Amazon.com Services LLC - 3.5
Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
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 with a focus on the public sector.
The successful candidate will have strong analytical and communication skills, with an ability to build and articulate financial results and analytical insights to senior business and finance leaders. You will be familiar with managing finances for government funded programs, including compliance with government accounting standards. You will be familiar with Earned Value metrics (EVM) and management. You will be entrepreneurial by nature, analytical in approach, have a demonstrated ability to develop financial models that provide intelligence for business decisions and be able to leverage your project management skills to drive business objectives. This role requires a self-starter with superb business modeling skills, a keen attention to detail, ability to work in a fast-paced environment and a track record of being an advisor to the business.
Key job responsibilities
Build Cost Estimates and supporting analysis for Government customers
Develop, implement and report key financial and operating metrics and performance indicators to measure overall business performance, help develop the financials associated with internal and external review meetings and provide insights to finance and business leadership
Manage, prepare, administer, and direct the control of the budget for large, complex programs
Perform analyses and reports in order to ensure that contracts are within negotiated and agreed-upon parameters and government cost control guidelines
Create, implement and monitor internal controls in conjunction with corporate policies to ensure reporting integrity, the safeguarding of company assets and the identification and management of financial risks
Develop financial models for new business concepts and resulting financial impact to help drive data driven decision making including long range financial plans
Direct experience in Government contracting to include working with Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) and Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)
Ability to ensure compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and internal estimating requirements (Specifically FAR 15.408, Table 15-2), Defense Finance Accounting Service (DFAS), and United States Government Cost Accounting Standards (CAS)
Security Clearance: While not required, it is preferred candidates have an active US Government security clearance of TS/SCI (with polygraph preferred) and be able to maintain a TS/SCI security clearance
Strengths in attention to detail, project management and the ability to successfully manage multiple projects simultaneously in an ambiguous environment
MBA/CMA or equivalent is helpful, but not required
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