Group Finance Manager - Deal Marginal Cost Framework

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

8h

About The Position

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, and we’re dedicated to this mission across every aspect of our company. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day.
Our Cloud Corporate Partnership team is an exciting and fast-evolving finance organization at the forefront of Microsoft’s cloud growth. We partner deeply with Microsoft engineering, marketing, and business development teams to build strategic partnerships that deliver maximum value.

We are looking for a Group Finance Manager to help drive thought leadership on some of our largest and most strategic Azure deals. This role will serve as the subject matter expertise on product and regional marginal cost frameworks to help inform deal making strategy, partnering closely with key stakeholders from EG finance (Revenue and Cost teams), deal teams (deal desk and business development), engineering (product engineering and supply chain / capacity teams), and sales.

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 8+ 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 12+ years of post-graduate financial analysis, accounting, controllership, or finance work experience OR equivalent experience.
• Passionate about the technology industry, and ability to engage in technical discussions
• Written and verbal communication skills, enabling simple communication of complex topics to an executive audience
• Analytical skills and strategic thinking
• Modeling capabilities and ability to work with financial systems
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and uncertainty in a business that evolves at a fast pace
• Comfort working at multiple altitudes, from strategic/high-level projects to detailed analysis
• Proven leadership skills, with demonstrated results in proactively driving and delivering high value/high-impact project results through both individual and v-team efforts
• Business partnering capabilities, with the ability to influence others without direct authority and appropriately push back when required
• Ability to handle multiple tasks under tight deadlines
• High level of self-motivation; ability to quickly identify what needs to be accomplished and resourcefulness to get things done

Responsibilities

• Partnering with Strategic Sales, Business Development, Engineering, and other teams to guide healthy Azure partnerships
• Drive thought leadership on marginal cost frameworks, including bridge to actual costing, and forward efficiencies
• Developing frameworks to accelerate, simplify, and scale Azure’s deal making process
• Engaging with internal executives to clearly articulate the outcome of complex financial analyses
• Continuous learning of Microsoft Cloud services, infrastructure, operations, go-to-market, and long-term cloud economics.
• Embody our culture and values

What This Job Offers

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