Finance Manager, Project Kuiper

Amazon • Redmond, WA • 3h ago

Description

Are you ready to get in on the ground floor of Amazon's long-term initiative to design, launch and maintain a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites to provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world? It's Day 1 for Amazon's next billion dollar business and we are looking for an entrepreneurial minded Finance Manager to work in a start-up environment who is passionate about technology, who thinks/acts globally, and has the ability to create and implement solutions, processes and controls.

As a Finance Manager, you will be responsible for forecasting, analyzing, and reporting all AWS and data storage, data transmission, and other infrastructure support needed by the Kuiper hardware, software engineering and operations teams. You will have strong infrastructure cloud computing knowledge, experience with Capex allocation and Opex cost assignment, and a high capacity to learn. You will partner with business leaders to develop operating plans including capital investment and funding needed to build a global infrastructure network.

Success in this role requires you to partner with and influence business owners, support thoughtful decision-making, and adapt to a rapidly-evolving environment. You will collaborate with all @types of stakeholders, from VPs and Directors to Program/Project Managers and other Finance Managers across multiple business units within Amazon. You are comfortable leading analysis projects with high ambiguity, creating a robust process to track and manage the spending needs, presenting to business owners, and can pivot between the defined financial rhythms and ad-hoc project analyses. You use judgment to prioritize high-priority work and projects that maximize results for key stakeholders, while helping to solve complex problems that affect company-wide decisions.

Key job responsibilities

Finance subject matter expert of Kuiper cloud computing consumption

Develop strong working relationships with AWS Infrastructure and Services teams, and Kuiper business partners

Work across Kuiper to identify, quantify and forecast AWS usage (IMR) and Kuiper specific AWS infrastructure costs (Capex) that support Kuiper on a global scale

Build complex financial models that estimate Kuiper cloud computing costs and requirements in support of negotiations with AWS and B2B prospective customers. Partner with key Kuiper business partners to assess and bring creative ideas to reduce cloud computing costs

Develop and implement metrics to monitor, report and evaluate forecasts and actual usage (AWS, external) and capex investments including recommendations to business leadership to drive efficiencies and spending improvements

Develop and deliver accurate Operating Plans and Guidance R&Os and bring creative ideas to drive out costs

Demonstrate an ability to manage competing priorities, work in an ambiguous business unit, and provide operations and investment guidance to the business partners based on data analysis

Uses active listening skills intuitively to communicate data (both written and verbal) in a clear, concise, and unambiguous manner. Adjusts style for various audiences to articulate complex finance issues clearly

Basic Qualifications

5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience

6+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses 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 engineering, statistics or business, or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of finance or a related analytical field experience

Experience building and managing financial models for business forecasting and problem solving

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

MBA, or CPA

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

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 Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $85,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $179,500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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