Finance Manager, AWS Services EBS Finance

Amazon; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 163,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Finance Manager for the AWS Elastic Block Store (EBS) Finance team in Arlington, VA. You will partner with EBS Product Management and engineering to influence multi-billion dollar investments, pricing, and go-to-market strategy.

The role requires deep financial modeling, cross-functional leadership, and clear communication with senior leadership to drive data-driven decisions and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field.
• 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience.
• 5+ years of dissecting financial data to support business strategy.
• 5+ years of leading cross-functional initiatives driving financial performance.
• 5+ years building financial and operational reports/data sets for decision-making.
• Experience building and managing financial models for forecasting and problem solving.
• Experience communicating complex information to senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Finance partner for the Product team with EBS Product Management.
• Own end-to-end FP&A and strategic recommendations for a product portfolio.
• Build financial models for multi-billion dollar decisions on launches and regional rollouts.
• Partner with senior leaders as advisor on investments and growth.
• Present insights to leadership translating data into actionable recommendations.
• Align financial and operational analyses with business partners to influence decisions.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, sales, and operations to translate priorities into financial frameworks.
• Identify Risks & Opportunities and surface trends.
• Drive controllership and automation across the business area.

Skills

Financial modeling

Cross-functional leadership

Financial analysis

Stakeholder communication

Data interpretation

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance or related

MBA or CPA

Tools

SQL

Essbase

Cognos

Oracle

SAP

Job description

Description

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 Amazon’s own back-end technology platform.

The AWS EBS Finance team seeks a world class Finance Manager to be a key leader on our team supporting one of AWS's largest services, the Elastic Block Store (EBS). This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a fast-paced team. At AWS, finance leaders are strategic business partners and trusted advisors who sit at the table where the biggest decisions are made.

As a finance business leader at AWS, you will partner directly with engineering, product, and business leaders to influence multi-billion dollar investment decisions, evaluate the economics of new services and regions, structure complex new product launches, optimize go-to-market strategies, and drive the financial discipline that enables AWS to grow responsibly at massive scale.

Key job responsibilities

• Serve as key Finance partner for the Product team, working directly with EBS Product Management.

• Own end-to-end financial planning, analysis, and strategic recommendations for a portfolio of products. Spanning P&L management, pricing strategy, and go-to-market optimization.

• Build financial models that inform multi-billion dollar decisions around new product launches, regional rollouts, and enterprise deal structures.

• Partner directly with senior business leaders as a trusted advisor on investment priorities, resource allocation, and long-term growth strategy.

• Develop and present insights to senior leadership through business reviews, translating complex financial data into clear, actionable recommendations. Going beyond the “what happened” and focusing on the “why?” and "what can we do about it?”

• Influence long-term business strategy by independently aligning financial and operational analyses with business partners, challenging assumptions when necessary and providing recommendations that influence data-driven decision making.

• Work cross-functionally with engineering, product, sales, and operations teams to translate business priorities into financial frameworks

• Identify and quantify Risks & Opportunities, proactively surfacing trends and anomalies (look around corners)

• Drive operational excellence and controllership across your business area, utilizing automation and AI-powered tools to enhance financial processes and accelerate decision-making.

• Identify opportunities for process and systems improvements, including automation and coordination with upstream and downstream organizations.

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.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)

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

• 5+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience

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

• Experience communicating complex information and solutions to senior stakeholders and influencing decisions

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

• 6+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making 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.

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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