Strategic Partner Finance Analyst

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

RSUs

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst for the Partner Finance team within AWS. The role focuses on building reporting mechanisms, deep-diving variances, and evaluating program investments to optimize financial returns for AWS partners.

You will own forecasting for partner expenses and collaborate with stakeholders to design and scale programs. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to prioritize in a

Qualifications

• 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience.
• Experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis.
• Experience in financial modeling, P&L management or analysis.
• Experience working with stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field.
• 3+ years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience.
• 3+ years of contributing to cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy experience.
• 3+ years of manipulating/consolidating large data sets to inform investment decisions (go/no go).
• 3+ years of experience of financial risk management.

Responsibilities

• Invent and automate detailed reporting to monitor the business and financial health of Partner programs.
• Review and evaluate program investments to ensure spend meets AWS financial requirements.
• Provide financial due diligence on proposed strategic agreements with key Partners, ensuring an acceptable return on investment (ROI).
• Deep Dive drivers of monthly & quarterly variances in revenue & expense metrics and provide key insights to business stakeholders to inform operating strategies.
• Own planning and forecasting for a subset of Partner program expenses and influence business stakeholders to ensure plans are aligned with broader organizational objectives.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to scope, evaluate and implement new programs to drive growth with Partners.
• Develop and implement governance mechanisms to protect AWS investments.
• Perform ad-hoc analyses to help business leaders solve complex problems and understand financial implications.

Skills

Financial analysis

Stakeholder management

Automation

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance/accounting/business

Tools

SQL

TM1

Cognos

Essbase

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst for the Partner Finance team within AWS. The role focuses on building reporting mechanisms, deep-diving variances, and evaluating program investments to optimize financial returns for AWS partners.

You will own forecasting for partner expenses and collaborate with stakeholders to design and scale programs. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to prioritize in a