Finance Director, MCAPS Marketing Finance

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

9d • $130,900 - $303,600

About The Position

Microsoft Marketing Finance is seeking a Finance Director to lead the evolution of how the company measures, understands, and optimizes the impact of its marketing investments. The role will set the vision and strategy for Marketing Finance analytics, extending capabilities beyond LTV/CAC and media measurement to create an integrated approach to marketing ROI, investment effectiveness, and resource allocation. It will also use AI and advanced analytics to transform insight generation, measurement at scale, and the quality and speed of investment decisions.

The director will develop scalable frameworks that connect marketing investment to business outcomes and help leaders make effective investment and trade-off decisions. The position supports Marketing Finance’s FY27 priority of maximizing ROI by linking spend to business outcomes and using ROI frameworks to guide next-best-dollar decisions. The director will lead a team and partner with senior Marketing, Product, Finance, and Analytics leaders across Microsoft.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science, or a related field and 8+ years of experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership, finance, or a related field; or a bachelor's degree in one of these fields and 10+ years of relevant experience; or equivalent experience.
• At least 1 year of experience managing direct reports.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated experience leading teams and developing talent.
• Strong financial and analytical capabilities, including experience translating complex analysis into business decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and partner effectively with senior executives across complex organizations.
• Experience in marketing measurement, ROI, customer economics, investment analytics, or related disciplines.
• Experience developing analytical frameworks and using data to influence resource allocation and investment decisions.
• Strong executive communication skills, including the ability to simplify complex concepts and establish a clear point of view.
• Ability to operate effectively through ambiguity, challenge existing approaches, and build new capabilities across organizational boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Execute the vision for Marketing Finance Analytics by defining the roadmap, frameworks, and capabilities needed to measure marketing effectiveness and inform investment decisions across Microsoft.
• Expand marketing ROI measurement beyond media and develop consistent approaches to evaluate effectiveness across the broader marketing portfolio, enabling prioritization and resource allocation.
• Lead LTV/CAC and ROI analytics, evolving existing capabilities and connecting customer economics, incremental outcomes, investment levels, and business value to improve decisions.
• Lead the AI transformation of Marketing Finance Analytics by identifying and scaling AI-enabled capabilities that automate foundational analysis, generate deeper and faster insights, and improve marketing investment and ROI decisions.
• Translate complex data and ambiguous findings into clear executive-level insights, recommendations, and investment actions.
• Partner with senior Marketing, Product, Finance, and Analytics leaders to establish shared KPIs, measurement frameworks, and decision processes that improve marketing effectiveness.
• Build scalable analytical capabilities using data, AI, automation, and advanced analytics to increase the speed, consistency, and quality of insights.
• Lead and develop a high-performing team, set priorities and accountability, and coach team members to strengthen analytical, business-partnership, and strategic-finance capabilities.
• Drive cross-company alignment on measurement methodologies, data sources, assumptions, and financial frameworks to increase consistency and trust in marketing ROI insights.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director