Sr. Financial Analyst, Regions AWS Finance

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 60,200 - 128,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity opportunities

Comprehensive medical benefits

Flexible workplace accommodations

Job summary

A leading global technology firm in Seattle is seeking a Sr. Financial Analyst to support the AWS Finance team in strategic planning and financial management. The ideal candidate has over 3 years of finance-related experience and a strong educational background in finance or accounting. Responsibilities include financial modeling for region expansions, overseeing business case data integrity, and driving automation and process improvements. Competitive compensation ranges from $60,200 to $128,800 depending on location and experience.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of tax, finance or analytical experience.
• Strong understanding of key financial performance indicators (KPIs).

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic guidance on investments for region expansions.
• Own discounted cash flow and P&L financial modeling.
• Ensure data integrity and approvals.
• Develop a business development plan for target markets.
• Identify and drive automation and process improvement projects.

Skills

Tax analysis

Financial modeling

Process improvement

Communication with senior leadership

Automation

Education

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

Job description

Sr. Financial Analyst, Regions AWS Finance

Job ID: 3129888 | Amazon.com Services LLC

On the Amazon Web Services (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. To build this rapidly growing business, you must be highly analytical, set high standards for accuracy and pace. This team works hard, has a great deal of fun; we are making history and having fun doing so.

The position supports the Region Finance team in the development and execution of launch and expansion strategies for new regions and special projects. In this role, you will help lay the foundation to grow and manage the performance of the portfolio of commercial data center regions ensuring that the business has a viable and cost effective expansion and scaling path in regions we operate in. Areas of responsibility include: 1) ownership of the proforma P&L for unlaunched new regions, 2) identify areas of opportunity and risk within the financials, and 3) influencing decision‑making to yield better financial and customer outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with the AWS Business Development team to provide strategic guidance on investments, alternatives and pricing for region expansions.
• Own discounted cash flow and P&L financial modeling, often under tight deadlines and lead executive‑level discussions. Ensure internal stakeholders (e.g. International Product Management, New Region Strategy Planning, Service Product teams, Accounting, Legal, Tax, etc.) are aligned with recommendations.
• Provide controllership and oversight of business case data integrity and approvals.
• Understand infrastructure market segments, customer base, and industry verticals. Help set a business development plan for target markets and ensure alignment with approved expansion strategies.
• Develop business and technology acumen to understand and account for technology transitions and business evolution in financial models.
• Identify and lead projects to drive automation and process improvement.
• Effectively partner with functional business partner leadership across product, sales, infrastructure and public policy.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g. engineering, math, computer science).

Preferred Qualifications

• 4+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience.
• Experience partnering with business leaders in highly complex and dynamic business settings.
• Experience communicating effectively with senior leadership.
• 4+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience.
• 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.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $60,200 per year in our lowest geographic market up to $128,800 per year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign‑on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits.

This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.