Senior Financial Analyst, AWS Regions Finance

Amazon • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

Are you looking for that next big Finance opportunity? Do you want to directly
influence the future of AWS by helping make the right investment decisions? AWS
Finance seeks a Senior Financial Analyst to join the AWS Regions Finance team.

In AWS Regions we develop strategies for infrastructure in new countries, look
10+ years down the road, oversee current region build-outs across new, launched,
and ADC regions, and review performance of existing regions through their
life-cycle. We work closely with senior leaders in cross-functional partner
organizations developing and reviewing the strategic multi-billion
infrastructure investments. You will drive strategic FP&A initiatives including
controllership functions, region-grain analytics, and Risks & Opportunities
(R&O) including efficiency metrics to improve the quality and timelines of
business insights provided to AWS and Amazon leadership, including ongoing
efforts around existing process improvements. If you want to join a fast-paced,
innovative team that is making history, this is the place for you. To build this
rapidly growing business, you must be highly analytical, strategic,
detail-oriented, and set high standards for accuracy and pace.

This position will be responsible for driving monthly financial reviews and OP
planning for early-stage and ADC regions, identifying key insights by connecting
dots between various infra drivers across the business. The role will perform
core FP&A and controllership functions including region-grain P&L management,
R&O identification and tracking (efficiency metrics, cost optimization
opportunities), and financial performance analysis. The role will also support
regions-wide consolidation and advisory, and drive several AWS-wide mechanisms
in partnership with central and tech teams. This role regularly interfaces with
leaders of AWS Regions Finance, Infrastructure Finance, Accounting, Sales &
Strategy teams and provides business and financial insights on regional
performance that gets reported to AWS and Amazon senior leadership.

Requirements

• 4+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
• 4+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)
• 4+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience
• 3+ years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience
• 3+ years of contributing to cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy experience

Nice To Haves

• 4+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
• 4+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience
• 4+ years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience

Responsibilities

• Drive core financial processes including annual operating plans, monthly/quarterly business reviews and assessment of risks/opportunities, and month-end close.
• Influence strategy through effective verbal and written communication of financial metrics and business drivers to senior finance and business leadership
• Work cross functionally with other AWS Finance teams and senior leadership on forecasting quarter-end/ annual/ multi-year performance
• Help prepare and deliver business reviews to the senior management team regarding progress and potential roadblocks in the execution of new region expansion plans
• Perform financial reporting, ad-hoc project analysis and financial modeling to support business and finance leadership
• Identify and lead special projects to drive automation and process improvement, collaborating with other AWS Finance partner teams

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