Group Finance Manager, Azure Solution Area

In Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions (MCAPS) Finance, we are driving shareholder value in 54 subsidiaries and 120 Sales locations and carry the local accountability for the financials, as well as statutory and compliance matters across all Microsoft commercial segments and products. 

We:

• Land the company vision around the transformation of our business and customer orientation in the subsidiaries and externally.
• Drive strategic resource allocation and investments through local insights, ensuring optimal returns aligned with our worldwide strategy. Key focus is on New Business and consumption with an industry and workload perspective.
• Build trust to lay the foundation of long-term growth from a customer and shareholder point of view in a compliant way.
• Empower and inspire our people to lead and be part of high performing impactful teams, while providing diverse career opportunities.
• Microsoft Americas is the largest of 3 regions of Microsoft Commercial Business audit, covering the US, Canada and LATAM (Latin America) and generates over 50% of Worldwide (WW) revenue.

As a Group Finance Manager, Azure Solution Area, you will partner with the business and finance to make strategic decisions through educating, driving, and implementing financial thinking around revenue today and business models for the future. Finance plays an integral part in developing growth strategies along with providing clarity to the sales team to drive tactical and financial/strategic execution of Microsoft’s business priorities.

At Microsoft, our mission—to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more—guides how we partner with customers to deliver trusted, impactful solutions. With a growth mindset culture, we innovate responsibly and measure success by shared progress—people, teams, and customers. Join us to do meaningful work that changes the world and helps shape what’s next for everyone.

Prioritize

• Support rhythm of the business across all the stakeholders with efficiency and effectiveness
• Drive understanding of business health through deep analytics and incorporating industry and customer level insights
• Provide actionable insights to the business to ensure execution of plans and accountability for results
• Support CFO (Chief Financial Officer) forecast and budgeting process to land growth commitments with clear assumptions and drivers; Understand and manage business risk

Partnership

• Communicate results and insights to leadership in a compelling and crisp manner with deep understanding of the business
• Drive actions with stakeholders to achieve business goals, including revenue generation, resource allocation, and investment decisions through close collaboration
• Lead on-going efforts to develop and evolve our insights framework with key partners across finance and business to stay up to date with the business need and land growth opportunity
• Deliver impact by building on the work of others, aligning people and resources, and fostering shared accountability

Protect

• Ensures compliance with company policies, legal standards, and regulatory requirements by reviewing and monitoring accuracy of financial documents and business processes; Drives corrective measures; Consults with business partners on sharing financial information, approved instruments and processes, and consistency with corporate policies
• Collaborates with Compliance groups to ensure team is current on company policies and procedures

Other

• Embody our culture and values 

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Mas