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Description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking an experienced finance leader to join its Public Sector Sales Finance team. This role will be the lead for the Education and State & Local Government businesses, and will work closely with business and finance stakeholders to support and drive these dynamic and fast-growing organizations. The candidate will be responsible for analyzing and forecasting top-line trends to monitor state of the business health, deep-diving variances to uncover operating insights, collaborating on strategic investment decisions to optimize financial returns, establishing/enhancing governance mechanisms, and driving planning and forecasting rhythms. Successful candidates will have a high degree of intellectual curiosity, a passion for uncovering insights to drive business outcomes at scale, the ability to influence senior stakeholders via strong written and verbal communication skills and the capacity to prioritize effectively while dealing with ambiguity.

Key job responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

• Collaborate with senior business stakeholders on revenue and strategy investment decisions that balance growth objectives with financial returns

• Invent and design scalable detailed reporting to monitor the business and financial health

• Deep dive drivers of monthly & quarterly variances in revenue & expense metrics and provide key insights to business stakeholders to inform operating strategies

• Own planning and forecasting for the business and influence business stakeholders to ensure initiatives and any get to green plans are aligned with broader organizational objectives

• Develop and implement governance mechanisms to protect AWS investments

• Perform ad-hoc analyses to help business leaders solve complex problems and understand financial implications

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

- MBA, or CPA

- 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

- 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

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

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

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

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

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.

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. 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.