Senior Financial Analyst, AWS Analytics Services

Saved job description

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.

In AWS Finance, you will work with exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people who believe financial partnership is critical to customer success. We benefit from diverse experiences and perspectives and are committed to inclusion as a business advantage and the right thing to do. The growth of AWS and scope of Amazon’s business create opportunities to grow your career and broaden experience in any direction you choose. As a pioneer in cloud services, AWS lets you apply data, creativity, and analytical ability to completely new challenges and opportunities. This is a chance to work hard, have fun, and make history.

AWS Analytics Services Finance seeks a world class Senior Financial Analyst to be part of the growth journey for this portfolio of services. This role drives financial analyses to support decisions related to private pricing negotiations and public pricing initiatives. You will also contribute to improvement of Service P&L through deep financial analysis into pricing, usage patterns and cost improvements. To influence business strategy, you will work with the GM of the business and provide insightful analysis.

Key job responsibilities

- Run private deal evaluation models and help Sales and Deal Desk business leaders to make pricing decisions with AWS customers.

- Developing short and long range demand and revenue forecasts.

- Providing customer analytical insights by looking at customer heuristic patterns and make recommendations to pricing negotiations/improving service growth.

- Taking the lead in financial planning and analysis; building complex financial models and analytical tools to measure overall financial performance against goals.

Requirements: - 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), or Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) experience

- 3+ years of contributing to cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy experience

- 3+ years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience