Microsoft Finance Manager 

United States, Washington 

853713332

In this role, you will work closely with engineering leaders and support the Cloud, Operations, and Innovation (CO+I), Cloud Supply Chain (CSCP), and MCIO Networking organizations that are chartered with landing Microsoft’s datacenter and AI infrastructure strategy. This role partners with engineering, global talent acquisition, and finance to plan full time employee (FTE) headcount resources and implement a strategic workforce talent roadmap to support long-term capacity growth.

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field

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

  • OR equivalent experience.

Preferred/Additional Qualifications

• Financial analysis experience in a high-tech company
• Communication & presentation skills
• Experience in developing complex financial models and scenario analysis, quantitative analysis 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
• Interpersonal and cross-group collaboration skills. Ability to drive simplicity within a complex and matrix 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:

• 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 business understanding and collaboration. Take a macro-level approach to analyze results, highlighting trends and key levers. Support CFO and Engineering CVP reviews.
• Long Range Planning: Support long range planning (LRP) and target setting deliverables in alignment with stakeholder timelines. Set up a capacity-driven headcount framework for 3-year and 10-year roadmaps. Model and analyze key drivers to influence and drive future year planning decisions.
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