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Live Sports Production Finance Analyst

Amazon, Culver City, CA, USA

Pay: $70,400-$99,300/yr

Job type: Full Time


Production Finance Analyst
Prime Video Sports Production Finance is seeking a Production Finance Analyst to support the financial operations of Amazon's rapidly growing live sports production business. The role will partner closely with production, content, and finance leadership to drive financial planning, analysis, and controllership for our global sports production operations.

Key Responsibilities

Lead monthly and quarterly financial forecasting for sports production operations, including P&L analysis and variance reporting.

Develop and maintain financial models to support strategic decision‑making for production investments and capital allocation.

Partner with production teams to build accurate budgets for live sports events, studio operations, and production infrastructure.

Oversee financial controllership for live sports productions, ensuring accurate cost tracking and reporting.

Monitor production spend against budgets, identifying risks and opportunities proactively.

Serve as a trusted finance partner to production, content strategy, and operations teams, translating complex financial concepts into actionable insights.

Support deal structuring and financial analysis for new sports rights acquisitions and production partnerships.

Lead business case development for major capital investments in production facilities and technology.

Analyze production efficiency metrics and identify opportunities for cost optimization.

Drive process improvements to enhance financial visibility and operational efficiency.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business, or related field.

Experience building and managing financial models for business forecasting and problem solving, or experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results.

2+ years of entertainment, brand, or production entity experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in entertainment, brand or production entity.

Experience in automating, deploying, and supporting infrastructure.

Experience handling ambiguous or undefined challenges through strong problem solving abilities.

Experience with Oracle, Essbase, TM1 and similar tools, or experience in multiple finance and accounting roles.

Knowledge of live sports production operations and workflows.

Track record of driving process improvements and system implementations.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, 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.

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The base salary range for this position is 70,400.00 – 99,300.00 USD annually.

Company – Amazon.com Services LLC

Job ID: A10428559

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