Description

This is an exciting opportunity to join Amazon Web Services (AWS). SMGS Finance is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join one of its fastest growing divisions. You will be a key member to the finance team supporting the Worldwide Partner Organization. You will dive deep into the business drivers and use a data driven approach to influence business decisions with your findings. The candidate will be responsible for reviewing and enhancing financial models, tools and mechanisms necessary to address business opportunities, drive automation, improve internal controls, and earn trust across AWS. This candidate will be responsible for providing cross functional leadership and supporting initiatives, including across other finance and operations teams within the organization. This person must have a passion for detail and the ability to operate at all levels, including diving deep into the foundational building blocks of the AWS Services, Sales Organization and Business Development Organizations. Additionally, this candidate must effectively communicate both in written and verbal form across all levels of the AWS organization, including up to Senior Leadership.

The ideal candidate will have demonstrated great attention to detail, a proven track record of building and improving complex financial models, effective written and verbal communication skills, and a strong desire to continuously learn and invent.

Key job responsibilities

• Influence business decisions with effective verbal and written communication, data driven analysis and modeling, and presentation of options and alternatives.

Collaborate across executive leadership to analyze inputs and outputs, assess business performance, and optimize asset allocation.

• Perform various ad hoc analyses to help business leaders solve business problems and understand the financial implications

• Develop and evolve complex financial models that analyze program- and portfolio-level revenue, profit, and ROI impacts.

• Build rhythm of the business processes that deliver ongoing insights and support day-to-day decision making.

• Engage and influence across the AWS Partner Sales, Finance, and Operations hierarchy, collaborating with stakeholders to optimize our customer’s experience, achieve common goals, and monitor risks.

Evaluate and refine financial models that calculate partner profitability.

• Monitor compliance with controls and systems, and develop new processes and controls as needed to support internal and external financial reporting requirements.

About the team

Work/Life Balance

Our team also puts a high value on work-life balance. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here, which is why we aren’t focused on how many hours you spend at work or online. Instead, we’re happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced life—both in and outside of work.

Mentorship & Career Growth

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

Inclusive and Diverse Culture

Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have twelve employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Seattle, WA, USA

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, statistics or business, or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) experience

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA, or CPA

• 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)

• 4+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience

• 4+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience

• 4+ 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

• Knowledge of SQL/ETL

• Experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results

• Experience performing ad hoc analysis using advanced Excel

• Experience building and managing financial models for business forecasting and problem solving

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $56,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $128,800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.