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 of post-graduate Financial Analysis, Accounting, Controllership or Finance work experience
OR equivalent experience.
8 years’ professional experience in risk management, compliance, regulatory, or other governance and control related roles preferred.
with the ability to effectively participate in global virtual teams addressing complex risks and issues.
Strong attention to detail and ability to make judgement to make decisions in ambiguous situations.
Ability to identify compliance, process, program gaps and work with senior stakeholders and process/solution owners across global teams to enable the required change.
Ability to own and drive strong and impactful collaboration with senior stakeholders up to CVP level.
Good verbal and written communication skills Language skills: English, Chinese
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in deal risk management, legal / regulatory controls, policy creation, or enforcement
Experience working in global roles, managing stakeholders, processes and working with teams across multiple time zones and cultures.
Experience and knowledge of Licensing/ Services businesses
Responsibilities
Perform deal reviews to identify and manage Sales Deals Execution risks to make meaningful reductions in Microsoft’s risk exposure in high-risk deals, where required.
Work with field (including Field Compliance) to recommend corrective actions to resolve non-compliant deals.
Own and manage relationships with subsidiary stakeholders (up to GM level) to: (a) manage communications and escalations, (b) share deal review learnings and provide deep insight into outcomes of deal reviews, and (c) work with field compliance teams to improve field culture of compliance and awareness of existing risks and process gaps.
Perform Sales Deals pipeline reviews to identify potential higher risk deals for early engagement and review.
Identify improvement opportunities in HRDD controls and deal review processes and to work with relevant team members (including HRDD Risk Solutions team and policy owners) to drive improvements in HRDD and Microsoft Sales Deals Execution compliance policies and controls.
Participate in global compliance projects to improve Microsoft’s Sales Deals Execution policies, processes and systems.
Build relationships with multiple internal stakeholders across the deal lifecycle (e.g. Commercial Executive, Commercial Manager, Licensing Executives, Account Executives, Program Owners, CELA, Controls and Compliance groups, Operations) to help advance a strong culture of governance and compliance in Microsoft.