AWS Senior Finance Analyst, AWS Public Sector Sales Finance

ENGINEERINGUK; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as a Senior Finance Analyst in the AWS Public Sector, where your analytical skills will drive financial planning and investment strategies for groundbreaking projects. This role offers the chance to collaborate with leaders across various sectors, ensuring the long-term success of innovative initiatives in government and education. If you're a self-starter with a passion for metrics and a knack for problem-solving, this is your opportunity to make a significant impact in a fast-paced environment. Embrace the challenge and be part of a diverse and inclusive workplace that values your unique contributions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance or related field and professional qualifications required.
• Extensive relevant work experience with increasing responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to develop financial plans and rationalize investments.
• Manage financial rhythms including budgets, forecasts, and variance analysis.

Skills

Financial Modelling

Advanced Excel

Analytical Skills

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business or related field

Financial Professional Qualification - ACA / CA / CIMA

MBA / CFA / CPA qualification

Tools

Excel

Tableau

Job description

AWS Senior Finance Analyst, AWS Public Sector Sales Finance

DESCRIPTION
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Sales, Marketing and Global Services Finance team! We are looking for an entrepreneurial, analytical and creative Senior Finance Analyst to be a key member in our AWS Public Sector finance team. AWS Public Sector is one of the fastest growing divisions within Amazon as a whole and is paving the way for innovation and supporting world-changing projects in government, education and non-profit organizations. The successful candidate will be central to helping drive the sales strategy, partnering across Global leaders to build financial plans, evaluate investment opportunities and help identify opportunities for growth.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Be a financial business partner to a select group of leaders within the Public Sector business unit, collaborating with them and their teams to develop financial plans, rationalize investments and ensure long term stewardship of business performance.
2. Manage financial rhythms of the business including: headcount and budget controllership, the annual operating plan, the regular forecast process, month-end-close reporting and variance analysis, and analytical support for senior stakeholders.
3. Build and evolve financial models for new business concepts, enabling the business to understand the financial impact of large scale investment plans.
4. Collaborate across a complex matrix of Sales, Finance and Operations to deliver results that ultimately benefit the customer.

This role requires a self-starter with financial modelling skills, advanced Excel abilities, problem solving skills, a keen attention to detail and an ability to work in a fast-paced environment with ambiguous situations.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business or related field.
2. Financial Professional Qualification - ACA / CA / CIMA.
3. Extensive relevant work experience, with progressively increasing levels of responsibility.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. MBA / CFA / CPA qualification in lieu of ACA / CA / CIMA.
2. Strong interpersonal skills including written and oral communication skills.
3. Analytical skills, a passion for metrics and figures, and the ability to get into the details, while also seeing and understanding the big picture.
4. Business judgment capable of driving a diverse organization to the right results with a focused, pragmatic approach.
5. Bias for action, including the ability to juggle multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
6. Advanced proficiency in Excel experience working with large-scale data mining, and using reporting tools (i.e. Excel, Tableau).
7. Comfortable with ambiguity and creative problem-solving, ability to work with autonomy.

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build.

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/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations.