Finance Director, Consumer Sales Finance
About The Position
The Finance Director – Consumer Sales Finance role is part of Microsoft's Windows and Devices Finance Team and supports the multi-billion-dollar Consumer Channel Sales business. The role helps drive financial strategy and performance for the Windows and Devices consumer business, working across teams including Engineering, Marketing, Category Management, Sales, Data Science, Investments, Pricing/Deals and Supply Chain. Consumer Sales Finance is a global team that provides end-to-end financial expertise to the Consumer business. It partners with Marketing on product-category success measures, Supply and Operations on product placement, and Sales on partner-account mechanics and channel strategy. The role leads the worldwide Consumer Sales Finance team, guides long-range planning and investment decisions, strengthens channel analytics, manages business forecasting and outlook processes, and advances finance digital transformation.
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 per week.
Nice To Haves
- Exceptional financial analysis and modeling skills, with a hands-on approach and comfort diving into detailed work.
- Passion for high-quality work and demonstrated drive; ability to prioritize across multiple workstreams, maintain attention to detail and work under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to handle diverse stakeholders and ambiguity, bring partners along in thought leadership and the finance agenda, and think outside the box.
- Proven track record of influencing the business through initiative and proactive financial analysis and insight.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with senior management.
- Embodies Microsoft's culture and values.
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach and scale the worldwide Consumer Sales Finance team, building a robust 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; and 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, measuring performance and creating options to pivot strategy with agility.
- Establish channel analytics and insights as a strategic capability, delivering actionable insight 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, providing predictability and transparency through decision-ready outlooks and storytelling.
- Serve as a trusted advisor by communicating complex recommendations, delivering challenging messages when needed, and driving consensus on investment and remediation plans.
- Lead the digital transformation of core finance activities through automation, enhanced reporting and process excellence, shifting team capacity from data production to value-added insight and business influence.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
