Senior Finance Manager, AWS Sustainability Finance

The Sustainability Finance team is seeking a Senior Finance Manager to lead financial strategy and controllership for Amazons Carbon Neutralization program. This role partners directly with business teams to define investment strategy build financial models to evaluate carbon neutralization pathways drive free cash flow optimization and develop scalable frameworks for capital allocation decisions across a rapidly evolving carbon marketplace. This work is central to Amazons Climate Pledge making it a high-visibility high-impact opportunity at the intersection of finance and sustainability.

This role operates in a rapidly evolving market segment and requires strong financial controllership to evaluate complex tradeoffs and facilitate stakeholder alignment on critical investment decisions. The ideal candidate is a versatile leader who proactively expands beyond core responsibilities navigates ambiguity and delivers measurable business results. They must stay current on carbon market trends and regulatory developments and be effective at partnering with senior business leaders to translate sustainability goals into financial outcomes.
The Senior Finance Manager must be a skilled communicator who drives strategy through both formal and informal channels with a proven track record of influencing senior executives and delivering results across geographically dispersed cross-functional teams. They will serve as a trusted financial advisor consistently meeting commitments while enabling business partners to achieve their objectives.

The Senior Finance Manager will also bring experience in designing and implementing financial policies controls and processes that safeguard the integrity of Amazons financial reporting while driving organizational efficiency and scalability.

Key job responsibilities
-Own financial model for neutralization pathway evaluation
-Manages end-to-end P&L and reporting on business performance including building long-range financial forecasts that integrate plan data with actuals to track progress against commitments
-Partner with Sustainability Science Policy and Operations teams to define and pressure-test strategy through rigorous financial analysis
-Lead monthly and quarterly business reviews with VP stakeholders providing clear narratives on financial performance risks and opportunities
-Design and maintain controllership mechanisms for carbon marketplace transactions
-Develop scalable capital allocation frameworks to evaluate and prioritize investment decisions
-Drive free cash flow optimization by identifying cost efficiencies and improving financial processes
-Design and enforce financial policies and controls that protect the integrity of Amazons financial records and increase organizational efficiency

- 12 years of tax finance or a related analytical field experience
- 10 years of positions that require analysis and reporting financial results experience
- 8 years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
- 8 years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience
- 8 years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
- 5 years of hiring leading and developing teams experience
- Bachelors degree in finance accounting or related field

- 8 years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
- 8 years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience
- 8 years of mentoring junior finance and/or business team members experience
- 5 years of working with senior staff (e.g. c-suite) experience
- MBA or CPA

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at MA Boston - 153000.00 - 207000.00 USD annually
USA VA Arlington - 153000.00 - 207000.00 USD annually
USA WA Seattle - 153000.00 - 207000.00 USD annually

Required Experience:

Manager