Finance Manager, AWS Services EBS Finance

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 Amazons own back-end technology platform.

The AWS EBS Finance team seeks a world class Finance Manager to be a key leader on our team supporting one of AWSs largest services the Elastic Block Store (EBS). This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a fast-paced team. At AWS finance leaders are strategic business partners and trusted advisors who sit at the table where the biggest decisions are made.

As a finance business leader at AWS you will partner directly with engineering product and business leaders to influence multi-billion dollar investment decisions evaluate the economics of new services and regions structure complex new product launches optimize go-to-market strategies and drive the financial discipline that enables AWS to grow responsibly at massive scale.


Key job responsibilities
- Serve as key Finance partner for the Product team working directly with EBS Product Management.
- Own end-to-end financial planning analysis and strategic recommendations for a portfolio of products. Spanning P&L management pricing strategy and go-to-market optimization.
- Build financial models that inform multi-billion dollar decisions around new product launches regional rollouts and enterprise deal structures.
- Partner directly with senior business leaders as a trusted advisor on investment priorities resource allocation and long-term growth strategy.
- Develop and present insights to senior leadership through business reviews translating complex financial data into clear actionable recommendations. Going beyond the what happened and focusing on the why and what can we do about it
- Influence long-term business strategy by independently aligning financial and operational analyses with business partners challenging assumptions when necessary and providing recommendations that influence data-driven decision making.
- Work cross-functionally with engineering product sales and operations teams to translate business priorities into financial frameworks
- Identify and quantify Risks & Opportunities proactively surfacing trends and anomalies (look around corners)
- Drive operational excellence and controllership across your business area utilizing automation and AI-powered tools to enhance financial processes and accelerate decision-making.
- Identify opportunities for process and systems improvements including automation and coordination with upstream and downstream organizations.

A day in the life
This role requires a self-starter with a strong financial modeling background problem solving skills a keen attention to detail ability to work in a fast-paced environment with ambiguous situations and solid skills in people management and thought leadership. This role requires strong people skills and has regular interaction with various AWS business units & senior leadership.

- Bachelors degree in finance accounting business economics or a related analytical field (e.g. engineering math computer science)
- 5 years of tax finance or a related analytical field experience
- 5 years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience
- 5 years of leading cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy experience
- 5 years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience
- Experience building and managing financial models for business forecasting and problem solving
- Experience communicating complex information and solutions to senior stakeholders and influencing decisions

- 6 years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience
- 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
- MBA or CPA
- 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)
- Experience delivering forecasting budgeting and variance analysis and data interpretation of results
- 6 years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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 and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at VA Arlington - 95400.00 - 163200.00 USD annually
USA WA Seattle - 95400.00 - 163200.00 USD annually