Finance Manager, AWS Connect

Key job responsibilities

• Manage and develop the financial analysis processes for reporting on AWS revenue, pricing, capex and operating expenses.
• Partner with and proactively communicate across the finance community to coordinate a complex and interconnected series of deliverables.
• Support ad-hoc requests and assist in various requests from finance executives.
• Identify opportunities for efficiency improvements including automation and coordination with upstream and downstream organizations.
• Partner with finance teams across AWS to standardize, streamline, and prioritize improvements, remove roadblocks, and increase the reliability and efficiency of reporting.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
• 4+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience
• 4+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis 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 5+ years of multiple finance and accounting roles experience
• 5+ years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience
• 5+ years of leading cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy experience

Preferred Qualifications

• 6+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience
• 6+ years of solving complex business challenges by delivering accurate and timely financial models, analysis, and recommendations that have a proven impact on business (e.g., financial savings, operational improvements, or customer benefits) experience
• MBA, or CPA
• 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 delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results
• Experience performing ad hoc analysis using advanced Excel