Senior Finance Manager - Microsoft Corporation
Redmond, WA 98073
About the Job
Empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. That's what inspires us, drives our work and pushes us to challenge the status quo every day. Through our Cloud-first strategy, we strive to deliver solutions that are optimized for the world and enable customers to drive their business more successfully. The Margin Strategy and Investment Optimization (MSIO) finance team is an exciting and fast-evolving finance team at the forefront of Microsoft's Cloud-first strategy. We are looking for a talented and motivated individual to help shape the future of our cloud products.
Join the MSIO E+D (Experiences & Devices) Investment Optimization & Enablement (IOE) Finance team as a Senior Finance Manager partnering closely with Devices engineering leaders and teams across Finance to optimize resources and investments. This role requires a mix of analytical skills and process excellence capabilities to provide deep business insights and guide financial decision making & execution. A successful candidate has executive presence, is comfortable with ambiguity, can work across organizational boundaries, and effectively communicates to influence and drive operating leverage for Microsoft.
Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
**Responsibilities**
This role supports the Windows and Devices engineering team within E+D (Experiences and Devices) and works closely with the Engineering groups as well as the central E+D Investment Optimization & Enablement Finance teams.
+ **Business and Finance Partnership:** Provide leadership to the business and other Finance teams with respect to financial management, resource prioritization and allocation. Ensure technology investments are aligned to key priorities and recommend opportunities to re-allocate and re-deploy resources. Drive analytical and conceptual thinking with these partners that extends beyond the numbers into strategy.
+ **Long Range Planning:** Responsible for partnering with other finance teams to do return on investment analysis on new initiatives and long range planning. Communicate required deliverables clearly and facilitate reviews with senior leaders in a timely manner.
+ **Process Improvement:** Own refining the non-people management process with business and apply learnings for better accuracy in forecasting and influencing the decision making related to non-people investment decisions by Business.
+ **Decision Support:** Apply strategic thinking to maximize Engineering investments and ensure investments are aligned to key priorities. Proactively recommend opportunities to re-allocate and re-deploy resources. Clearly communicate recommendations and scenario analysis to finance and business leaders.
+ **Financial Analysis:** Take a macro-level view to analyzing results to understand performance against plan/forecast. Monitor trends and key levers, such as headcount and vendor investment against plan/forecast assumptions. Actively communicate across multiple stakeholders to ensure successful end to end understanding of portfolios, processes and planning.
+ Embody our culture (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/culture) and values (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values)
**Qualifications**
**Required/Minimum Qualifications**
+ Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 4+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field
+ OR Master's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 2+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field
+ OR equivalent experience.
**Preferred Qualifications**
+ Technical skills (excellent Excel skills required, Power BI and SQL skills preferred)
+ Demonstrated experience in developing complex financial models, excellent quantitative analysis and forecasting skills
+ Ability to influence and impact without authority, operate in ambiguity, and solve difficult problems, combined with the ability to prioritize and function well in a dynamic and matrixed environment
+ Able to present complex financial issues to non-finance executives
Financial Analysis IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $91,800 - $178,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $117,900 - $195,000 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until May 16, 2024.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .
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