Finance Manager, AWS Hardware Engineering Finance

Amazon•Arlington, VA

About The Position

Come join our AWS Finance team as a Finance Manager. As part of Hardware Engineering Finance you will partner with Hardware Engineers to develop the next generation of servers that improve performance and lower cost for our customers. You will have exposure to a wide portfolio of AWS hardware server technology. You will use tools such as Total Cost of Ownership and Net Present Value to support decision-making. The successful candidate will be highly analytical, work effectively across multiple finance and business teams, and is a solution builder. You don't need to be a hardware expert to join this team!

Requirements

5+ 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)

Nice To Haves

MBA, or CPA
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 results for large, cross-functional initiatives/projects
Experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results
Knowledge of SQL
Experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis
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
Experience in Excel (macros, index, conditional list, arrays, pivots, lookups), or experience using Oracle

Responsibilities

Build robust business partnering relationships by providing data-driven and decision-supporting analytics on high-visibility projects
Develop ad-hoc business cases and present recommendations to AWS senior management.
Drive improvements in the end-to-end costing process
Evaluate technology trade-offs with respect to cost and performance relative to customer requirements.
Build systems to streamline delivery of financial information, ensure controllership, and scale the business
Lead the financial planning and analysis effort of your business partners and forecast various metrics for financial risks and opportunities.
Partner with the business and influence decisions through financial analysis
Optimize technology development and deployment choices
Ensure accurate hardware costing
Build / improve financial tools and processes
Provide FP&A for the business