Group Finance Manager, Resource Investment Strategy

Microsoft•Redmond, WA

About The Position

The Resource Investment Strategy org is responsible for driving Microsoft resource allocation rigor across Microsoft’s portfolio. It is an exciting and fast-evolving team that partners deeply with engineering leaders to ensure $20B+ resources across ~100K engineering FTEs are continuously aligned to strategic engineering priorities. Now is the time and place to accelerate your career development and velocity by understanding and driving the strategic importance of cost leadership, a core competency for future finance leaders. Develop a CFO mindset and influence senior leadership to drive expense management and resource allocation decisions – continuously aligning investments and costs with a prioritized engineering product roadmap. Bring fresh energy and innovation to solve complex short and long-term problems in the new AI transformational age. Build deep trusted relationships to collaborate across a wide variety of teams at Microsoft including senior engineering leaders, Product Revenue and Margin teams, Central Finance Team, Global Workplace Services, Procurement and Human Resources. The position requires a motivated and agile system thinker who can demonstrate intellectual curiosity and navigate ambiguity and complexity to be the trusted finance advisor to our engineering leaders and drive success for our business partners.

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.
Proficient technical skills (Excel/Power BI and SQL)

Nice To Haves

Financial analysis experience in a high-tech company
Revenue Planning and/or Consulting experience
Communication & presentation skills
Experience in developing complex financial models and scenario analysis, excellent quantitative analysis skills
Ability to influence and impact without authority, operate in ambiguity, and solve difficult problems, combined with the ability to prioritize and function well in a dynamic and matrixed environment
Interpersonal and cross group collaboration skills.
Ability to drive simplicity within a complex and matrix environment

Responsibilities

Provide strategic leadership to top Engineering and Finance leaders to drive operating leverage through resource allocation and investment optimization by giving visibility to the current resource landscape, analyzing macro-level results, and applying systems thinking to identify and recommend levers to influence decision-making.
Drive process excellence while partnering across Engineering and Finance to continuously assess the overall health of the business and understand key drivers to identify opportunities, risks, and tradeoffs.
Ensure resources and investments are constantly aligned with business strategy, product engineering roadmaps, and company priorities.
Establish and leverage holistic analytical framework and best practices across Finance to spot and anticipate trends and deliver insights to unlock greater efficiencies for resource allocation and investment spend.
Embody our culture and values.