Senior Finance Manager - MCAPS Central Revenue Reporting

Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions (MCAPS) Finance team is hiring a Senior Finance Manager - MCAPS Central Revenue Reporting to lead Central Revenue Reporting efforts at Reporting and Tools Team in MCAPS Core Central FP&A through key MCAPS Finance Rhythm of Businesses (e.g. close, outlook/forecast, planning)

The Senior Finance Manager - MCAPS Central Revenue Reporting will closely partner with FD&E (Finance Data and Experience) team to ensure MCAPS Finance Reporting Infrastructure is well maintained to meet MCAPS reporting needs, and work with various MCAPS finance teams including FI (Field Insights) Finance team, Regional/Area finance teams, etc. to share financial insights through standard reporting packs (e.g. One MCAPS Close/Forecast Pack) to support key MCAPS Finance Rhythm of Businesses. The Senior Finance Manager - MCAPS Central Revenue Reporting will have finance subject matter expertise to understand complex financial data and transform the data into meaningful information driving actionable insights out of it. The Senior Finance Manager - MCAPS Central Revenue Reporting will also be involdved in:

Core Finance Finance Rhythm of Businesses Reporting

• Collaborate with FD&E team to ensure FD&E managed solutions are well maintained to address the reporting needs of various MCAPS finance teams
• One MCAPS Reporting Packs for Close, Forecast, and Planning/Budget
• APR (Area Performance Review) Reporting Support
• Outlook process and reporting
• Revenue Custom Hierarchy Governance

Revenue Reporting Centralization

• Lead MCAPS HQ Reporting Centralization Project leveraging RAS (Reporting Analytics Support) resources
• Management of RAS resources creating clear RAS support model including continuous training and upskilling of the resources

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Responsibilities

Prioritize

• Performs analysis and research of present and future financial performance, financial plans (e.g., expected returns, resource allocation, pricing, investment opportunities), and economic transactions (e.g., customer deals, commercial partnerships, acquisitions).
• Assists in the execution of annual business planning and forecasting process.
• Completes analysis, modeling, and research to support preliminary and adjusted forecast cycles.
• Partners and solicits insight from business and commercial stakeholders.
• Provides business leader support and actionable insights during financial close periods. Reviews recurring financial reporting and presentations.
• Identifies trends, and formulates action plans. Determines financial results (e.g., revenue, profitability, OPEX) and conducts variance analyses.
• Identifies variance causes and solutions.
• Collaborates to ensure execution of plans and accountability for results.

Partnership

• Provides business insights and recommendations to peers and stakeholders to achieve revenue and profitability goals and drive shareholder return, including: resource allocation, cost optimization, revenue generation, trends, and future requirements.
• Manages and executes processes through engagement with internal and external stakeholders.
• Collaborates with business leaders to define action plans for financial and business analysis findings.
• Applies advanced understanding of Microsoft Finance and business (e.g., monetization strategy, market, key drivers, revenue channels, advanced technology, and business partner work context) to multiple situations to evaluate results and analysis.
• Develops and manages strategies to proactively mitigate, or reactively address, potential adverse effects of macroeconomic and/or geopolitical risks.
• Maintains working knowledge of Microsoft financial systems, policies, and processes to evaluate potential impacts of changes, and drives improvements in efficiency and accuracy.
• Contributes to new and unconventional methods and approaches to data collection, analysis, interpretation, and financial