Job Description

\xe2\x80\xa2 BA/BS in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics or similar degree CPA or MBA \xe2\x80\xa2 20+ years of successful experience in financial leadership and management with a strong background in finance, accounting and controllership. \xe2\x80\xa2 Understanding the day-to-day of working in a high-growth, fast-paced and complex B2B setting. \xe2\x80\xa2 Industry experience with software/technology companies.

Amazon is seeking a Vice President, Finance to support AIS. The leader in this role will oversee the organization that provides data driven analysis, strategic decision support, financial planning, and controllership to teams that plan and build data centers, design and source servers, and develop and sell our cloud services at massive scale to developers and businesses all over the world.

Key job responsibilities

• Manage all short and long-term strategic financial objectives of the business, supporting the executive team with key financial information and operational analytics, and driving a culture of accountability in managing the business.
• Drive the business to develop challenging goals, business plans and financial plans and work with the VPs of each business to deliver against these plans.
• Collaborate with the leadership team to develop and implement plans for the operational infrastructure of systems, processes, and people designed to accommodate the growth objectives of the organization.
• Lead the planning and analysis for the business including monthly, quarterly and ad hoc reviews.
• Work with the finance teams, accounting and internal audit to build a culture of integrity, controllership and auditing to find and correct areas of exposure.
• Motivate and lead a globally distributed, high-performing finance team using the Amazon Leadership Principles (LPs) as guideposts by developing and coaching existing teams and retaining top-tier talent, as well as driving external recruiting (MBAs, undergraduates, interns, and industry hires).
• Exhibit in words and action a passion for inclusion and diversity (I&D). Be not only an active participant, but a leader on Amazon\xe2\x80\x99s I&D initiatives.
  

About the team
We have the most functionality, the largest and most vibrant community of customers and partners, and the most proven operational and security expertise. AWS continually innovates and is equipped to support virtually any cloud workload. The business has more than 175 fully featured services, including compute, storage, databases, networking, analytics, robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), mobile, security, hybrid, virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR), media, application development, deployment, and management. In the past year alone, we have launched more than 2,000 new services and features. Millions of customers\xe2\x80\x94including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies\xe2\x80\x94are using AWS to lower costs, become more agile, and innovate faster.
\xe2\x80\xa2 Strong individual contributor and people manager. \xe2\x80\xa2 Must be experienced at delivering great results as an individual contributor as well as managing, motivating and setting goals and vision for a team. It is not sufficient for leaders at Amazon to simply direct and orchestrate the team at a high level. Leadership must be oriented towards managing the details of execution against a plan and rolling up one\xe2\x80\x99s sleeves to personally own and contribute to key deliverables. \xe2\x80\xa2 Strong attention to detail. The candidate has established a track record of close attention to managing the details of the products that they deploy as well as the contracts/terms with third parties. \xe2\x80\xa2 Builds great teams. Responsibility includes recruiting, developing and retaining a team of top performers. Great strategic and analytical thinking that results in solid business judgment. \xe2\x80\xa2 Amazon is heavily focused on constant innovation on behalf of the consumer. Developing and launching new products without the benefit of months/years of consumer testing and research is commonplace. As a result, effective leaders at Amazon are able to draw from their solid judgment and their consumer product experience to quickly and precisely formulate smart decisions and develop new products. Insists on excellence. \xe2\x80\xa2 The ideal candidate must be passionate about setting and maintaining high standards for themselves and their team members. Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.