Senior Financial Analyst, AWS Containers and Serverless Finance

Amazon is hiring a Senior Financial Analyst, AWS Containers and Serverless Finance in Seattle, United States. It pays $83k-$117k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.

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Drives financial decision-making, modeling, and process optimization for AWS Containers and Serverless infrastructure.

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Join our team as a Senior Financial Analyst at AWS where you'll drive business impact by diving deep into data and partnering with business to help them make the best financial decision. You'll partner with business leaders to uncover insights that change the trajectory of AWS through process simplification and efficiency identification. In this role, you'll analyze complex datasets, deliver actionable recommendations, and implement mechanisms that enable the business to make data-driven decisions with immediate impact.

This position offers an exciting opportunity to make a broad impact in a fast-paced environment where your analytical insights directly influence business outcomes. The ideal candidate thrives on transforming complex data into clear business insights and has a passion for process improvement and optimization.

Key job responsibilities
- Dive deep into data across AWS to identify opportunities for optimizations, providing actionable insights that directly impact business performance
- Develop and maintain financial models and reporting that incorporate value and investment levers, supporting senior leadership in making informed decisions
- Proactively identify process improvement opportunities, implementing solutions that enhance efficiency and accuracy in financial reporting
- Partner with business leaders to translate complex data analysis into clear, actionable recommendations that drive measurable business outcomes
- Build and maintain financial tools, standard operating procedures, and process documentation to facilitate knowledge sharing and scale benefits across the organization

A day in the life
Your typical day involves diving deep into complex datasets to uncover insights about Containers and Serverless Finance. You'll collaborate with business leaders to identify efficiency opportunities, analyzing trends and developing recommendations to optimize resource allocation. You'll participate in cross-functional meetings to present your findings, work on building or enhancing financial models, and partner with stakeholders to implement solutions that drive immediate business impact.

About the team
We are a dedicated team of finance analysts who believe in being greater than the sum of our parts. Our mission is to business partner that can help business partners make the right finance decisions. We focus on making broad, immediate impacts on the business through data-driven insights and recommendations. We value collaboration, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to transform complex data into actionable business strategies that drive meaningful results.

Basic qualifications

- 3+ 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 3+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) experience
- 3+ years of contributing to cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy experience
- 3+ years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy 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)

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Seattle - 82,700.00 - 117,100.00 USD annually

How we rate this

Senior Financial Analyst, AWS Containers and Serverless Finance at Amazon rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

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Key facts

Senior Financial Analyst, AWS Containers and Serverless Finance is an open job at Amazon.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The listed salary is $83k-$117k a year.
The role is based in US, WA, Seattle.
The job was posted on August 18, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by Amazon. Apply on Amazon

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Pay

This job starts at: $83k
Typical finance job: $105k

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