Finance Manager, AWS Regions Finance

Socket.dev; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 163,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Finance Manager to lead regional financial planning for AWS Infrastructure, owning CAPEX budgeting and regional P&L oversight. The role partners with senior leadership to develop financial frameworks and data-driven decision making across international regions.

You will analyze data, drive strategic insights, and support growth initiatives while ensuring strong controllership and compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or related analytical field.
• MBA or CPA is preferred for career progression.
• 5+ years of tax/finance or related analytical field experience.
• 5+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis.
• Experience dissecting financial data to support business strategy.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives driving financial performance.

Responsibilities

• Own financial reporting for AWS Public Sector infrastructure with senior leadership.
• Build and maintain financial models to support CAPEX analyses for long-term value.
• Communicate with business leaders using timely and accurate financials for decisions.
• Align financial analyses with partners, challenging assumptions when needed.
• Identify opportunities and implement large-scale financial solutions across teams.
• Ensure reporting accuracy and compliance with policies and promote controllership.

Skills

Financial analysis

Process automation

Cross-functional leadership

Data interpretation

SQL/ETL knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA

CPA

Tools

SQL

MS Access

Essbase

Cognos

Oracle

SAP

Lawson

JD Edwards

Job description

Join our team as a Finance Manager to support the fast-growing AWS Dedicated Cloud business as we launch new international regions. As part of the Regions Finance team, you'll drive strategic financial planning and analysis for AWS Infrastructure. This role offers the unique opportunity to own CAPEX planning for an entire region, with visibility across the entire P&L. You'll leverage your financial expertise to influence leadership business decisions and support long-term growth initiatives. This role works to understand the financial impact of high-level business trends (such as customer adoption, GenAI capacity planning, etc.) and synthesize insights to provide the business strategic financial analysis. Your strong problem-solving skills and leadership communication will be essential as you partner with senior leadership to develop financial frameworks that enable data-driven decision making. You'll analyze complex data sets, identify strategic opportunities, and provide valuable insights that shape the direction of the business. This role is ideal for a finance professional looking to develop into a general finance manager with significant business impact.

Key job responsibilities

• Own financial reporting for AWS Public Sector infrastructure, developing analyses and narratives that support operational and growth business decisions with senior leadership
• Build and maintain comprehensive financial models to support CAPEX analysis to drive strategic long-term value
• Communicate frequently and effectively with business leaders, using timely and accurate financials to help make business decisions
• Independently align financial and operational analyses with business partners, challenging assumptions when necessary and providing recommendations that influence data-driven decision making.
• Identify opportunities and implement large-scale financial solutions to proactively resolve finance issues, improve scalability, and simplify finance tools and processes across teams.
• Dive deep to ensure reporting accuracy and compliance with internal and external policies while promoting strong controllership principles.

A day in the life

In this dynamic role, you'll find yourself tackling strategic financial problems that directly impact business performance. Rather than following a routine, you'll prioritize what's most important each day—whether that's developing financial models for new initiatives, collaborating with leadership on investment decisions, or analyzing P&L components to identify optimization opportunities. You'll leverage data to influence cross-functional partners and present financial insights that drive meaningful business outcomes. Basic Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
• 5+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science), or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) experience
• 5+ years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience
• 5+ years of leading cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy experience
• Due to the nature of work performed, this position requires that the selected candidate be able to obtain a Security Clearance and thus be a U.S. citizen.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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
• 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)
• Experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results
• Knowledge of SQL/ETL
• 6+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
• 6+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience
• 6+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience

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

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

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