We are hiring a Finance Manager to lead the finance work for a high-growth, specialized data center operations portfolio within AWS Infrastructure Finance. The portfolio is expanding rapidly, the operational model is still maturing, and the finance processes underneath it are being built in real time. The right candidate will bring the rigor to get the numbers right and the judgment to shape how this space operates financially, building the analytical frameworks, establishing reliable processes, and creating the mechanisms that scale as the business evolves.
This role covers deep finance ownership across expense forecasting, planning, and reporting for a fast-growing segment of the data center business, spanning operating expenses, headcount-related investments, vendor spend, and other key cost categories. The portfolio includes work supporting customers with distinct security, compliance, and operational requirements.
The Finance Manager will partner with operations leaders and functional finance teams to build forecasts grounded in business activity, explain cost movements through leadership-ready narratives, and ensure portfolio impacts are accurately reflected across planning submissions, monthly reviews, and regional reporting. The role also owns the mechanisms underneath: input ownership, version control, recurring review cadences, standard definitions, and handoff processes to keep reporting consistent and controllership strong.
This is a strong fit for someone who builds clarity from complexity and is energized by operating in space that is still being defined. The portfolio has an established foundation and clear direction, with meaningful work ahead to build and mature the processes, frameworks, and standards that will carry it forward. The ideal candidate brings analytical rigor, sound judgment, the credibility to influence technical and operations leaders, and the initiative to build automation that improves forecast reliability over time.
Key job responsibilities
FINANCE OWNERSHIP AND BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP
- Serve as the primary finance business partner and thought leader for financial questions, scenario analysis, and planning support.
- Influence strategy, surface risks, and frame trade-offs before they escalate to leadership.
- Set and model standards for financial rigor, assumption documentation, and cross-functional communication.
FORECASTING, PLANNING AND REPORTING
- Own expense forecasting, planning, and reporting across operating expenses, headcount, vendor and contractor spend, and other key cost categories.
- Develop grounded forecasts with operations leaders and regional FP&A, ensuring portfolio impacts are reflected across planning submissions, monthly reviews, and leadership reporting.
- Deliver leadership-ready narratives explaining cost movements, forecast changes, and emerging risks.
FRAMEWORK AND MECHANISM BUILDING
- Build on the financial operating model for the portfolio, including cost frameworks, rate and volume drivers, and planning standards.
- Strengthen reporting mechanisms and ensure assumptions are traceable, consistent, and aligned across partner teams.
- Maintain the institutional knowledge base for resilience and auditability as the business scales.
ANALYTICAL EXCELLENCE AND AUTOMATION
- Identify and explain key cost drivers across labor, vendor, and other operating expense categories.
- Translate evolving operational inputs into financial impacts, options, and recommendations under ambiguity.
- Build scalable reporting and automation to reduce manual reconciliation and improve forecast reliability.
About the team
The AWS Data Center Operations Finance team partners with operational leaders to scale a rapidly growing infrastructure footprint while maintaining strong financial discipline. The environment is fast moving with distributed stakeholders, evolving inputs, and high expectations for reporting accuracy and leadership-ready narratives. The team focuses on building scalable mechanisms, improving transparency, and enabling timely decisions through clear financial insight. The Finance Manager owns the finance work for a specialized segment of the data center portfolio, partnering closely with operations leaders to build forecasting rigor, surface financial risks early, and develop the mechanisms that scale with a rapidly expanding business.
