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Principal Financial Analyst

Mountain View, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 16 Apr 2025

💰 $212,000/yr($114,000/yr – $212,000/yr)

About the role

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We exist to wow our customers. We know we’re doing the right thing when we hear our customers say, “How did I ever live without Coupang?” Born out of an obsession to make shopping, eating, and living easier than ever, we’re collectively disrupting the multi-billion-dollar commerce industry from the ground up. We are one of the fastest-growing retail companies that established an unparalleled reputation for being a leading and reliable force in South Korean commerce.

We are proud to have the best of both worlds — a startup culture with the resources of a large global public company. This fuels us to continue our growth and launch new services at the speed we have been since our inception. We are all entrepreneurial, surrounded by opportunities to drive new initiatives and innovations. At our core, we are bold and ambitious people that like to get our hands dirty and make a hands-on impact. At Coupang, you will see yourself, your colleagues, your team, and the company grow every day.

Our mission to build the future of commerce is real. We push the boundaries of what’s possible to solve problems and break traditional tradeoffs. Join Coupang now to create an epic experience in this always-on, high-tech, and hyper-connected world.

Job Description

As a key partner working closely with Engineering/Product, Finance & Procurement leaders, this role will work to execute a variety of workstreams aimed at improving Coupang’s AWS cloud visibility & cost efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

Reporting & Analysis:

Provide strategic finance support on cloud related projects & initiatives across Coupang’s engineering departments, such as ROI analysis, TCO analysis, Buy vs. Build & implementation break even analysis
Manage ongoing cloud and & datacenter spending, identify and partner with stakeholders for efficiency improvement
Lead AWS Key performance indicator tracking initiatives, monitoring AWS spend to key business metrics performance

Operational:

Reviewing cloud capacity request from engineering and providing cloud cost optimization recommendations where applicable
Support company reserved instance strategy, routinely monitoring RI coverage and supporting RI purchase origination process to optimize RI savings
Partner with Tech teams to drive company resource CPU and Memory utilization improvement
Leveraging Coupang AWS cost data to do benchmarking analysis—identifying outlier services that require provision revisiting
Build data driven insights that help shape and champion company wide cloud governance policy

Experience

8+ years of experience in financial planning and analysis in a fast-paced technology-oriented organization.
Experience with SQL queries, Tableau & organizing large datasets
Experience leading and developing financial models, creating new financial processes, models and tools.
Excellent communication skills and ability to partner with non-financial leaders in technology. Ability to articulate complex cloud & financial topics clearly.
Strong MS-Office skills (Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint) and experience with SAP.
Preferred 2+ years experience with at least 1 public cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP) with working knowledge of cloud technology & cloud cost drivers

Pay & Benefits

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. At Coupang, your base pay is one part of your total compensation.

The base pay for this position ranges from $114,000/year in our lowest geographic market to $212,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on several factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

General Description of All Benefits