Amazon-posted 3 months ago
$60,200 - $128,800/Yr
Mid Level
Seattle, WA

Join the team building the infrastructure that powers the cloud! We support the ongoing infrastructure build-out of AWS, the worlds largest data center service provider and are looking for highly motivated, high energy people to join our growing and talented team. Do you have a passion for partnering with operations to drive strategic business decisions? Do you enjoy working across functions to develop recommendations based operational performance, regional dynamics, and macro-economic trends? Do you enjoy having a seat at the table for all matters that impact your business? If so, this is the role for you! AWS Data Center Capex Finance seeks a results-oriented Sr. Financial Analyst to partner with our construction teams to deliver new data center capacity on time and budget that meet our growing customer demand. The successful candidate will work closely with number of cross-functional stakeholders (construction, engineering, technical program managers, supply chain, data center operations, legal and other finance teams) to execute construction projects and cost savings or process improvement initiatives. Excellent independent judgment, and demonstrated leadership skills are a must. This role requires a self-starter who can leverage their analytical skills and attention to detail to ensure we do not constrain the business while maintaining strong financial controllership. This role regularly interacts with senior business partners, requiring strong interpersonal and communication skills.

  • Serve as part of the regional leadership team responsible for delivering high quality and robust decisions with favorable business outcomes.
  • Become subject matter expert for data center construction including cost drivers, pertinent technology roadmap, vendors, and specific regional / macroeconomic nuances.
  • Establish annual/monthly performance targets, analyze variances to plan, and communicate key messages to senior leadership.
  • Own the process of identifying defects, waste or inefficiencies in finance processes, and drive corrective action for and process improvement / automation to eliminate these defects and enable efficient business scaling.
  • Identify and lead data center construction cost savings initiatives.
  • Approve/control data center capital expenditure.
  • 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).
  • Knowledge of Tableau.
  • 2+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience.
  • Experience with cube engine tools (e.g. TM1, Cognos or Essbase), SQL and Data warehouse.
  • 2+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience.
  • Experience working with stakeholders.
  • 2+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience.
  • 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).
  • Medical, financial, and/or other benefits.
  • Equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package.
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