Finance Manager, Strategic Markets Products
About The Position
The Finance Manager serves as a product finance partner across Microsoft’s evolving Strategic Markets Products portfolio, supporting Government and Emerging Technologies offerings. The role combines financial modeling, business partnering and strategic analysis to guide products from incubation through launch and scale. It works across product, engineering, business planning and sales teams to inform business models, pricing, investment decisions and other senior leadership decisions for complex cloud, infrastructure and AI offerings, including products serving government and public-sector customers. The successful candidate will be comfortable working in ambiguity, connecting financial, technical and commercial context, and translating complex analysis into clear recommendations. The position offers broad exposure to senior leaders and work within a collaborative team supporting a fast-evolving portfolio. U.S. citizenship is required to meet federal government security requirements. The role also requires the ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements, including a Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or a related field; or bachelor’s degree in one of these fields and at least 2 years of experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership, finance or a related field; or equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
- U.S. citizenship, with citizenship verification required to meet federal government security requirements.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or a related field and at least 3 years of post-graduate financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance experience; or bachelor’s degree in one of these fields and at least 5 years of post-graduate experience in those areas; or equivalent experience.
- At least 1 year of experience in product finance, pricing or unit economics for cloud, infrastructure or technology offerings.
- Advanced financial modeling skills and experience with financial reporting tools such as Power BI.
- Ability to apply AI tools to improve and scale financial processes.
- Strong partnering and executive communication skills; comfort with ambiguity and shifting priorities.
Responsibilities
- Partner with product, engineering, business planning and sales teams as the Finance lead for an assigned and evolving product portfolio.
- Act as a trusted advisor across partners, translating complex analysis into clear, actionable recommendations.
- Build business models, unit economics and pricing analyses that inform product, go-to-market and deal decisions.
- Evaluate investment opportunities and recommend Finance positions.
- Lead recurring financial reporting, forecasting and business reviews for senior leaders.
- Improve processes, data and reporting through automation, including AI tools.
- Anticipate business needs and solve problems as the portfolio evolves.
- Embody Microsoft’s culture and values.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
