Senior Financial Analyst, AWS Data Center FP&A

Amazon Inc.; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a data-driven FP&A professional to join the AWS Data Center Infrastructure Operations Finance team in Seattle. You will partner with regional finance and central FP&A to drive budgeting, variance analysis, forecasting, and financial commentary for a multi-billion-dollar business.

This role requires strong SQL, process automation, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver actionable insights and strengthen internal controls across finance systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, tax, economics, or a related analytical field.
• 3+ years of finance, accounting, or related analytical field experience.
• 3+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience.
• Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Data Center regional finance teams to meet finance objectives.
• Drive month end reporting and variance analysis of actual spend versus projection.
• Lead ad hoc analysis and month end financial commentary working cross functionally with regional finance, central finance, and financial systems (TM1) and accounting teams.
• Ensure compliance with finance and accounting controls and systems.
• Monitor and enhance existing processes and controls.

Skills

SQL data mining

Cross-functional teamwork

Financial analysis

Process automation

Data-driven decisions

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/finance/economics

Tools

TM1

Oracle

SAP

Lawson

JD Edwards

Tableau

Cognos

Job description

Job ID: 10571019 | Amazon.com Services LLC

The Organization
Do you want to directly influence the future of some of the most successful products in cloud computing? Come join Amazon Web Services 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 businesses and organizations in over 190 countries around the world.

The AWS Finance team provides end-to-end financial support for this multi-billion dollar business, driving AWS to be the leader in customer experience while delivering best cost. 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. You should be passionate about producing financial analysis enabling management to make breakthrough decisions, drive cash flow, and ultimately delight our customers.

You will join the Global Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team within AWS Data Center Infrastructure Operations Finance. The position will contribute to driving standardization and team efficiency worldwide. You will be responsible for coordinating and liaison with the central FP&A on behalf of the regional finance teams. You will be the finance expert responsible for budgeting, variance analysis, and driving key financial metrics. You will partner across finance and non-finance teams to drive forecasting, financial analysis, reporting, and key financial decisions. You will also define and maintain internal finance controls for transactions and processes. This role will also support ad-hoc analysis and reporting related to data center operations. This is a highly visible role as your outputs are included in month end packages that go to senior leadership and decision makers.

The FP&A team is responsible for managing the financial rhythms of the business, including the annual operating plan, long range plan, regular forecast process, and for providing analytical support to senior management. You will help establish the pace of the finance team to ensure it delivers actionable insights in a timely manner.

The Responsibilities

• Partner with Data Center regional finance teams to meet finance objectives.
• Drive month end reporting and variance analysis of actual spend versus projection.
• Lead ad hoc analysis and month end financial commentary working cross functionally with regional finance, central finance, and financial systems (TM1) and accounting teams.
• Ensure compliance with finance and accounting controls and systems.
• Monitor and enhance existing processes and controls.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, tax, economics, or a related analytical field
• 3+ years of finance, accounting, or related analytical field experience
• 3+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
• Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence
• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
• MBA, or CPA
• Knowledge of Tableau
• 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)
• 2+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
• 2+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
• Six Sigma Black Belt
• Experience working as a Quality Assurance Engineer, or experience as a lean sensei
• 4+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
• 4+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience

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

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

USA, WA, Seattle - 82,700.00 - 117,100.00 USD annually