Requirements
Experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results, or experience in 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 applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses, or experience in building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making
Experience using complex modeling and analysis to inform key business decisions
Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field
Experience in commercial finance business partnering or FP&A (at multinational organisation.)
(Desirable) MBA, or CPA
(Desirable) Knowledge of SQL/ETL
(Desirable) Experience in identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan
(Desirable) Experience in 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)
(Desirable) 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)
What the job involves
This Finance Manager role sits within the Data Center Global Services Finance team in Dublin, supporting the full lifecycle of AWS's data centre capacity — from procurement and supply chain through to construction and design engineering
You’ll provide end-to-end financial analysis that directly informs how AWS builds and scales its global infrastructure, partnering with operations, business development, and engineering leaders to drive cost efficiency and cash flow across a multi‑billion dollar portfolio of programmes
The Data Center Global Services team is responsible for designing and delivering data centre capacity worldwide. In this role, you’ll act as a key finance partner to AWS senior management — producing financial planning, forecasting, and performance reporting on a weekly, monthly, and annual cadence
Your analysis will feed directly into decisions on where and how AWS invests in new infrastructure, identifying cost savings through vendor benchmarking, procurement strategy, and cross‑locale comparison
You’ll build and implement long‑term forecasting models, lead financial reviews, and work across finance, construction, IT, and design teams on cost reduction, automation, and process improvement initiatives
This is a role with clear line of sight between your output and the strategic direction of one of the fastest‑growing areas of AWS
At Amazon, we believe that in‑person collaboration is essential to our culture and innovation
While we allow flexibility for personal circumstances, we generally expect employees to work from our offices five days a week
This approach has consistently shown that spontaneous interactions, rapid problem‑solving, and the energy of in‑person teamwork lead to better results for our customers
In particular, our data shows that teams working together in person are more effective at making complex decisions, onboarding new team members, and fostering the kind of creative collaboration that has driven Amazon’s success
The serendipitous hallway conversations and impromptu whiteboarding sessions that happen naturally in an office environment have proven invaluable to our invention process and maintaining our high bar for excellence
Serve as the key business partner working directly with AWS senior management and other internal stakeholders to provide financial recommendations
Drive cost savings by identifying opportunities and benchmarking across vendors and locales
Manage the financial planning and analysis effort and forecast various metrics for financial risks and opportunities
Report on the financial performance and lead in the preparation of weekly, monthly and annual financial reviews
Develop ad hoc business analysis and present recommendations to AWS senior management
Monitoring compliance with controls and systems, and developing new processes and controls to support the fast‑growing, global AWS business
Partner with Procurement, supply chain and project management teams to drive costs out through negotiations and strategy
Implement long‑term forecasting models
Work across teams on cost savings projects, automation and improvement initiatives with finance, construction, IT and design; Conduct regular face to face and virtual meetings in the region to support business partners and drive further efficiencies
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