Senior Financial Analyst, AWS Services Finance, 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.

In AWS Finance you will work with exceptionally talented bright and driven people who believe financial partnership is critical to customer success. We benefit from diverse experiences and perspectives and are committed to inclusion as a business advantage and the right thing to do. The growth of AWS and scope of Amazons business create opportunities to grow your career and broaden experience in any direction you choose. As a pioneer in cloud services AWS lets you apply data creativity and analytical ability to completely new challenges and opportunities. This is a chance to work hard have fun and make history.

The AWS EBS Finance team seeks a world class Sr. Financial Analyst to play a key role 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. We are looking for candidates with a high degree of intellectual curiosity a passion for uncovering insights to drive business outcomes at scale the ability to influence senior stakeholders through clear written and verbal communication and the capacity to prioritize effectively while navigating ambiguity.

Key job responsibilities
- Own service-level P&L reporting and consolidated financial views across a portfolio of AWS services including variance analysis and executive-ready commentary for WBR/MBR/QBR and annual OP planning reviews.
- Build complex financial models analytical tools and short- and long-range forecasts to measure performance against goals.
- Collaborate with finance and business leaders including GMs PMs and Engineers to provide analytical support for strategic decisions and drive alignment across teams.
- Improve P&L performance through deep analysis of revenue trends usage patterns cost drivers and operational efficiencies; support ad-hoc strategic projects and evaluate new business ideas.
- Write and present narratives for senior leadership that clearly communicate performance risks opportunities and recommendations.
- Identify and implement process improvements including automation and standardization to increase reporting reliability and efficiency.


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.

- 3 years of tax finance or a related analytical field experience
- Bachelors degree in finance accounting business economics or a related analytical field (e.g. engineering math computer science) or Bachelors degree and 3 years of quantitative role (engineering process re-engineering quality assurance) experience
- 3 years of contributing to cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy experience
- 3 years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience

- 4 years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results 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)
- MBA or CPA
- Experience working as a Quality Assurance Engineer or experience as a lean sensei
- Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence
- 4 years of identifying leading and executing opportunities to improve automate standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience
- 4 years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
- 4 years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses 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 - 66900.00 - 117100.00 USD annually
USA WA Seattle - 82700.00 - 117100.00 USD annually