Finance Manager, AWS Datacenter Infrastructure

Key job responsibilities

• Lead financial evaluation and analysis of complex, long-term construction contracts and commissioning agreements for AMER portfolio; develop comprehensive financial models to assess project economics, risks, and returns
• Drive strategic initiatives including cost optimization initiatives to reduce overall cost to construct, commission, and deliver data center capacity while accelerating speed to market
• Lead financial planning for construction, controls deployment, and commissioning activities, supporting AWS data center growth and capacity delivery timelines
• Provide strategic recommendations to shape deal structures and influence go-forward construction procurement strategies while ensuring alignment with AWS's financial objectives and growth targets
• Manage performance and reporting of the DC construction and delivery portfolio including unit costs and establishing “best at AWS” benchmarks for the global datacenter portfolio
• Support financial aspects of negotiations with General Contractors, controls vendors, and commissioning service providers for labor, material rates, and service agreements
• Own process excellence and automation that scale with the portfolio's growth
• Develop robust financial controls throughout the construction, controls installation, and commissioning phases

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (economics, engineering, math, computer science), or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) experience
• 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA, or CPA
• 5+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience
• Knowledge of SQL/ETL
• 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)
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (economics, engineering, math, computer science), or MBA and 4+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
• 5+ 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
• Experience running metrics reports, analyzing data to identify problems and using data analysis to generate and explain metrics