Senior Finance Analysts, AWS EMEA Data Center Finance team

Overview

Senior Finance Analysts, AWS EMEA Data Center Finance teamJob ID: 3070996 | Amazon Data Services UK LimitedResponsibilities

Serve as part of the regional leadership team responsible for delivering high quality and robust decisions with favorable business outcomes.Become subject matter expert for data center development and construction including cost drivers, pertinent technology, vendors, customers served, and regional nuances.Establish annual/monthly performance targets, analyze variances to plan, and communicate key messages to senior leadership.Pinpoint defects or waste in processes, and drive new processes and automation to eliminate the defects and prevent them from recurring.Identify and lead cost savings initiatives.Data center capital expenditure approvals.Support forecasting and month end activities across the team and specific regions.Identify opportunities to improve on the tools and processes to support finance team and our business partners.A day in the life

Reviewing business development proposals and converting deal requirements into financial models, to help reviewing its performance vs benchmarks and vs goals. Be able to dive deep into deal specifics to help business identify commercial opportunities to reduce overall cost of deployment and better use of AWS assets. Learn, understand and challenge design decisions and seek best in class financial support for our business partners to determine design plans for upcoming project.About the team

Our team is a high impact finance unit which supports EMEA leaders in delivering lowest cost of data center capacity for our customers. We help business to make the best decisions for our customers and to never constrain our business to serve our clients.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 fieldExperience in accounts receivable or account payableExperience applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analysesExperience in creating process improvements with automation and analysisExperience in identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processesExperience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligenceExperience as a lean sensei, or experience working as a Quality Assurance EngineerPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

MBA, or CPAKnowledge of TableauExperience participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable resultsExperience 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)Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page ) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting ..... full job details .....