Financial Analysis IC5

Microsoft•Redmond, WA

About The Position

OVERVIEW: Empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. That’s what inspires us, drives our work, and pushes us to challenge the status quo every day. Embracing our cloud-first strategy, we deliver solutions that are optimized for the world and enable customers to drive their business more successfully. The Commercial Product Infrastructure (CPI) team is an exciting and fast-evolving finance team at the forefront of Microsoft’s cloud-first strategy. The Integrated Business Planning (IBP) team's charter is to build out and operate Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure while driving down unit cost of capacity, ensuring cloud services achieve gross margin growth and share expansion. We are looking for an IC5 Group Finance Manager to serve as the end-to-end data owner for our planning ecosystem across Demand, Supply, CSP, LCM, and LRP. This role is critical to ensuring that Microsoft’s cloud and AI infrastructure planning is powered by accurate, governed, automated data. You will build and maintain the systems, pipelines, and standards that enable consistent insights for leadership and eliminate manual reconciliation across the team. This is a high-visibility role ideal for someone who enjoys systematizing complexity, driving standards, and building durable data products that scale across Finance and CO+I.

Requirements

Master'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 OR Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 6+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field OR equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience with financial planning datasets, modeling systems, and data governance
Advanced proficiency in SQL, Power BI, Azure data tools, and Excel automation
Ability to design and maintain structured data pipelines and automated reporting solutions
Capability to drive clarity in ambiguous environments and translate business needs into data solutions
Familiarity with CO+I DC planning, CSP, and LRP processes
Experience serving as a data steward or system owner
Ability to influence and partner effectively with cross‑functional stakeholders
Experience building and maintaining standardized workflows
Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
High attention to detail with the ability to work effectively under deadlines

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end governance of planning datasets (Demand, Supply, CSP, LCM, ULRP).
Establish data lineage, definitions, mapping rules, and quality controls.
Serve as the single source-of-truth owner for all planning data used in LRP, SLT, and Affordability. Automation & Systematization.
Build and maintain automated data pipelines that reduce manual work and improve cycle time.
Partner with Engineering and CO+I to align milestone definitions, data refreshes, and ingestion logic.
Systematize recurring data inputs so all analysts work from consistent, governed datasets. Planning Integration.
Deliver automated CSP → DC Capacity Cube → LRP views.
Ensure data accuracy across scenarios, regions, and time horizons.
Create reusable assets for Geo leads, affordability analysis, and long-range planning. Business Impact & Partnership.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to diagnose data gaps and drive root-cause fixes.
Improve planning accuracy and reduce rework by aligning datasets used across Finance teams.
Communicate complex data issues clearly and proactively with senior stakeholders.