Senior Finance Manager, Azure Revenue Planning

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

5d

About The Position

The Azure Revenue Planning team influences decision-making and implementation of strategy across the Azure portfolio. Our charter is to ensure leaders are focused on the highest ROI opportunities and initiatives. We turn insights into actions across GTM, deal structure, business model, and resource allocation/prioritization. The Azure Data team has an opening for a strong candidate to own database revenue planning.

You’ll be the Finance SME and key business partner for our Database portfolio. Azure Databases include some of our most critical workloads including Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, Cosmos DB, and DocumentDB.
This is an exciting role in a high impact and ambiguous space, and we are looking for a candidate who thrives in accelerated, dynamic environments. The Azure business relies heavily on advanced finance partnership to enable success and you will exercise significant influence across engineering, marketing, sales, corporate strategy, and business planning organizations. You’ll need to create frameworks to clarify and synthesize requirements. Often you will bring data-driven insights to business partners and validate go/no go outcomes with rigorous financial modelling.

Requirements

• Bachelor'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 Master's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 2+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field
• OR equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

• Excellent cross group collaboration skills including the ability to comfortably communicate with executive management at Microsoft
• Ability to effectively manage multiple inputs across many stakeholders, prioritizing the effort on main drivers
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and uncertainty in a business that evolves rapidly.
• Proven analytical, problem-solving, and strategic thinking skills
• Exhibit a proactive and innovative mindset, with the ability to think outside the box and generate creative solutions.
• Show propensity for learning, and demonstrate ability to identify, analyze, interpret, and deliver sound solutions
• Executive level oral and written communication skills - ability to communicate complex analysis and models in a simple way
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel and the ability to synthesize insights from large datasets
• Ensures compliance with company policies, legal standards, and regulatory requirements by reviewing and monitoring the accuracy of financial documents and business processes.
• Implement corrective measures.
• Supports questions regarding documentation, policy adherence, and requirements.
• Recommend approved instruments and processes.
• Remains current on all company policies and procedures and updates others.

Responsibilities

• You’ll be the Finance SME and key business partner for our Database portfolio.
• You’ll need to create frameworks to clarify and synthesize requirements.
• Often you will bring data-driven insights to business partners and validate go/no go outcomes with rigorous financial modelling.

What This Job Offers

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