Finance Manager, AWS Infrastructure - DC Operations

We are hiring a Finance Manager to lead the finance work for a high-growth, specialized data center operations portfolio within AWS Infrastructure Finance. The portfolio is expanding rapidly, the operational model is still maturing, and the finance processes underneath it are being built in real time. The right candidate will bring the rigor to get the numbers right and the judgment to shape how this space operates financially, building the analytical frameworks, establishing reliable processes, and creating the mechanisms that scale as the business evolves.

• Serve as the primary finance business partner and thought leader for financial questions, scenario analysis, and planning support.
• Influence strategy, surface risks, and frame trade-offs before they escal…
• Set and model standards for financial rigor, assumption documentation, and cross-functional communication.

• Own expense forecasting, planning, and reporting across operating expenses, headcount, vendor and contractor spend, and other key cost categories.
• Develop grounded forecasts with operations leaders and regional FP&A, ensuring portfolio impacts are reflected across planning submissions, monthly reviews, and leadership reporting.
• Deliver leadership-ready narratives explaining cost movements, forecast changes, and emerging risks.

• Build on the financial operating model for the portfolio, including cost frameworks, rate and volume drivers, and planning standards.
• Strengthen reporting mechanisms and ensure assumptions are traceable, consistent, and aligned across partner teams.
• Maintain the institutional knowledge base for resilience and auditability as the business scales.

• Identify and explain key cost drivers across labor, vendor, and other operating expense categories.
• Translate evolving operational inputs into financial impacts, options, and recommendations under ambiguity.
• Build scalable reporting and automation to reduce manual reconciliation and improve forecast reliability.

The AWS Data Center Operations Finance team partners with operational leaders to scale a rapidly growing infrastructure footprint while maintaining strong financial discipline. The environment is fast moving with distributed stakeholders, evolving inputs, and high expectations for reporting accuracy and leadership-ready narratives. The team focuses on building scalable mechanisms, improving transparency, and enabling timely decisions through clear financial insight. The Finance Manager owns the finance work for a specialized segment of the data center portfolio, partnering closely with operations leaders to build forecasting rigor, surface financial risks early, and develop the mechanisms that scale with a rapidly expanding business.

• 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)
• 5+ years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience
• 5+ years of leading cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy experience
• Due to the nature of the work, this role requires candidates to be U.S. citizens.

• 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
• Experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results
• 5+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
• Experience building or significantly improving finance processes, reporting mechanisms, or planning frameworks in a high-growth or evolving business environment

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