Finance Manager, AWS Networking Services Finance

Finance Manager, AWS Networking Services Finance

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Are you looking for that next big Finance opportunity? Looking for a business and finance partnering role with full P&L responsibility? Want to directly influence the future of some of the most successful products in cloud computing? Join us at AWS Finance!

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of enterprise, government and start‑up businesses in over 190 countries around the world. Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services officially began offering developer customers access to web services – now widely known as cloud computing – based on Amazon’s own back‑end technology platform.

AWS Finance seeks a world‑class Finance Manager to be a key leader supporting the AWS Networking Services.

This position will work closely with finance management as well as key business partners across the AWS organization, including service general managers, product managers, engineering leaders, sales and business development leadership to drive thoughtful analysis and controllership to AWS Networking Services.

The position will own P&Ls and perform usage and revenue analyses for new services and for existing services, deliver ad‑hoc business projects and analyses, conduct usage and revenue planning, and provide financial insights. This role requires solid skills in thought leadership, a self‑starter with a strong management and financial modeling background, problem‑solving skills, a keen attention to detail, and ability to work in a fast‑paced environment with ambiguous situations.

It also requires strong communication skills and regular interaction with various AWS business units and senior leadership.

• Serve as the key business partner working directly with AWS management and other internal stakeholders to provide financial recommendations
• Report weekly and monthly financial and operating metrics
• Manage the financial planning and month‑end close processes; model, analyze and forecast metrics that drive budgeting, forecasting and business decisions
• Analyze business results for key takeaways to achieve business objectives
• Prepare detailed financial models for business segments, drive business initiatives, and identify, implement, and deliver key operational efficiencies
• Identify and lead projects to drive automation and process improvement
• Lead a team to effectively address priorities and provide career coaching
• Monitor compliance with controls and systems, and develop new processes to support the fast‑growing, global AWS business

• Work independently and self‑motivate in a fast‑paced and rapidly changing environment
• Prioritize workloads and partner cross‑functionally, while delivering against tight deadlines
• Develop and optimize finance processes for speed, agility, and insight
• Dive deep on ambiguous challenges and deliver actionable insights
• Learn and be curious, deep‑dive complex business processes in a rapidly evolving and fast‑paced business environment

• 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science), or a bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of quantitative experience (engineering, process re‑engineering, quality assurance)

• 6+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, determining root cause, and creating/implementing an escalation plan
• 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)
• MBA or CPA
• Experience working with large‑scale data mining and reporting tools (e.g., SQL, MS Access, Essbase, Cognos) and other financial systems (e.g., Oracle, SAP, Lawson, JD Edwards)
• Experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results
• Knowledge of SQL/ETL
• 6+ years of applying key financial performance…