Senior Finance Manager, Studios Expense Lead

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

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About The Position

At Team Xbox, we are on a mission to bring the joy, excitement, and community of gaming to everyone on the planet. We deliver on that vision by putting players at the core, enabling you to play the games you want, with the people you want, and anywhere you want. Finance is at the center of making this vision a reality.
The Senior Finance Manager, Studios Expense Lead on our 1P (First Party) Studios Finance team will play a central role in supporting our 1P studios by becoming a subject matter specialist on studio expenses, partnering with our accounting and royalties teams to ensure accuracy and alignment, and collaborating with studios on forecast optimal practices. As our 1P expense lead, you will focus on optimizing our gross margin and accountability margin, as well as lead the centralized work of allocating our central expenses and managing the balance sheet. This role will engage in extensive cross group collaboration across our team of 1P finance controllers and accounting, marketing, and other finance teams to drive margin growth and P&L (Profit & Loss) optimization.
At Microsoft, our mission—to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more—guides how we partner with customers to deliver trusted, impactful solutions. With a growth mindset culture, we innovate responsibly and measure success by shared progress—people, teams, and customers. Join us to do meaningful work that changes the world and helps shape what’s next for everyone.

Requirements

• 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 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 equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

• Masters Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 6+ 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 8+ years of post-graduate financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance work experience OR equivalent experience.
• 1+ year(s) experience in multinationals with multi-product/multi-segment finance roles.
• 1+ year(s) work experience in matrix-based organization.
• 1+ year(s) work experience in the technology or software industry.
• 2+ years of experience with Microsoft Office, including Excel and PowerPoint
• Familiarity or experience with core Microsoft financial analysis and reporting processes and tools is highly valued.
• Ability to develop trusted partnerships with business leaders and other stakeholders.
• Able to handle a high degree of ambiguity and quickly identify what needs to be accomplished across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Ability to influence others without direct authority and appropriately push back when required.

Responsibilities

• Partner with a broad set of teams to drive insight and analytics into the key drivers of the 1P Gaming business and be an integral part of the Gaming Finance team.
• Develop subject matter specialty in studio expenses, maintaining high-quality reporting standards and driving forecast accuracy across the studios’ portfolio.
• Serve as a trusted financial advisor to leaders, enabling data‑driven solutions that support critical strategic initiatives and optimize ROI (Return on Investment).
• Primary point of contact for the 1P central expenses, working with engineering, accounting, and marketing in setting up proper allocations of central costs to our 1P Gaming studios and running periodic reviews of our balance sheet.
• Design new approaches to collecting and evaluating financial data, and creating additional value by translating data into actionable insights and implementing creative ways to communicate findings from data.
• Orchestrate the comprehensive system of accounting policies, procedures, and controls, as well as maintain accountability for internal control processes and procedures.
• Drive compliance and controllership objectives through partnerships, and mitigate emerging statutory, tax, regulatory, and fiduciary risks.
• Embody our culture and values

What This Job Offers

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