Finance Manager, AWS Global Sales Finance

Amazon • Arlington, VA

20h

About The Position

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking an experienced finance leader to join its
North America CSC (Cloud Service Center) Sales Finance team. This is an exciting
opportunity to become a part of one of the most dynamic and fastest growing
organizations at Amazon. The role will work closely with business and finance
stakeholders to support and drive a large and complex North America business
within AWS. The candidate will be responsible for analyzing and forecasting
topline trends to monitor state of the business health, deep-diving variances to
uncover operating insights, collaborating on strategic investment decisions to
optimize financial returns, establishing/enhancing governance mechanisms, and
driving planning and forecasting rhythms. Successful candidates will have a high
degree of intellectual curiosity, a passion for uncovering insights to drive
business outcomes at scale, the ability to influence senior stakeholders via
strong written and verbal communication skills and the capacity to prioritize
effectively while dealing with ambiguity.

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), or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) experience

Nice To Haves

• 6+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience
• 6+ years of solving complex business challenges by delivering accurate and timely financial models, analysis, and recommendations that have a proven impact on business (e.g., financial savings, operational improvements, or customer benefits) experience
• MBA, or CPA
• Knowledge of SQL/ETL
• 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 forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with senior business stakeholders on revenue and strategy investment decisions that balance growth objectives with financial returns
• Invent and design scalable detailed reporting to monitor business and financial health
• Deep dive drivers of monthly & quarterly variances in revenue & expense metrics and provide key insights to business stakeholders to inform operating strategies
• Own planning and forecasting for the NAMER CSC business and influence business stakeholders to ensure initiatives, and any get to green plans, are aligned with broader organizational objectives
• Develop and implement governance mechanisms to protect AWS investments
• Perform ad-hoc analyses to help business leaders solve complex problems and understand financial implications

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager