Finance Manager, AWS Datacenter Infrastructure

The AWS Infrastructure Finance team provides end-to-end financial support driving AWS to be the lowest cost provider in Cloud computing and leader in customer experience. We are seeking a Finance Manager to join the Data Center Planning and Delivery Finance team within the AWS Infrastructure Finance organization. This role will provide critical financial partnership across the data center delivery lifecycle with specialized focus on construction controls and commissioning activities that support AWSs global infrastructure expansion and capacity delivery goals. DC Planning and Delivery Finance team provides critical support in the form of financial valuation investment decisions cost optimization and driving infra portfolio strategy for Amazons data center construction and delivery operations. We are looking for a Finance Manager to support the end-to-end DC planning and delivery portfolio: construction evaluation processes construction and commissioning capex and opex portfolio reporting Month End Close processes Capex/ opex approval automation support and strategic financial partnership with stakeholder teams.

Key job responsibilities
Lead financial evaluation and analysis of complex long-term construction contracts and commissioning agreements for AMER portfolio; develop comprehensive financial models to assess project economics risks and returns
Drive strategic initiatives including cost optimization initiatives to reduce overall cost to construct commission and deliver data center capacity while accelerating speed to market
Lead financial planning for construction controls deployment and commissioning activities supporting AWS data center growth and capacity delivery timelines
Provide strategic recommendations to shape deal structures and influence go-forward construction procurement strategies while ensuring alignment with AWSs financial objectives and growth targets
Manage performance and reporting of the DC construction and delivery portfolio including unit costs and establishing best at AWS benchmarks for the global datacenter portfolio
Support financial aspects of negotiations with General Contractors controls vendors and commissioning service providers for labor material rates and service agreements
Own process excellence and automation that scale with the portfolios growth
Develop robust financial controls throughout the construction controls installation and commissioning phases


- Bachelors degree in finance accounting business economics or a related analytical field (e.g. engineering math computer science) or Bachelors degree and 5 years of quantitative role (engineering process re-engineering quality assurance) experience
- 5 years of tax finance or a related analytical field experience

- MBA or CPA
- 5 years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience
- Knowledge of SQL/ETL
- 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)
- Bachelors degree in finance accounting business economics or a related analytical field (e.g. engineering math computer science) or MBA and 4 years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
- 5 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
- Experience running metrics reports analyzing data to identify problems and using data analysis to generate and explain metrics

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