Finance Manager, AWS Applied AI Solutions Core Services Finance

Description

Are you looking for that next big Finance opportunity, a business partnering role with full P&L responsibility? Join AWS Applied AI Solutions Core Services Finance team to help shape the financial foundation of technologies that put AI to work and revolutionize industries—an opportunity to create history through financial leadership that transforms business!

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of enterprises, governments and start-up businesses and organizations in over 190 countries around the world.

At Applied AI Solutions, we harness Amazon's operational expertise to become the trusted partner businesses count on every day, transforming how companies work through AI to elevate customer experiences, drive operational excellence, and accelerate success—creating a future where businesses thrive with technology they truly love and trust.

AWS Finance is seeking a Finance Manager to partner with leadership in the AWS Applied AI Solutions Core Services portfolio. This role provides strategic financial leadership across established and emerging services, driving pricing strategy, revenue growth, cost optimization, and financial planning.

Strategic Financial Leadership

• Partner with business leaders to co-create business strategies, develop financial models, and derive actionable insights.
• Lead development and implementation of the long‑range strategic plan, annual plan, and quarterly forecasts.
• Leverage data‑driven insights and analytics to influence executive decision‑making to drive revenue growth and promote cost discipline.
• Foster a culture of thought leadership within the team to drive the business towards long‑term profitability objectives.

Pricing Strategy

• Design data‑driven pricing strategies that optimize market competitiveness and profit margins.
• Drive financials for Private Purchase Agreements, securing favorable terms and conditions.
• Conduct comprehensive scenario analysis across pricing models to identify risk exposure and strategic opportunities.

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Lead FP&A activities, building models to measure financial performance.
• Develop forecasts and present insights to senior leadership.
• Support revenue modeling and cost savings initiatives.
• Evaluate new business opportunities with financial analysis.

Controllership

• Deliver precise, insight‑driven financial reports that enable informed executive decision‑making.
• Maintain rigorous financial controls and reporting standards to ensure data integrity and compliance.
• Drive process optimization to enhance analytical capabilities while preserving control frameworks.
• Foster cross‑functional collaboration to align diverse teams toward strategic objectives.

AWS Applied AI Solutions Core Services Finance unites exceptional financial talent to drive the future of Agentic AI. As strategic partners to the Core Services organization, we enable their mission to become the trusted technology provider for Applied AI solutions.

• 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 and 5+ years of quantitative role experience.
• 5+ years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy.
• 5+ years of leading cross‑functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy.

• 6+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the 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 (examples: SQL, MS Access, Essbase, Cognos) and other financial systems (examples: Oracle, SAP, Lawson, JD Edwards).
• Experience delivering…