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Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A, AWS ProServe
Amazon
IT, Accounting & Finance
Seattle, WA, USA · Arlington, VA, USA · United States · Virginia, USA · Seattle, WA, USA
Posted on Dec 21, 2024
DESCRIPTION
Join the Amazon Web Services (AWS) ProServe FP&A team as a Senior Financial Analyst and become part of a dynamic environment where strategic projects drive business success. AWS, a global leader in cloud computing, serves millions of customers across 190 countries. Our team is committed to developing innovative financial mechanisms and reports that steer the business and support enterprise IT transformation.
We're seeking a passionate Senior Financial Analyst with a talent for driving strategic initiatives and improving processes. You'll play a crucial role in developing and implementing projects that accelerate top-line growth, enhance profitability, and surface key insights on input metrics. Your expertise will be vital in automating existing processes and creating mechanisms to help the business monitor and inspect key performance indicators. Through these efforts, you'll support AWS's continued growth, impacting diverse clients from innovative startups to major corporations and government agencies globally.
The ideal candidate combines strong analytical skills with a drive for process automation and strategic thinking. You'll partner with teams to develop and implement finance goals, create comprehensive financial solutions, and design automated systems that scale. Join us in shaping the future of cloud computing finance while advancing your career in a fast-paced, innovative environment focused on strategic projects and initiatives.
Key job responsibilities
• Drive strategic initiatives to accelerate top-line growth and improve profitability, developing and implementing projects that surface key insights on input metrics and overall business performance.
• Create and maintain monthly mechanisms and reports for leadership, including pipeline inspection and hygiene metrics, to effectively steer the business and support data-driven decision-making.
• Design and implement process automation solutions to enhance efficiency and accuracy in financial reporting, analysis, and monitoring of key performance indicators.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish and track finance goals, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and providing actionable insights for senior AWS leadership reviews.
• Lead continuous improvement efforts by identifying opportunities for process optimization, developing scalable financial solutions, and championing innovative approaches to financial analysis and reporting.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, statistics or business, or Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 4+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
- MBA, or CPA
- Knowledge of Tableau
- 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)
- 3+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
- 3+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
- 3+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience
- Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $60,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $128,800/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. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.