Senior Financial Analyst, AWS Internal Rates Team

About the role

The AWS Internal Rates team sits at the intersection of finance and cloud technology, managing the complex process of setting internal pricing across AWS cloud services. Our mission is to ensure these rates align with underlying costs and drive optimal internal usage behavior that maximizes cost efficiency and enhances Amazon's long-term free cash flow.

Responsibilities

• Partner with stakeholders across Amazon and AWS to establish and maintain internal pricing structures that are sound and cost-driven.
• Lead cross-functional teams and processes to identify opportunities for cost optimization, developing analytical frameworks that deliver actionable insights and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Analyze complex datasets to develop financial models that accurately forecast the impact of internal pricing decisions on P&Ls.
• Identify trends, anomalies, and opportunities for process improvement, creating scalable and auditable data analysis processes.
• Good understanding of AWS Services and cost drivers.
• Collaborate with Fintech and Finance teams to automate existing manual processes at scale.
• Collaborate with forecasting data science teams and Finance to improve cloud usage forecasting processes.

Qualifications

• 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

Preferred 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 identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience
• Six Sigma Black Belt certification
• Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence
• Experience working as a Quality Assurance Engineer, or experience as a lean sensei

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.