Group Finance Manager

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

11h • $116,900 - $222,600

About The Position

Microsoft is seeking a highly analytical and strategic finance professional to drive financial planning and business insights across AI, Copilot, and cloud consumption businesses. The role is a key finance partner across Engineering, Capacity, Commercial Finance, and Infrastructure teams, helping shape Microsoft's long-range financial outlook by connecting customer demand, product usage trends, AI workloads, datacenter investments, and profitability outcomes. It combines strategic modeling, executive storytelling, and deep business partnership to influence major investment decisions.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science, or a related field and 4+ years of experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership, finance, or a related field; or a bachelor's degree in one of these fields and 6+ years of relevant experience; or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading teams and developing talent.
• Experience supporting cloud, AI, infrastructure, or technology businesses.
• Deep understanding of business economics, profitability analysis, and cost allocation methodologies.
• Experience working with large-scale data, reporting platforms, and financial automation.
• Ability to connect technical, operational, and financial drivers into clear business insights.
• Experience operating effectively in highly ambiguous and rapidly changing environments.

Responsibilities

• Own financial modeling of AI, Copilot, and cloud consumption businesses.
• Develop and maintain end-to-end consumption economics frameworks that link product usage, revenue, COGS, margins, and infrastructure requirements.
• Evaluate the economic implications of new products, pricing models, and monetization strategies.
• Partner with engineering and business leaders to understand key demand drivers and workload growth patterns.
• Lead the financial planning process supporting datacenter and AI infrastructure investments.
• Translate demand forecasts into infrastructure requirements and long-range capital needs.
• Develop multi-year scenarios evaluating growth, utilization, margin, and return-on-investment outcomes.
• Partner with capacity planning teams to assess supply-demand balances and investment tradeoffs.
• Build driver-based forecasting models for AI, cloud, and consumption workloads.
• Develop best-case, base-case, and downside scenarios to support strategic decision making.
• Analyze demand signals, usage trends, customer adoption patterns, and infrastructure constraints.
• Prepare executive reviews, business updates, and long-range planning presentations.
• Present strategic recommendations to Finance and Engineering leadership.
• Translate complex technical and operational topics into actionable financial insights.
• Influence decisions through fact-based analysis and clear financial storytelling.

Benefits

• The posting notes that certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation, and provides a link for additional benefits and pay information.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager