Finance Manager, AWS Applied AI Solutions Finance

Amazon•Seattle, WA

About The Position

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. 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. The Applied AI Solutions Finance team in AWS seeks a Finance Manager to support our new Decisioning & Planning agentic solutions business. This team is revolutionizing how teams make decisions, forecast, and plan across Supply Chain and a number of other business verticals. This role offers direct business partnership and will work closely with key business partners, tech leaders, and senior finance management to drive strategy and financial modeling for new solution offerings and develop first-of-their-kind pricing models for AI-native solutions. In addition, the Finance Manager will drive rhythm-of-the-business mechanisms, financial reporting and planning, cost optimization, decision support, and controllership.

Requirements

5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field

Nice To Haves

Master's degree, or MBA in finance, accounting or related field
Demonstrated ability to develop and present analyses and insights to senior management
Experience in implementing financial reporting and scalable processes
Demonstrated ability to work independently and self-motivate in a fast paced and rapidly-changing environment
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple competing priorities and drive projects to completion
Demonstrated ability to influence decisions through effective verbal and written communication, logical reasoning and the presentation of alternatives.
Strong Passion for complex problem solving
Excellent Excel skills

Responsibilities

Leading and influencing strategic financial decisions to drive long-term growth and profitability including evaluating pricing strategies and investments in new services and features
Full P&L ownership of all services and partnering with Product, Engineering, and Sales to assess financial implications of initiatives to accelerate revenue growth, improve profitability, and improve free cash flow
Influencing private pricing structures to enable top line growth while ensuring controllership and margin protection
Managing projects that significantly impact the business including partnering with engineering teams to identify and implement infrastructure cost optimizations
Leading the OP1/OP2 and R&O planning processes including continuously evolving the forecasting approach to align with changing business needs and clearly presenting business drivers and narratives to senior leadership
Contribute with deep-dive analyses and insights in Weekly, Quarterly and Monthly Business Reviews