Finance Director, Consumer Sales Finance

Microsoft•Redmond, WA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Finance Director – Consumer Sales Finance role is part of Microsoft’s Windows and Devices Finance Team and helps drive financial strategy and performance for its multi-billion-dollar Consumer Channel Sales business. The position partners across Engineering, Marketing, Category Management, Sales, Data Science, Investments, Pricing/Deals, and Supply Chain, as well as stakeholders across the Consumer business. The role leads and develops the worldwide Consumer Sales Finance team; shapes long-range growth planning across product and go-to-market strategy; develops investment frameworks and aligns stakeholders on revenue and profitability levers; and establishes channel analytics as a strategic capability. It also owns the business’s monthly outlook, inventory planning, forecasting, and close rhythm, while leading finance digital transformation through automation, enhanced reporting, and process excellence. The role requires being onsite 3–4 days per week.

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.
Ability to work onsite 3–4 days a week.

Nice To Haves

Exceptional financial analysis and modeling skills.
Hands-on approach and comfort with diving into detailed work.
Passion for high-quality work and demonstrated drive.
Ability to prioritize across multiple workstreams, maintain attention to detail, and meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to handle diverse stakeholders and ambiguity, and bring partners along in thought leadership and the finance agenda.
Ability to think outside the box.
Proven ability to influence the business through initiative and proactive financial analysis and insight.
Excellent written and oral communication skills, including communicating effectively with senior management.
Ability to embody Microsoft’s culture and values.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and scale the worldwide Consumer Sales Finance team, building a talent pipeline, clear career paths, and bench strength for critical roles.
Shape and accelerate long-range growth planning for Windows and Devices across product and go-to-market strategy.
Partner with business stakeholders to set and deliver unit, revenue, gross margin, and market share targets.
Translate plans into executable investments and operating cadences.
Develop investment frameworks tied to business priorities and drive cross-business-group alignment on revenue and profitability levers.
Measure performance and create options to pivot strategy with agility.
Establish channel analytics and insights as a strategic capability, providing actionable insights into competitors, retailers, partners, and customers to inform pricing, mix, investment, and go-to-market decisions.
Own the monthly outlook, inventory planning, forecasting, and close rhythm of the business, providing predictable, transparent, decision-ready outlooks and storytelling.
Serve as a trusted advisor, communicate complex recommendations and challenging messages, and drive consensus on investment and remediation plans.
Lead the digital transformation of core finance activities through automation, enhanced reporting, and process excellence, shifting team capacity toward insight and business influence.