Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of enterprise, government and start-up business and organizations in over 190 countries around the world. Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services officially began offering developer customers access to web services – now widely known as cloud computing – based on Amazon’s own back-end technology platform. On the AWS Finance team you will be surrounded by people that are exceptionally talented, bright, and driven, and believe that world class support is critical to customer success.
AWS Finance seeks a Senior Financial Analyst to support AWS End User Computing and Productivity services. This position will work closely with senior finance management and key business partners to drive product/service pricing, cost and capital expenditure optimization, financial planning, decision support, and controllership.
Key job responsibilities
- Perform analyses to support key business initiatives and proposals including pricing and new launches.
- Compile and review financial results and operational plans and communicate results to senior leaders. - Lead the development of monthly financial close activities and financial reporting models
- Support short and long-term financial planning for your areas
- Lead and/or support efforts to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance processes and tools.
A day in the life
- Reports and key metrics ownership such as P&L, MBR and WBRs
- Develop business insights and KPI dashboards
- Compile and review financial results, create forecast and operational plans and communicate to finance/business leaders
- Support modeling efforts for pricing, product strategy and infrastructure investment decisions
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science), or Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience
- 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- MBA
- Experience in financial modeling, P&L management or analysis
- Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence
- 3+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $60,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $128,800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.