Microsoft Finance Manager SMC 

Australia, New South Wales, Sydney 

15801806

MCAPS (“Microsoft Customer and Partners Solutions”) Finance drives shareholder value in over 50 subsidiaries & 120 Sales Locations besides carrying accountability for the financials, 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.

The Role

As a Finance Manager for the Managed (Corporate) Segment within SMC, you will work across multiple geographies and drive the growth opportunities for ANZ, ASEAN and Korea. You will be an Individual Contributor and part of the Asia SMC Regional Finance team within MCAPS Asia Finance.

You will partner with the Area SMC Leads and other Finance Managers across Asia and Corporate HQ to support various finance processes such as month close, budgeting, forecasting, outlook, aspiration plans etc.

You will also participate in the WW Finance Community initiatives and amplify the voice of Asia with Corporate HQ and help land initiatives in Asia. You will develop deep subject matter expertise in the SMC Business and drive strong performance and sustainable growth for the business.

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration/ Accounting/ Finance/ Economics/ Data Science, or related field AND 6+ years of relevant work experience in financial analysis and planning preferably in a Multinational Organization.

• Qualified candidates should have a combination of numerous years’ experience in Finance with strong demonstration of business partnering capabilities and analytical strength. The successful candidate should have relevant experience as a Segment / Product Controller, preferably in an MNC, proven track record of achieving exceptional results through influence where no direct line authority exists. We are recruiting both internally and externally for this role.

Culture & Behaviour

• You simplify and inspire through storytelling and excellent communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills and intellectual curiosity and attention to details
• Ability to influence, establish credibility, trust and partnership at all levels of the organization.
• You have a growth and an owner mindset, act as an entrepreneur that focuses on business impact, and continuously looks to learn and innovate. You have the capability to actively contribute and build strong collaboration within diverse and virtual teams. You are action oriented and able to build and deliver strong results through others beyond the team as well.
• You drive digital transformation in the finance function towards data driven (Machine Learning) forward-looking insights. You also engage directly with customers and business partners.

Partnership

• Provide financial guidance and insights to the SMC Leads in ANZ, ASEAN and Korea, and help them achieve revenue and growth targets in the Managed (Corporate) Segment.
• Coordinate with other Asia SMC Finance Managers to represent Asia's interests and needs to Corp, and to implement Corp initiatives in the field.
• In partnership with the Asia COO, SMC-C Lead and Sales Excellence Lead identify local business barriers and share learnings and best practices with the WW community to find solutions.

Prioritization

• In partnership with other Asia SMC Finance Managers, lead the finance processes, including forecasting and planning, with a focus on accuracy and business accountability.
• Leverage pipeline, other business insights to consistently strive for improvements on forecast accuracy and predictability.
• In partnership with the Asia GPS Finance Managers, understand the key drivers and insights on our cloud business (CSP) through channel.
• Provide deep insightful commentary on business drivers that inform action at various ROBs (e.g. Area Performance Reviews, Quarterly Business reviews, Month Close, Forecast)

People

• Work closely with Asia SMC CSA Finance managers and partner with the WW Community Lead to focus on the key insights and projects to accelerate our growth.
• Identify finance best practices and share them broadly within Asia and WW.
• Connect the dots and help Field finance team land the Corp strategy or escalate issues and help needed.

This position involves requires the ability to communicate ideas and analysis effectively, thereby influencing business decisions, so executive maturity, business acumen and presentation and communication skills need to be your strengths.