Finance Manager, AWS Finance

$85,900 - $179,500/Yr

Amazon - Arlington, VA

Full-time - Mid Level

Arlington, VA

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About the position

The Finance Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS) Finance will play a crucial role in supporting various aspects of the AWS reporting process. This position involves end-to-end process ownership, ensuring effective internal controls, and driving process improvements. The ideal candidate will be a proactive financial accounting professional who thrives in a dynamic environment and is committed to customer satisfaction and innovative solutions.

Responsibilities

• Supporting various aspects of our AWS and reporting process.
• End-to-end process ownership to support finance and business partners.
• Understand internal control design concepts sufficient to assess the effectiveness of controls in their area and to design new processes and controls for emerging and growing business activities.
• Execute judgments to keep projects moving and ensure the right decisions are reached to close the books each month.
• Escalating risks and issues as necessary to leadership.
• Strong sense of ownership.
• Ability to identify process improvement and automation opportunities to drive positive change across the organization.
• Lead delivery of accounting tasks and projects.
• Enhance partnerships between AWS and various business and IT groups.

Requirements

• 5+ 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.

Nice-to-haves

• 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.

Benefits

• Full range of medical benefits
• Financial benefits including equity and sign-on payments
• Comprehensive employee benefits package