Microsoft Senior Finance Manager - Azure Hardware 

United States, Washington 

527998854

To be successful in this role you should be skilled at problem-solving at multiple altitudes (high-level strategy to tactical execution) and can navigate complexity and ambiguity in a dynamic environment.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance 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, or related field AND 2+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field
  • OR equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Financial analysis experience in a high-tech company
• Compelling communication & presentation skills
• Experience developing complex financial models and demonstrated scenario and quantitative analysis skills
• Ability to influence and impact without authority, operate within ambiguity, and problem solve in a dynamic business environment
• Proven interpersonal and cross-group collaboration skills
• Skilled at prioritization and driving simplicity within a complex and highly-matrixed environment
• Proficient technical skills (Excel/Power BI and SQL)

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until December 13, 2024.

• Business and Finance Partnership: Provide leadership to the business and other finance teams with respect to financial management, resource prioritization, and allocation. Ensure investments are aligned to key priorities. Drive analytical and conceptual thinking with stakeholders that extends beyond the numbers into strategy.  Influence a compliant culture through actions and education with stakeholders.
• Decision Support: Apply strategic thinking into FTE headcount resource planning to maximize engineering investments through industry intelligence and benchmarking. Provide deeper insight to enable leadership’s decision on where and how resources should be deployed. Give visibility to the current resource landscape and drive re-deployment discussions. Communicate trade-off scenarios and provide financial analysis for recommendations.
• Business Health and Planning: Lead finance rhythms with business partners (close, forecast, budget). Partner with stakeholders to craft the capacity investment story through deep business understanding and collaboration. Take a macro-level approach to analyze results, highlighting trends and key levers. Support CFO and Engineering CVP reviews.
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