3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
3+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
3+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience
Bachelor's degree in engineering, statistics or business, or Bachelor's degree
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
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)
Experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Additional Information
Join the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Finance team! We are looking for entrepreneurial, analytical, creative, flexible leaders to help us redefine the IT industry. If you want to join a fast-paced, innovative team responsible for optimizing the financial performance of a diverse business portfolio, this is the place for you!
The AWS Sales, Marketing & Services (SMGS) FP&A team is looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to work closely with senior finance management and key Accounting and Finance partners to drive financial planning, consolidation, and controllership for the SMGS organization. This role will serve as a main point of contact for month-end close and forecast cycles, coordinating deliverables across the SMGS organization to ensure accuracy and consistency. The position will support central forecasting for fleet usage and capex, while driving strategic insights that inform business decisions.
Key job responsibilities
- Serve as the primary point of contact for month-end close and forecast cycles, coordinating across SMGS teams to ensure timely and accurate deliverables
- Lead consolidation activities and central forecasting processes for the SMGS organization
- Drive fleet usage and capex forecasting, developing advanced financial models and analytical tools
- Build and scale fleet management and reporting capabilities, including development of dashboards and KPI tracking
- Perform ad-hoc analysis as needed and present findings to senior leadership
- Execute the overall financial planning process and coordinate forecast submissions
- Establish actionable, routine metrics reporting and analytics for SMGS Finance leaders
- Partner across finance and business teams to drive accuracy, consistency, and process improvements
The successful candidate will have experience in past roles influencing business owners and supporting decision-making in rapidly evolving environments. This role requires a self-starter with strong modeling skills, a keen attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple projects effectively. Strong communication and influence skills are essential, as this role requires regular interaction with various business units across Amazon to coordinate deliverables and drive alignment.
A day in the life
- In this role, you will coordinate month-end close and forecast cycles, working across multiple SMGS teams to consolidate financial results and ensure data accuracy and consistency.
- You will develop and enhance fleet management reporting capabilities, building dashboards and analytical tools that provide actionable insights to leadership.
- You will have visibility to senior SMGS Finance leadership and serve as a trusted partner for consolidation and central forecasting activities.
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