Amazon Web Services Looking for Senior Finance Manager, Aws Infrastructure at Seattle, WA, United States Full Time

Job Description

• 12+ years of finance experience or a related analytical field.

Job summary

Are you looking for that next big Finance opportunity? Want to directly influence the future of some of the most successful AWS products? Come join AWS Finance! 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. Launched in 2006, AWS officially began offering developer customers access to web services – now widely known as cloud computing – based on Amazon’s own back-end technology platform.

AWS Finance seeks Senior Finance Manager to support the Data Transfer business. Data Transfer (DT) is at the core of every AWS service that moves data/bytes within an AWS region, between regions, and to/from the internet. This role will drive controllership of the Data Transfer P&L and will be responsible for managing financial support to help drive the right decisions on key business activities like pricing strategies for DT products for external/internal customers, new region launches, custom deals, and new service/product launches that uses DT products. In addition, this role will participate in developing best in class finance practice across entire AWS organization.

The successful candidate should possess strong leadership skills and business acumen, should be capable of influencing the organization to drive results, and have a passion for improving existing processes. This role requires strong business sense with a capability to independently drive business partnership and have a structured approach to problem-solving, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment

The candidate should also possess strong verbal and written communication skills, this role requires a finance leader with long term vision, a keen attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple projects effectively. This role also has close interaction with executives and various business units across Amazon and therefore requires strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Key job responsibilities

• Lead short and long-term financial planning;
• Drive data transfer cost optimization opportunities across compute and storage business.
• Provide strategic support to key business initiatives and investment;
• Maintain the highest standards for financial models and reporting.
• Serve as a key business partner working directly with AWS senior management and other internal stakeholders to provide financial narratives, analysis, and recommendations.

BA/BS in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a highly analytical field (e.g., Engineering, Math, and Computer Science)

• MBA or Master’s in a related field
• Advanced modeling skills including strong knowledge of Excel skills
• Knowledge of SQL, databases, and data visualization is desirable
• Comfortable working with cross-functional teams and dealing with ambiguity.
• Strong organizational and multitasking skills with ability to balance competing priorities.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Management experience

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