AWS Financial Analyst II

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Amazon has a history and tradition of leading the world in Web-related technologies and services. The Harris Poll recently found Amazon to be the most trusted company in the United States, with products and services ranked over Apple and Google. One of those products is Amazon Web Services (AWS). Since early 2006, AWS has provided companies of all sizes with an infrastructure platform in the cloud.

On the 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 support this quickly growing business, you must be highly analytical and possess a strong passion for analytics and accountability, setting high standards, and razor-sharp accuracy. We take working hard, having fun, and making history seriously – you should too!

AWS needs individuals that bring the Corporate Finance experience AND the entrepreneurial aptitude to accelerate decision making and management of the business. Also needed is the intellectual capacity to produce innovative ideas/analysis and the willingness to do the heavy lifting to implement those decisions.

This role is on the AWS Infrastructure FP&A team. We provide end-to-end financial support driving AWS to be the low cost provider in Cloud computing and leader in customer experience. This includes supporting business owners in building, operating and innovating our Cloud datacenters. We support operations, business development, and engineering. You should be passionate about producing financial analysis enabling management to make breakthrough decisions, drive cash flow, and ultimately delight our customers.

Key Responsibilities:
· This position will partner with the business leadership to drive business metrics reporting and automation. Additional responsibilities include business and financial forecasting, weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting, and ad hoc business analysis support.
· Create, improve, maintain business metrics to help leadership most effectively manage the business.
· Report on the financial performance of the business. Lead in the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial review. An ideal candidate will have experience in optimizing finance processes for speed, agility and insight.
· Analyze and report on key metrics to ensure we are running a lean business while exceeding customer expectations.
· Monitor compliance with controls and systems, and develop new processes to support the fast-growing, global AWS business.
· Manage the financial planning process. Model, analyze and forecast metrics that drive budgeting, forecasting and business decisions.

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or other technical discipline.
· 2+ years of relevant finance experience. Other type experience will be considered if demonstrates the problem solving, financial acumen, and business partnering skills required, such as management consulting, banking.
· Intermediate to advanced Excel skills.
· Strong analytic, financial modeling and reporting skills.