Description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) seeks a Senior Financial Analyst to join the Region Services Finance team to support an expanding services portfolio. This position will support multiple services owned by the Region Service Organization. This role will lead financial planning and reporting processes and will shape the strategy for how we price and launch new services. This position will work closely with multiple business partners and senior leadership to drive revenue/demand analysis, usage forecasts, cost and capacity models, pricing models and service P&L's, among other things. This role requires a self-starter and independent individual with strong financial modeling abilities, problem solving skills, a keen attention to detail, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with ambiguous situations. The successful candidate must be able to think strategically, perform dive deep analytics, and communicate effectively to senior management.

This candidate must have the ability to influence the decisions of business partners through effective verbal and written communication, logical reasoning, and the presentation of data driven analyses. The ability to think and act quickly under pressure and manage multiple competing priorities effectively is a must. A proven track record of superior financial and strategic analysis and developing/delivering recommendations based on this analysis is a requirement for this role.

Key job responsibilities

• Finance lead for multiple services.

• Lead finance support in order to make pursue/not pursue decisions for new services and other strategic decisions for existing services.

• Support pricing analysis for new services.

• Use solid financial knowledge and business acumen to build financial models, interpret data, draw conclusions, and make recommendations that deliver results, drive improvements, and influence leaders throughout AWS.

• Develop financial metrics to identify cost improvement opportunities.

• Create, maintain and improve profitability and management reporting for all services.

• Drive the financial planning / budgeting process for services.

• Support Service P&Ls and influence business decisions that drive revenue and/or capital expenditures.

• Provide analytics and communicate effectively with senior leadership.

• Streamline processes and lead improvement projects.

Basic Qualifications

• 4+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)

• Due to the nature of work performed, this position requires that the selected candidate be able to obtain a Security Clearance and thus be a U.S. citizen.

Preferred Qualifications

• 4+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience

• Experience with cube engine tools (e.g. TM1, Cognos or Essbase), SQL and Data warehouse

• Experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results

• Advanced financial modeling, P&L management and/or analysis experience.

• Strong business partnership experience; experienced in working with multiple stakeholders.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

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.