diff --git a/iamy/aws.go b/iamy/aws.go
index 7305854..79ccdfb 100644
--- a/iamy/aws.go
+++ b/iamy/aws.go
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package iamy
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"regexp"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
@@ -194,10 +196,11 @@ func (a *AwsFetcher) marshalRoleDescriptionAsync(roleName string, target *string
 
 func (a *AwsFetcher) populateInstanceProfileData(resp *iam.ListInstanceProfilesOutput) error {
 	for _, profileResp := range resp.InstanceProfiles {
-		if cfnResourceRegexp.MatchString(*profileResp.InstanceProfileName) {
-			log.Printf("Skipping CloudFormation generated instance profile %s", *profileResp.InstanceProfileName)
+		if ok, err := isSkippableManagedResource(*profileResp.InstanceProfileName); ok {
+			log.Printf(err)
 			continue
 		}
+
 		profile := InstanceProfile{iamService: iamService{
 			Name: *profileResp.InstanceProfileName,
 			Path: *profileResp.Path,
@@ -213,8 +216,8 @@ func (a *AwsFetcher) populateInstanceProfileData(resp *iam.ListInstanceProfilesO
 
 func (a *AwsFetcher) populateIamData(resp *iam.GetAccountAuthorizationDetailsOutput) error {
 	for _, userResp := range resp.UserDetailList {
-		if cfnResourceRegexp.MatchString(*userResp.UserName) {
-			log.Printf("Skipping CloudFormation generated user %s", *userResp.UserName)
+		if ok, err := isSkippableManagedResource(*userResp.UserName); ok {
+			log.Printf(err)
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -243,8 +246,8 @@ func (a *AwsFetcher) populateIamData(resp *iam.GetAccountAuthorizationDetailsOut
 	}
 
 	for _, groupResp := range resp.GroupDetailList {
-		if cfnResourceRegexp.MatchString(*groupResp.GroupName) {
-			log.Printf("Skipping CloudFormation generated group %s", *groupResp.GroupName)
+		if ok, err := isSkippableManagedResource(*groupResp.GroupName); ok {
+			log.Printf(err)
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -264,8 +267,8 @@ func (a *AwsFetcher) populateIamData(resp *iam.GetAccountAuthorizationDetailsOut
 	}
 
 	for _, roleResp := range resp.RoleDetailList {
-		if cfnResourceRegexp.MatchString(*roleResp.RoleName) {
-			log.Printf("Skipping CloudFormation generated role %s", *roleResp.RoleName)
+		if ok, err := isSkippableManagedResource(*roleResp.RoleName); ok {
+			log.Printf(err)
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -294,8 +297,8 @@ func (a *AwsFetcher) populateIamData(resp *iam.GetAccountAuthorizationDetailsOut
 	}
 
 	for _, policyResp := range resp.Policies {
-		if cfnResourceRegexp.MatchString(*policyResp.PolicyName) {
-			log.Printf("Skipping CloudFormation generated policy %s", *policyResp.PolicyName)
+		if ok, err := isSkippableManagedResource(*policyResp.PolicyName); ok {
+			log.Printf(err)
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -379,3 +382,22 @@ func (a *AwsFetcher) getAccount() (*Account, error) {
 
 	return &acct, nil
 }
+
+// isSkippableResource takes the resource identifier as a string and
+// checks it against known resources that we shouldn't need to manage as
+// it will already be managed by another process (such as Cloudformation
+// roles).
+//
+// Returns a boolean of whether it can be skipped and a string of the
+// reasoning why it was skipped.
+func isSkippableManagedResource(resourceIdentifier string) (bool, string) {
+	if cfnResourceRegexp.MatchString(resourceIdentifier) {
+		return true, fmt.Sprintf("CloudFormation generated resource %s", resourceIdentifier)
+	}
+
+	if strings.Contains(resourceIdentifier, "AWSServiceRole") || strings.Contains(resourceIdentifier, "aws-service-role") {
+		return true, fmt.Sprintf("AWS Service role generated resource %s", resourceIdentifier)
+	}
+
+	return false, ""
+}
diff --git a/iamy/aws_test.go b/iamy/aws_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62e27c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iamy/aws_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package iamy
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestIsSkippableManagedResource(t *testing.T) {
+	skippables := []string{
+		"myalias-123/iam/role/aws-service-role/spot.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForEC2Spot.yaml",
+		"AWSServiceRoleTest",
+		"my-example-role-ABCDEFGH1234567",
+	}
+
+	nonSkippables := []string{
+		"myalias-123/iam/user/foo/billy.blogs.yaml",
+		"myalias-123/s3/my-bucket.yaml",
+		"myalias-123/iam/instance-profile/example.yaml",
+	}
+
+	for _, name := range skippables {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+
+			skipped, err := isSkippableManagedResource(name)
+			if skipped == false {
+				t.Errorf("expected %s to be skipped but got false", name)
+			}
+
+			if err == "" {
+				t.Errorf("expected %s to output an error message but it was empty", name)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+
+	for _, name := range nonSkippables {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+
+			skipped, err := isSkippableManagedResource(name)
+			if skipped == true {
+				t.Errorf("expected %s to not be skipped but got true", name)
+			}
+
+			if err != "" {
+				t.Errorf("expected %s to not output an error message but got: %s", name, err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}