Senior Finance Manager

Microsoft Investment Optimization (MSIO) finance team is an exciting and fast-evolving team at the forefront of Microsoft’s Cloud-first strategy. This Senior Finance Manager role is at the center of the reinvention and innovation of our engineering resource allocation opportunity, with partnership with executive finance leaders and impacting company-wide decisions.

The MSIO Central FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis) team drives insights by acting as an independent lens that offers its own analysis and observations, creates clarity by driving Rhythms of Business (ROB) transparency, facilitating, and leading Close, Forecast, and quarterly review processes, and protect by ensuring compliance across the MSIO team. We are looking for a  Senior Finance Manager to join our team.

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

• Financial Modeling & Analysis: Create/manage end to end financial modeling to support consolidated Planning activities, and monthly analysis of specific costs on the P&L, KPI process, and Long Range Plan (LRP) central modeling.
• Financial Reporting: Drive insightful monthly financial reporting & analysis through preparation of key deliverables for monthly Close, Planning (Forecast, Target, Budget, etc.) within organizational and corporate timelines.
• Rhythms of Business: Drive ROB with Finance teams for Forecasting, LRP, Target Setting, Budgeting and Close.
• Thought Leadership: Display thought leadership by driving continuously improving financial processes and insightfulness of information presented.
• Embody our Culture and 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

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• Proficient technical skills (Excel, Power BI and SQL)
• 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.
• Communication & presentation skills. Can easily present complex financial issues to non-finance executives.
• Interpersonal and cross group collaboration skills. Ability to drive simplicity within a complex and matrix environment

Financial Analysis IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $94,600 - $183,800 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 $122,000 - $200,500 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 August 26, 2024.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran