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Microsoft Investment Optimization (IO) finance team is an exciting and fast-evolving team at the forefront of Microsoft’s Cloud-first strategy.The team is the leading hub of driving engineering resource and investment allocation, and enabling operating leverage, in partnership with executive finance and engineering leaders impacting company-wide decisions.

We currently have an opening for a motivated Senior Finance Manager to join the Margin Strategy Investment Optimization (MSIO) Cloud + Artificial Intelligence (C+AI) Finance team and partner closely with Engineering leaders across Cloud + AI with the goal of optimizing investments and resource allocation.

Responsibilities

Performance Management

• Partner with the business and finance team to understand investments, operating expenses and headcount results and trends. Translate data into timely and actionable insights. Simplify the complex and communicate in a clear and concise manner. Identify and signal risks and opportunities early.

Resource Allocation

• Recommend efficient resource allocation through deep understanding of the business and drivers, and drive execution of an aligned plan.

Business Planning and Forecasting

• Develop and review forecast incorporating insights, risk, and opportunities. Ensure consistency in methodologies and assumptions. Improve forecast accuracy.

• Own and drive efficient financial rhythms and reporting that appropriately support business partners.

• Drive learning from others and sharing best practices across team boundaries.

• Ensure compliance in reporting financial information through approved instruments and processes, and consistency with corporate policies.

• Apply understanding of advanced technology to accomplish business goals and provide greater depth of analysis.

• Ongoing opportunity to participate in projects to help solve business challenges that arise from time to time.

Other

• Embody our Culture (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values) and Values (https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/culture)

Qualifications

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

o 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

o OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2+ years work experience in matrix-based organization.

• 2+ years experience close partnership with leaders and teams outside of own function

• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks under tight deadlines, and quickly prioritize for biggest impact

Financial Analysis IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $91,800 - $178,800 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 $117,900 - $195,000 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

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