Senior Financial Analyst, AWS Data Center FP&A

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon in Seattle, WA is seeking a finance professional to join the Global FP&A team within AWS Data Center Infrastructure Operations Finance. You will coordinate budgeting, variance analysis, forecasting, and reporting, partnering with regional finance, central FP&A, and accounting teams to drive actionable insights for senior leadership.

This role emphasizes standardization, internal controls, and ad-hoc analysis related to data center operations.

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

Variance analysis

Forecasting

Financial reporting

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/finance

Tools

TM1

Tableau

Oracle

SAP

Cognos

Job description

Description

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.

The Position

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.

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 .

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