Finance Manager, AWS Energy Finance Team

The AWS Infrastructure Finance team provides end-to-end financial support, driving AWS to be the lowest cost provider in Cloud computing and leader in customer experience. We are looking for a Finance Manager to join our Global Energy Deal Finance team which falls under the AWS Energy and Sustainability Finance team. The AWS Energy team is responsible for (1) Delivering Energy to AWS Data Centers, (2) Procuring Renewable Energy to support our 100% Renewable Energy goal, and (3) Developing our Sustainability and Carbon Strategy. This team provides critical support in the form of financial valuation, investment decisions, and driving the global portfolio strategy for Amazon’s Energy and Renewable Energy portfolio.

We are looking for a Finance Manager to support the end-to-end energy portfolio: energy deal valuation processes, financial planning and analysis (FP&A) reporting, energy opex and capex portfolio reporting, Month End Close processes, automation support, and more. Finance provides critical valuation support, thought leadership, financial acumen and controllership, and aids in critical decision making both at the deal and portfolio level. Our team owns the financial controllership processes and FP&A reporting and consolidation that scale with the portfolio’s growth. This includes utilities opex and energy market rate forecasting, new region energy rate forecast, and partnership with the stakeholder teams (business teams, accounting, and technical product teams). Our team has invested in automation functionality for month end close and financial planning process, and we continue integrating our tools and systems to allow for end-to-end automation of our portfolio reporting.

Key job responsibilities
In this role, you can expect to:
- Drive the energy market forecasting across global markets, supporting our AWS energy portfolio
- Present energy market rate quarterly forecast recommendations to Energy business partners and finance partners, developing a deep knowledge of the global energy market
- Report on the financial performance of our Energy Portfolio and assist the preparation of quarterly and annual reviews
- Partner with energy data vendors to source data for our Energy portfolio (Utilities OpEx)
- Complete Month End Close reporting for Utilities OpEx, including writing commentary on rate and volume variance drivers
- Complete Accruals for Utility OpEx based on actual energy market rates and invoiced amounts each month


About the team
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.

Amazon tops the 2018 Harris Poll for most reputable company, scoring first for Emotional Appeal, Products & Services, and Financial Performance, and top ten for Vision & Leadership and Workplace Environment. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the market leader in cloud infrastructure and services, supporting hundreds of thousands of customers of all sizes.

Basic Qualifications

- 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- 6+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience
- 6+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis 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

- 6+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience
- 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
- Knowledge of SQL/ETL
- 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
- MBA, or CPA
- 6+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience<