Finance Manager, AWS Global Sales Start Up Finance

About the role

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Finance seeks a Finance Manager to support the Startup Sales organizations. This role provides leadership and strategic support including key project analyses, metrics development and reporting, and planning and forecasting. The successful candidate will be able to think strategically, tactically, and analytically, and will influence senior business leaders through effective communication, financial analysis, logical reasoning, and presentation of alternatives. Responsibilities include developing tools and analytics to measure business strategies, setting strategy and direction for the team, and delivering results with significant autonomy.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders at multiple levels and lead teams to define and deliver solutions.
• Drive business reviews and create mechanisms that promote accountability and high standards.
• Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, make trade-offs, and balance business needs versus technical and process constraints.
• Foster constructive and proactive communication across organizational boundaries.
• Drive effective teamwork, communication, collaboration, and commitment across multiple groups with competing priorities.

Requirements

• 5+ years of tax, finance, or a related analytical field experience.
• 5+ years of experience across multiple finance and accounting roles.
• 6+ years of Accounts Receivable or Accounts Payable experience.
• 6+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses.
• 6+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making.
• 6+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis.
• 6+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects to scale and improve controllership with measurable results.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, statistics, or business, or a Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of quantitative role experience (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance).

Preferred Qualifications

• 6+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, diagnosing root causes, and creating/implementing escalation plans.
• 6+ years of solving complex business challenges by delivering accurate and timely financial models, analysis, and recommendations with proven impact (e.g., financial savings, operational improvements, or customer benefits).
• MBA or CPA.
• Knowledge of SQL/ETL.
• Experience working with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (e.g., SQL, MS Access, Essbase, Cognos) and other financial systems (e.g., Oracle, SAP, Lawson, JD Edwards).
• Experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and interpreting results.

Pay

Base salary ranges by location:

• San Francisco, CA: $104,900 – $179,500 USD annually
• New York, NY: $104,900 – $179,500 USD annually
• Seattle, WA: $95,400 – $163,200 USD annually