What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr Financial Analyst, AWS Public Sector Sales Finance position at Amazon?
DESCRIPTION
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!
In this role, you’ll be at the center of driving AWS’s sales strategy, partnering directly with the US State & Local Government (SLG)/ Education (EDU) teams to manage, optimize, and transform the investment portfolio. You’ll collaborate with senior Sales, Operations, and Finance leaders to build financial plans, analyze large-scale investment opportunities, develop new go-to-market strategies, and identify opportunities for business growth. You will play key roles in both running the day-to-day business and helping drive strategic growth for the future.
Key job responsibilities
• Serve as a key finance partner to the US State & Local Government (SLG)/ Education (EDU) teams, collaborating across executive leadership to analyze inputs and outputs, assess business performance, and optimize asset allocation.
• Develop and evolve complex financial models that analyze program- and portfolio-level revenue, profit, and ROI impacts.
• Build rhythm of the business processes that deliver ongoing insights and support day-to-day decision making.
• Engage and influence across the AWS Sales, Finance, and Operations hierarchy, collaborating with stakeholders to optimize our customer’s experience, achieve common goals, and monitor risks.
• Monitor compliance with controls and systems, and develop new processes and controls as needed to support internal and external financial reporting requirements.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3 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)
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 4 years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
- MBA, or CPA
- Knowledge of Tableau
- 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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