Senior Financial Analyst, AWS, Worldwide Professional Services

Description

Join the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Finance team and become part of a dynamic environment where innovation is at the forefront. AWS, one of Amazon’s fastest-growing ventures, operates globally, serving millions of customers across 190 countries. We are reshaping the landscape of enterprise IT consumption and empowering developers driving industry innovation.

We're seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to serve as a pivotal finance partner to the Professional Services business in EMEA.

The Ideal Candidate Will

• Demonstrate exceptional analytical skills, a commitment to accountability, and a focus on precision and accuracy.
• Possess written and verbal communication skills, particularly at senior levels, leveraging finance expertise and entrepreneurial mindset to drive decision-making and improve business management.
• Exhibit the intellectual agility to generate innovative ideas and analyses, coupled with a willingness to take on significant responsibilities and collaborate across functions for effective delivery.
  
  

Key job responsibilities

• Engaging closely with business and finance leaders to co-create business strategies, develop robust financial models, and derive actionable analytical insights.
• Spearheading the formulation and execution of the long-range strategic plan, annual plan, and quarterly forecast processes.
• Delivering regular, comprehensive financial reports to senior leadership, providing insights crucial for informed decision-making.
• Fostering a culture of thought leadership within the team to drive the business towards long-term profitability objectives.
• Championing process improvement, standardization, and scalable solutions as a thought leader, enhancing finance processes for heightened speed, agility, and insightful analysis.
• Facilitating seamless teamwork, communication, and collaboration across diverse teams, ensuring alignment towards shared goals.
• Upholding compliance with controls and systems while proactively implementing new processes as required to maintain optimal financial reporting standards.
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, statistics or business, or a Bachelor's degree and experience in quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance)
• Experience in tax, finance or a related analytical field
• Experience applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses
• Experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis
• Experience in identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes
• Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA, or CPA
• Knowledge of Tableau
• Experience participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results
• 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)
  
  

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Company - AWS EMEA SARL (UK Branch)

Job ID: A2869477