Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Sr. Financial Analyst for the EC2 & EBS Capacity Finance team. This role will focus on capital expenditure planning, variance analysis, and multi-year forecasting for EC2 and EBS capacity initiatives. The successful candidate will partner closely with execution teams, product management, and engineering to drive financial analysis and controllership across the business. This position requires strong financial modeling capabilities, analytical rigor, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment while working across a highly matrixed organization.
Key job responsibilities
- Build and maintain complex financial models and analytical tools to measure capacity utilization, usage trends, and overall financial performance.
- Produce and deliver weekly forecast reports and executive-ready presentations, investigating data anomalies and communicating insights to leadership.
- Own and drive projects during planning and forecasting cycles, including cross-functional coordination with engineering and operations teams.
- Develop, improve, and automate financial reports and data pipelines to increase accuracy and reduce manual effort.
- Participate in continuous capital analysis and capacity optimization initiatives.
- Own and deliver ad-hoc business support projects and analytical deep-dives as needed.
A day in the life
Your typical day involves diving deep into complex datasets to uncover insights about AWS capacity resource usage. You'll collaborate with business leaders to identify efficiency opportunities, analyzing trends and developing recommendations to optimize resource allocation. You'll participate in cross-functional meetings to present your findings, work on building or enhancing financial models, and partner with stakeholders to implement solutions that drive immediate business impact.
About the team
We are a dedicated team of finance analysts who believe in being greater than the sum of our parts. Our mission is to change the trajectory of AWS by identifying opportunities to optimize internal usage of precious capacity resources. We focus on making broad, immediate impacts on the business through data-driven insights and recommendations. We value collaboration, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to transform complex data into actionable business strategies that drive meaningful results.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science), or Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) experience
- 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- 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
- 6+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- 6+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
- 4+ years of contributing to cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy experience
- 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)
- Experience developing financial models in Excel with advanced functions (pivot tables, macros, VBA, Power Query)
- Experience in forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and interpreting financial results
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
