Senior Finance Manager, Worldwide Small & Medium Enterprise & Channel

The Senior Finance Manager, Worldwide Small & Medium Enterprise & Channel (WW SME&C) determines operating revenue and expenses and conducts variance analyses. Identifies causes and recommendations. Assists in the execution of annual business planning and forecasting process. Provides business leader support and actionable insights during financial close periods. Contributes to new and unconventional methods and approaches to data collection, analysis, interpretation, and financial models. Provides business insights and recommendations to peers and stakeholders to achieve financial goals. Applies advanced understanding of Microsoft Finance. Develops new approaches to leverage best-in-class technology. Integrates varied data sources and assimilates the information into a comprehensive, clear narrative. Develops and leverages relationships with business partners to bolster sales, and to understand and manage business risk. Manages accounting and financial compliance, including the collection of data, accurate record-keeping, and coordinating with local Finance, Regional, and Corporate teams to implement accounting and reporting processes and ensure compliance with local legislations and statutory requirements. Reviews, analyzes, and interprets financial and budgetary reports to ensure accuracy and support of internal controls.

• • Coordinate KPI measurement for SME&C Commercial Priorities, ensuring alignment across all stakeholders. Provide direct finance support to the Business Management team that prioritizes engineering requirements for SME&C, as well as business teams driving Commercial Priorities.
  • Serve as the primary finance partner for Marketing Excellence, delivering insights and support for top-of-funnel performance, driving reporting enhancements, and establishing financial targets and benchmarks.
  • Lead the end-to-end Budget process, including planning, SME&C budget landing and consolidation, restatements, and process governance, while collaborating closely with central and field teams, BSO, and WWIC.

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.   

Partnership

• • Develops new approaches to leverage best-in-class technology (e.g., Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Predictive Analytics etc.) to accomplish goals. Contributes to efforts to implement technology to increase productivity (e.g., report optimization) and to ensure accurate conclusions.
  • Integrates varied data sources and assimilates the information into a comprehensive, clear narrative. Communicates results in a compelling, timely, and understandable message through storytelling. Articulates understanding and awareness of business partner situations.
  • Develops and leverages relationships with business partners to bolster sales, and to understand and manage business risk. Designs and negotiates solutions to complex financial issues with business partners. Collects customer and partner feedback data and applies data analysis techniques to improve experience. Serves as an advocate for Microsoft and its partners. Manages balance between customer centricity, enablement of sales, and cost-effectiveness.
  • Provides business insights and recommendations to peers and stakeholders to achieve financial goals (e.g., resource allocation, cost optimization, revenue management, trends, and future requirements) and drive shareholder return. Collaborates with business leaders to define action plans for financial and business analysis findings. Manages and executes processes through engagement with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Applies advanced understanding of Microsoft Finance (e.g., financial systems, policies and procedures, key metrics, historical performance, reporting, and forecast requirements) and business (e.g., market dynamics, key metrics, Finance and Accounting reporting requirements, rules, and regulations; accounting, and control strategy) to multiple contexts and situations to evaluate results, financial models and forecasts, and to complete all filings and reporting. Develops and manages strategies to proactively mitigate, or reactively address, potential adverse effects of macroeconomic and/or geopolitical risks. Assesses potential impacts of changes.

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