Finance Manager, Frontier AI Assets

Amazon is hiring a highly effective Finance Manager to partner with the Frontier AI Assets (FAI) team in leading our Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) Data Annotation this role you are the strategic financial business partner to our AI Data Operations and Engineering leaders working to deliver a comprehensive portfolio of high-value trusted AI assets enabling frontier model capabilities for Amazon businesses and external customers. These assets are developed in-house (1P) and sourced from a curated network of third-party (3P) partners for certification of downstream model impact as part of the collection process.

In this high-impact role you will establish financial frameworks own full P&L oversight and financial modeling for complex unit economics across our global operations network of specialized domain experts (coding STEM legal reasoning) and drive capital allocation efficiency across our data annotation supply chain. If you are looking for a role to apply your financial acumen to deliver insights and drive high-velocity decision making to help shape how AI models perform real-world actions learn from human feedback and drive results with key performance indicators that balance quality speed cost and impact then this role is for you!

A successful candidate will love to learn and be curious and dive deep to understand and identify business trends analyze quantitatively problem-solve and prioritize. Strong oral and written communication skills are crucial as well as the ability to work autonomously with a proven work ethic and track record of delivering results.

Key job responsibilities
Financial Ownership & Strategic FP&A: Drive end-to-end financial forecasting annual planning and monthly variance analysis for our global HITL operations network.
Unit Economics & Cost Modeling: Develop dynamic cost models analyzing cost-per-unit and cost-per-hour across varied worker tiers skill complexities and technical domains.
Cross-Functional Business Partnership: Partner directly with AI Operations and Engineering teams to align data procurement budgets with model training schedules and capacity planning.
Vendor & Network Optimization: Evaluate and identify spend optimization opportunities across the global network to optimize cost throughput and output quality.
Governance & Controls: Implement scalable operational tracking and cost controls to ensure budget accuracy as operations scale.

- 5 years of tax finance or a related analytical field experience
- 5 years of leading cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy experience
- 5 years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience
- 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

- MBA or CPA
- Experience delivering forecasting budgeting and variance analysis and data interpretation of results
- 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
- 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)

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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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 WA BELLEVUE - 95400.00 - 163200.00 USD annually