Sr. Financial Analyst , AWS S3Glacier 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. On the AWS Finance team you will be surrounded by people that are exceptionally talented bright and driven and believe that world class support is critical to customer success.

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.

AWS Finance seeks a world class Sr. Financial Analyst to be a key member of its team. This position will work closely with finance management as well as key business partners across the AWS organization to drive thoughtful analysis and controllership in the AWS Storage business.

The successful candidate will provide strong finance support and controllership for S3s costs implement and drive the core financial processes for the business including Annual Operating Plans identifying and quantifying financial/operational Risks and Opportunities to the business and driving ad-hoc business projects.

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 project management.

Key job responsibilities

- Driving financial planning & analysis; building complex financial models and analytical tools to support review of S3s costs and capacity
- Developing short and long range financial / operational forecasts of S3s infrastructure footprint
- Develop track and report relevant KPIs to shed financial and operational insights into the CapEx and OpEx drivers and influence business decisions using data and communication skills
- Driving ad hoc financial analyses and projects

- 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
- 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)
- 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

- MBA or CPA
- Knowledge of Tableau
- 4 years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
- 4 years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
- 2 years of identifying leading and executing opportunities to improve automate standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience
- Six Sigma Black Belt
- Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence
- Experience working as a Quality Assurance Engineer or experience as a lean sensei

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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 Seattle - 82700.00 - 117100.00 USD annually