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Come join Amazon Web Services Finance!
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of enterprise, government and start-up business and organizations in over 190 countries around the world. Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services officially began offering developer customers access to web services – now widely known as cloud computing – based on Amazon’s own back-end technology platform.
AWS Industries seeks a world class Finance Manager to provide end-to-end financial support to one of our fastest growing business units, working with some of AWS’ largest and most complex accounts. The successful candidate will help drive the growth of the organization by providing financial stewardship and analytical insights into key financial and operational performance metrics. They will be a strategic partner to the business and assist in evaluating operational processes, business opportunities, and support planning / forecasting.
The successful candidate will develop/refine models and metrics packages, in addition to handling day-to-day activities such as forecasting/planning and projects. You will leverage your educational and applied work experience to help streamline planning/reporting, as well as identify improvement and prioritization opportunities within these business areas. You will also manage appropriate month-end close processes, risk and opportunity guidance and facilitate financial review meetings with the various business groups. You will also be responsible for building and developing the tools and instrumentation necessary to address business opportunities, push manual processes automation, continuously improve internal controls, and drive relationship building across AWS. This person must have a passion for detail and the ability to dive deep into the foundational building blocks of the AWS Business Development and Strategic Industries organization.


Key job responsibilities
Drive modeling and forecasting for all teams within the organization
Manage month-end close processes and reporting for Key Metrics across the business units
Possess the passion and demonstrated skills for developing relationships, processes and continuous improvement
Provide leadership, guidance and implementation on driving process improvement