Finance Manager, Elastic-Block-Store

Finance Manager

Elastic-Block-Store (EBS) is one of AWS's foundational services. It provides scalable, high-performance block storage resources that can be used with Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances to support customer workloads and the ability to create and manage data retention policies via other services like AWS Backup and Snapshots. As a foundational service, EBS is used directly by external customers and indirectly as a key building block for more than 200 other internal AWS Services and Amazon.

AWS Compute Services finance is seeking a Finance Manager to support strategic new product / feature launches, product and private pricing processes. This involves partnering with service GMs and engineering directors to provide data driven analysis, strategic decision support, financial planning, and enhanced controllership.

The successful candidate will be able to communicate effectively with senior leaders and help leaders look around corners to identify risks and opportunities to growth and profitability. The candidate should be able to manage multiple and time sensitive deliverables across multiple functions that will require the ability to build strong business acumen and build strong business partnerships with stakeholders across multiple organizations.

Key job responsibilities

Manage all short and long-term financial objectives for the portfolio, supporting high-leadership team with finance KPIs and operational analytics

Drive the business to develop challenging goals, business strategy, and financial plans; and working with senior leadership team to deliver against these plans

Influencing the services product / feature roadmaps through business case analysis and strategic pricing modeling

Identify opportunities to improve our costs by finding and supporting engineering efficiencies and free-cash-flow opportunities

Perform ad-hoc analysis as needed and present findings to senior management.

A day in the life

Work closely with Product and Engineering leaders to monitor business health and growth; evaluating the success of GTM strategies, recent product / feature launches, and understanding key customer pain points and use cases

Participate in PRFAQ and pricing reviews that will influence the service long-term growth potential, cutting through ambiguity and improving decision making

Monitor business performance for both top-line and bottom-line metrics, supporting the creation of data-driven WBRs and owning MFR / QFR narratives

Partner with engineering leaders to track efficiency metrics and align on roadmap prioritization to include improvements in cost-out initiatives

Basic Qualifications

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 (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) experience

Preferred Qualifications

6+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating / implementing an escalation plan experience

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) 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 delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results

Knowledge of SQL / ETL

6+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience

6+ years of building financial and operational reports / data sets that inform business decision-making experience

6+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience

6+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience

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

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $85,900 / year in our lowest geographic market up to $179,500 / 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.