spend against plan and pursuing variances, or assembling a deck that explains the numbers. You collaborate with your manager and cross-functional partners to translate data into actionable insights, continually refining your financial judgment with each analysis.

About the Team

The Amazon Ads Marketing Finance team serves as the financial partner to the Ads Marketing organization. We go beyond traditional reporting by building measurement frameworks that quantify marketing's impact on Ads revenue, developing bottoms‑up investment strategies, and driving controllership across a growing global marketing portfolio. This team provides deep exposure to how marketing dollars drive advertiser engagement and revenue growth, while fostering strong cross-functional partnerships.