What are the responsibilities and job description for the Finance Manager, Amazon Games position at Amazon?
Description
The Amazon Games Studios Finance team is seeking a highly effective Finance Manager to support our portfolio of game titles in development, including projects such as Courtroom Chaos with Snoop Dogg and upcoming Tomb Raider titles from Crystal Dynamics. The Studios Finance team owns title-level P&Ls end-to-end and supports our business partners in managing not only their budgets but also their longer-term visions.
This role will be part of broader Games Finance team in which you will be surrounded by people that are exceptionally talented, bright, and driven. To support this quickly growing business, you must be highly analytical and possess a strong passion for analytics and accountability, setting high standards, and razor-sharp accuracy. You must have the ability to structure problems, perform analysis, and present to senior executives. Supporting business partners at Amazon requires the ability to dissent, while building trust with your business partners.
Key job responsibilities
Amazon Games brings together Amazon Games Studios and Amazon Luna to deliver engaging experiences to a broad audience of players. Amazon Luna is a cloud gaming service included with Prime that lets players instantly access a curated library of games across the devices they already own—no console or downloads required. Amazon Games Studios develops and publishes original titles in partnership with internal teams and external developers.
Basic Qualifications
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.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, CA, Culver City - 95,400.00 - 163,200.00 USD annually
USA, NY, New York - 104,900.00 - 179,500.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 95,400.00 - 163,200.00 USD annually
Company - Amazon.com Services LLC
Job ID: A10414987
The Amazon Games Studios Finance team is seeking a highly effective Finance Manager to support our portfolio of game titles in development, including projects such as Courtroom Chaos with Snoop Dogg and upcoming Tomb Raider titles from Crystal Dynamics. The Studios Finance team owns title-level P&Ls end-to-end and supports our business partners in managing not only their budgets but also their longer-term visions.
This role will be part of broader Games Finance team in which you will be surrounded by people that are exceptionally talented, bright, and driven. To support this quickly growing business, you must be highly analytical and possess a strong passion for analytics and accountability, setting high standards, and razor-sharp accuracy. You must have the ability to structure problems, perform analysis, and present to senior executives. Supporting business partners at Amazon requires the ability to dissent, while building trust with your business partners.
Key job responsibilities
- Own all aspects of title-level P&L management from end-to-end, including forecast updates, budget management, business partner meetings, deal modeling, and ad hoc support, and become the subject matter expert for your set of titles
- Develop finance recommendations for title-level strategy in collaboration with business partners and cross-functional teams such as Accounting
- Support financial planning processes such as month-end close, guidance/planning cycle updates, and variance commentary
- Identify and develop process improvements to help the team reduce manual work and streamline reporting
Amazon Games brings together Amazon Games Studios and Amazon Luna to deliver engaging experiences to a broad audience of players. Amazon Luna is a cloud gaming service included with Prime that lets players instantly access a curated library of games across the devices they already own—no console or downloads required. Amazon Games Studios develops and publishes original titles in partnership with internal teams and external developers.
Basic Qualifications
- 5 years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- Experience in building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making
- Bachelor's degree, or MBA
- Experience building and managing financial models for business forecasting and problem solving
- 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 delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results
- Experience in solving complex business challenges by delivering accurate and timely financial models, analysis, and recommendations that have a proven impact on business (e.g., financial savings, operational improvements, or customer benefits)
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.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, CA, Culver City - 95,400.00 - 163,200.00 USD annually
USA, NY, New York - 104,900.00 - 179,500.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 95,400.00 - 163,200.00 USD annually
Company - Amazon.com Services LLC
Job ID: A10414987