Senior Financial Analyst, Alexa AWS Finance

Amazon • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

Join our Alexa AWS Finance team as a Senior Financial Analyst, where you'll
drive financial insights that directly shape strategic investment decisions
across one of Amazon's most innovative businesses. You'll build scalable
analyses and key performance indicators that inform leadership on critical
financial and operational priorities.

As a Senior Financial Analyst on the Alexa AWS Finance team, you'll focus on
developing comprehensive financial analyses that support both short and
long-term strategic planning. Your work will involve collaborating with
stakeholders across Devices and Services organizations, and cross-functional
business teams to align on financial inputs, outcome ranges, and confidence
levels. You'll present financial summaries and business insights to senior
leadership, helping them understand the financial implications of key decisions.
Beyond your regular responsibilities, you'll have opportunities to explore new
analytical approaches and contribute to evolving our financial planning
methodologies.

We are a collaborative finance team dedicated to providing clear, actionable
financial insights that guide strategic decisions for Alexa. Our team works
across organizational boundaries to ensure alignment on financial priorities and
supports leadership in understanding the full financial picture of our business.
We're focused on building a culture of analytical rigor and continuous
improvement, where your contributions will help shape how we approach financial
planning and resource allocation. By joining our team, you'll work alongside
finance professionals who are committed to supporting one of Amazon's most
dynamic and innovative business areas.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, statistics or business, or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) experience
• 4+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
• Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence
• 4+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience
• 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience

Nice To Haves

• 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 participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
• Knowledge of Tableau
• MBA, or CPA
• CFA

Responsibilities

• Lead financial forecasting and planning for cloud infrastructure costs and other key financial drivers for Alexa, supporting both short and long-term strategic planning
• Build and maintain financial models, reports, and variance analyses that provide clear visibility into financial performance and cost allocations
• Measure and track operational and business metrics that inform decision-making across the organization
• Establish financial controls and develop recommendations for improving infrastructure efficiency and cost optimization
• Communicate financial insights and business summaries to senior management through clear presentations and reports
• Leverage and create modern financial dashboards and SQL to dive deep into AWS cost and services

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: Mid Level