AmazonSenior Financial Analyst, AWS Regions Finance
Amazon is hiring a Senior Financial Analyst, AWS Regions Finance in Arlington, United States. It pays $67k-$117k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.
Level's read on this job
- On Level's scale, this finance role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
- The posting mentions financial modeling, capex planning and strategic planning among its tools and skills.
- Level classes it as a senior role.
- Amazon has 20,000+ other open roles on Level.
- Posted within the past two weeks.
AI in this role
Drive strategic financial planning, CAPEX modeling, and P&L analysis for AWS infrastructure with occasional exposure to GenAI capacity planning trends.
Your strong problem-solving skills and leadership communication will be essential as you partner with senior leadership to develop financial frameworks that enable data-driven decision making. You'll analyze complex data sets, identify strategic opportunities, and provide valuable insights that shape the direction of the business. This role is ideal for a finance professional looking to develop into a general finance manager with significant business impact.
Key job responsibilities
- Own financial reporting for AWS Public Sector infrastructure, developing analyses and narratives that support operational and growth business decisions with senior leadership
- Build and maintain comprehensive financial models to support CAPEX analysis to drive strategic long-term value
- Communicate frequently and effectively with business leaders, using timely and accurate financials to help make business decisions
- Independently align financial and operational analyses with business partners, challenging assumptions when necessary and providing recommendations that influence data-driven decision making.
- Identify opportunities and implement large-scale financial solutions to proactively resolve finance issues, improve scalability, and simplify finance tools and processes across teams.
- Dive deep to ensure reporting accuracy and compliance with internal and external policies while promoting strong controllership principles.
A day in the life
In this dynamic role, you'll find yourself tackling strategic financial problems that directly impact business performance. Rather than following a routine, you'll prioritize what's most important each day—whether that's developing financial models for new initiatives, collaborating with leadership on investment decisions, or analyzing P&L components to identify optimization opportunities. You'll leverage data to influence cross-functional partners and present financial insights that drive meaningful business outcomes.
Basic qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, tax, economics, or a related analytical field
- 4+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
- 3+ years of finance, accounting, or related analytical field experience
- 4+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
- 4+ 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
- Can meet export control requirements by being a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum
- Due to the nature of work performed, this position requires that the selected candidate be able to obtain a Security Clearance and thus be a U.S. citizen.
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
- 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, VA, Arlington - 66,900.00 - 117,100.00 USD annually
How we rate this
Senior Financial Analyst, AWS Regions Finance at Amazon rates 10 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.
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
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