Senior Financial Analyst, AWS Data Center Real Estate

About the role

Amazon Web Services (AWS) seeks a Senior Financial Analyst to lead Real Estate finance initiatives for the Data Center Real Estate finance team. This high-visibility role offers the opportunity to directly influence the financial strategy for AWS's global data center expansion.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic financial planning and analysis for complex business initiatives
• Develop and implement financial strategies that support long-term business growth
• Build and manage relationships with senior business partners
• Provide financial oversight and guidance for major business decisions
• Drive process improvements and automation initiatives
• Establish and maintain robust financial controls and reporting mechanisms

Requirements

• 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

Qualifications

• 4+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
• MBA, or CPA
• Knowledge of Tableau
• 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)
• 4+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
• 4+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
• 4+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience
• Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence

Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Proficiency in financial modeling and analysis
• Experience with financial systems and tools

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and parental leave. For more information, visit https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.