Senior Financial Analyst, AWS Infrastructure Finance, Forward Logistics

Amazon•Seattle, WA

About The Position

We are looking for a high-energy, experienced Senior Financial Analyst to execute and deliver high quality financial Planning and Analysis activities within in the AWS Supply Chain. This is an exciting opportunity to join the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Supply Chain Finance team supporting ACL - Forward Logistics Team. The AWS Supply Chain Finance organization is a global, fast paced, dynamic team, partnering with the business teams delivering AWS computing capacity. We look across AWS Supply Chain processes and contracts, evaluating risks that could harm our stakeholders, the company, or prevent us from achieving objectives. To do this, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. We are seeking a Sr. Financial Analyst to join our finance organization supporting the AWS Infrastructure Services - Supply Chain Finance team. You should be passionate about producing financial analysis enabling management to make breakthrough decisions, drive cash flow, and ultimately delight our customers. You should be comfortable with working with ambiguity, diving deep into detail, and be able to communicate the story behind the numbers.

Requirements

3+ 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 3+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) experience

Nice To Haves

4+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
MBA, or CPA
Knowledge of Tableau
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)
4+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
4+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
4+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience
Six Sigma Black Belt
Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence
Experience as a lean sensei, or experience working as a Quality Assurance Engineer

Responsibilities

Perform monthly/quarterly/annual forecasting processes for spares expenditures
Partner with AWS Infrastructure FP&A and business partners to create descriptive and prescriptive analysis
Work cross-functionally with business partners and various finance teams on strategic initiatives requiring NPV analyses and monthly reporting on financial status
Develop metrics and reports to provide visibility into cost structure and drive actionable goals
Develop business cases for ad-hoc projects and present recommendations to AWS senior management.
Perform monthly/quarterly/annual forecasting processes for spares expenditures
Partner with AWS Infrastructure FP&A and business partners to create descriptive and prescriptive analysis
Work cross-functionally with business partners and various finance teams on strategic initiatives requiring NPV analyses and monthly reporting on financial status
Develop metrics and reports to provide visibility into cost structure and drive actionable goals
Develop business cases for ad-hoc projects and present recommendations to AWS senior management.
Identify issues and remediation processes to address the root cause of the problems