Finance Manager, AWS Applied AI Solutions Finance

Amazon.com, Inc.•Seattle, WA

41d

About The Position

Are you looking for that next big Finance opportunity? Want to directly influence the future of some of the most successful products in cloud computing? Come join Amazon Web Services (AWS) Finance as AWS Finance Manager. 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 Finance Manager to support Just Walk Out (JWO), an exciting and growing service within the AWS Applied AI Solutions portfolio. This role offers direct business partnership support and will work closely with senior finance management and key business partners to drive product/service pricing, cost forecasting and optimization, financial planning, decision support, and controllership.

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

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
6+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience
Experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results
MBA, or CPA
Knowledge of SQL/ETL
6+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
6+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience
6+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
6+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience

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
Critical owner of P&L components, requiring direct partnership with Product, Engineering, Operations, 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