The AWS EBS Finance team seeks a world class Sr. Financial Analyst to play a key role on our team supporting one of AWS's largest services, the Elastic Block Store (EBS). This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a fast-paced team. We are looking for candidates with a high degree of intellectual curiosity, a passion for uncovering insights to drive business outcomes at scale, the ability to influence senior stakeholders through clear written and verbal communication, and the capacity to prioritize effectively while navigating ambiguity.
Key job responsibilities
- Own service-level P&L reporting and consolidated financial views across a portfolio of AWS services, including variance analysis and executive-ready commentary for WBR/MBR/QBR and annual OP planning reviews.
- Build complex financial models, analytical tools, and short- and long-range forecasts to measure performance against goals.
- Collaborate with finance and business leaders - including GMs, PMs, and Engineers - to provide analytical support for strategic decisions and drive alignment across teams.
- Improve P&L performance through deep analysis of revenue trends, usage patterns, cost drivers, and operational efficiencies; support ad-hoc strategic projects and evaluate new business ideas.
- Write and present narratives for senior leadership that clearly communicate performance, risks, opportunities, and recommendations.
- Identify and implement process improvements, including automation and standardization, to increase reporting reliability and efficiency.
A day in the life
This role requires a self-starter with a strong financial modeling background, problem solving skills, a keen attention to detail, ability to work in a fast-paced environment with ambiguous situations, and solid skills in people management and thought leadership. This role requires strong people skills and has regular interaction with various AWS business units & senior leadership.
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), or Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) 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
- 4+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results 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)
- MBA, or CPA
- Experience working as a Quality Assurance Engineer, or experience as a lean sensei
- Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence
- 4+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience
- 4+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
- 4+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
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
