Principal-Econ Dev Compliance, Public Policy - AWS & AWS ED

We are looking for an effective leader to fill our Economic Development Compliance Principal role and help our team support AWS rapid expansion. The role will be responsible for compliance analysis reporting and realization of our economic development and incentives portfolio and driving economic development and incentive policy initiatives. The role is also responsible for building and maintaining relationships with authorities having jurisdiction.

Key job responsibilities
Resolve compliance directly with national state and community economic development workforce and labor taxation and other key government agencies
Build and maintain relationships with authorities having jurisdiction
Oversee ongoing compliance matters: forecasting monetizing commitment tracking and program implementation
Develop tools and procedures for collecting Legal HR Tax Finance Accounting Infrastructure and Payroll data to prepare consistent application and compliance filings for government agencies on an ongoing basis
Collaborate on compliance with Legal Tax HR Finance Payroll and other business partners
Manage relationships with outside professional service providers
Research and issuespot contractual statutory or regulatory requirements
Analyze scrutinize and build reports from large Excel data sets
Identify and drive opportunities for automation and process improvement
Develop impactful monthly/quarterly metrics and reporting

A day in the life
You will work directly with a global portfolio of governments granting agencies and economic development organizations. Internally you will lead efforts to partner with allied teams who also support expansion projects and economic development transactions. Principal duties include daytoday management of our economic development incentives program and mechanisms portfolio analysis internal process improvement and internal/external communication with senior leadership. You will lead the implementation of new tooling and mechanisms improving and inventing internal processes to drive efficiency. You will be expected to conduct incentives research and benchmarking analysis review legal agreements and provide incentive pursuit and application support.

12 years of compliance credits and incentives public policy or program management experience
5 years of people or consultant management experience
Experience managing a multijurisdictional portfolio
Experience analyzing and summarizing tax code law or contracts Experience owning program strategy end to end delivery and communicating results to leadership
Experience producing auditready compliance documentation and managing audits
Bachelors degree in public policy finance accounting tax business economic development or data center infrastructure experience

15 years of compliance credits and incentives public policy or program management experience
8 years of people or consultant management experience
Exceptional written verbal and interpersonal communication skills
Proficiency in Excel
Active CPA license or other relevant professional certification
Demonstrated track record of success in developing successful partnerships with governments or regulators
Experience with CRM project management data visualization and automation tools
Excellent stakeholder management skills
Public policy economic development data center infrastructure or government affairs experience
MBA Master of Tax JD LLM

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