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The AWS GDSP Finance Manager will support the rapidly growing AWS organization by providing financial stewardship and analytical insights into the economics of complex private pricing deals and operational performance metrics. This is a high visibility role partnering with GDSP team, AWS IPAT, SMGS FP&A, Geo and Service finance teams. This role will be a strategic partner to the business and support planning, forecasting and enhancement of compliance and approval controllership process. The role will also support the Senior Finance Manager with mentorship and reviewing work of other members of the team.

Key job responsibilities

We are looking for an entrepreneurial minded Finance Manager, who has analytical approach, is passionate about reporting, analytics and automation and has the ability to create and implement solutions, processes, improve internal controls and earn trust across AWS. The candidate has demonstrated ability to develop and enhance financial models, tools and mechanisms that provide intelligence for business decisions and be able to leverage your project management skills to lead simultaneous work streams. This candidate will be responsible for providing cross functional leadership and initiatives, including across other finance and operations teams within the organization. This role requires a self-starter with superb business modeling skills, a keen attention to detail, ability to work in a fast-paced environment, the ability to operate at all levels, including diving deep into the foundational building blocks of the AWS Sales and finance Organization, and a track record of being an advisor to the business. The successful candidate will have strong analytical and communication skills, with an ability to build and articulate financial results and analytical insights to executive level business and finance leaders.

Key responsibilities

• Understand the overall PPA deal economics, provide GDSP team with financial acumen and insights to positively influence private pricing deals and develop, design and automate insightful reports as per business needs.

• Lead planning cycles, MBR, QBRs etc

• Enhance finance controllership for approval processes and compliance

• Deliver Finance leadership to the GDSP team, AWS IPAT, SMGS FP&A, Geo and Service finance teams.

• Providing leadership, guidance and implementation on driving process improvement and automation of the existing reports.

• Effectively communicate ideas to diverse audiences and influence decision making

• Ability to work with minimal direction in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Austin, TX, USA | Dallas, TX, USA | Houston, TX, USA | Seattle, WA, USA

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience

• 5+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience

• 5+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, statistics or business, or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) 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

• 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)

• Experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $81,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $179,500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.