Senior Finance Manager

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Transformative Opportunity: Senior Finance Manager – Consumer Marketing Organization

Are you ready to make a significant impact in a dynamic and fast-paced environment? Join our team as a Senior Finance Manager and play a pivotal role in shaping the managing resources and partner relationships in the world of Copilot + PCs. This position offers a unique opportunity to partner with business leaders and drive strategic investments that will propel our division to new heights.

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

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 8+ years of post-graduate financial analysis, accounting, controllership or Finance work experience
  • OR Masters Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 6+ years of post-graduate financial analysis, accounting, controllership, or finance work experience
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 1+ year(s) experience in multinationals with multi-product/multi-segment finance roles.
• Intermediate use of Excel and PowerPoint.

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 May 1, 2025.

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What You'll Do:

Drive Strategic Partnerships:

• Collaborate effectively with a diverse group of leaders, technical project leads, business managers, and cross-company finance and operational teams.
• Identify areas of opportunity and create mutually beneficial solutions for business and finance challenges, directly influencing the success and growth of our organization.

Lead Finance Rhythm of Business and Planning:

• Business Planning: Plan, communicate, and execute the rhythm of business, including close, quarterly forecasting, and annual planning timelines and deliverables. Your work will ensure that our financial strategies align with our business goals.
• Month End Close: Manage the monthly fiscal close process, submit journal entries, and provide reporting results and variance commentary to convey the business story. Your insights will be crucial in guiding decision-making.
• Process Excellence: Manage budgets throughout the year, act as the single point of contact for budget and forecast accuracy, and partner across organizations to implement process improvements. Your efforts will enhance efficiency, agility, discipline, and execution excellence.

Deliver Financial Analysis & Insight:

• Understand Business Models: Develop an understanding of Microsoft’s business models and their respective revenue and growth drivers (short and long-term). Your expertise will help shape our financial strategies.
• Performance and Expense Analysis: Identify and apply reliable and verifiable measurements to analyze business and investment performance. Monitor key investment drivers and trends to ensure optimal resource allocation.
• Financial Analysis: Partner with stakeholders to develop and utilize return on investment (ROI) models to support existing and new investments. Drive actionable insights and recommendations based on analysis, directly impacting our financial success.

Provide Financial Reporting:

• Deliver accurate and timely information to business partners, highlighting results, key drivers, risks, opportunities, and dependencies. Your reporting will be instrumental in guiding strategic decisions.
• Highlight opportunities to automate and improve reporting processes within the confines of available tools, ensuring that our financial operations are as efficient as possible.