Group Finance Manager- Hardware Platform

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

Empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. That is what inspires
us, drives our work, and pushes us to challenge the status quo every day. Through our Cloud-first strategy, we strive to deliver solutions optimized for the world and enable customers to
drive their business more successfully. The Microsoft Cloud Infrastructure Finance team is an
exciting and fast-evolving team at the forefront of Microsoft’s Cloud-first strategy. We are
looking for talented and motivated individuals to help shape the future of our cloud products.
The team’s charter is to build out end to end Microsoft Cloud Infrastructure while driving
down unit cost of capacity, ensuring cloud services achieve gross margin growth. As a crucial
member of the team, you will support short and long-term investments leveraging extensive
modeling and competitive intelligence. The focus is hardware cost reduction initiatives from
product concept to production approval to ramp, keeping Microsoft Cloud ahead of
competition, while enhancing transparency into Cloud Infrastructure investments and
safeguarding shareholder interest
Microsoft's mission is to 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. Through our Cloud-first strategy, we strive to deliver solutions that are optimized for the world and enable customers to drive their business more successfully.

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

• Master's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 12+ years of post-graduate financial analysis, accounting, controllership, or finance work experience OR Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 15+ years of post-graduate financial analysis, accounting, controllership, or finance work experience OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years experience managing direct reports.
• 5+ years experience in multinationals with multi-product/multi-segment finance roles.
• 5+ years work experience in matrix-based organization.
• 5+ years work experience in the technology or software industry.
• Prior experience in product cost and/or product development finance is highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Transform complex data into clear, forward looking insights that guide strategic decision making. Communicates key trends and recommendations to senior leadership and develops actionable plans from ambiguous or long term analyses. Coaches the team to simplify data into compelling, actionable narratives and builds shared understanding across business partners.
• Drives culture, inspires, and prioritizes team to pursue innovation.
• Applies advanced understanding of Microsoft business, industry, and drivers of shareholder return to ensure senior leaders are presented with the most relevant data, insights, risks, and recommendations necessary to support strategy execution. Leverages business expertise to attract and inspire talent and help others reach their full potential. Evaluates and recommends potential impacts of changes to business models. Partners with senior business and commercial leaders to drive performance and strategy to achieve the best return on investment (ROI) and shareholder return. Gains commitment from stakeholders to align execution and mitigate risk. Guides team to focus on generating actionable business insights to drive profitable growth and shareholder return by being an integral part of the business decision-making process. Partners across boundaries to remediate and resolve complex issues. Managers deliver success through empowerment and accountability by modeling, coaching, and caring. Model: Live our culture. Embody our values. Practice our leadership principles. Coach: Define team objectives and outcomes. Enable success across boundaries. Help the team adapt and learn. Care: Attract and retain great people. Know each individual’s capabilities and aspirations. Invest in the growth of others. Provides direction to key stakeholders with respect to financial management, resource prioritization and optimizing headcount. Leads business analytics, modeling, and research activities determining present and future financial performance, formulating and evaluating financial plans (e.g., expected returns, resource allocation, pricing, investment opportunities, revenue, operational metrics, productivity metrics), economic transactions (e.g., customer deals, commercial partnerships, acquisitions), and future opportunities.
• Embody Microsoft’s culture and values

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees