Senior Finance Manager, Windows and Devices Engineering

Microsoft•Redmond, WA

About The Position

The Commercial Products and Infrastructure (CPI) organization is responsible for driving Microsoft Cloud & AI (artificial intelligence) capacity, margin excellence, and resource allocation rigor across Microsoft’s portfolio. Within CPI, the Resource Investment Strategy finance team is an exciting and fast-evolving team that partners deeply with engineering leaders to ensure $20B+ resources across ~100K FTEs (full-time employees) are continuously aligned to strategic engineering priorities. We currently have an opening for a highly motivated Senior Finance Manager, Windows and Devices Engineering, to cover a wide range of responsibilities, which includes various modeling and business analysis, partnering with engineering leaders on resource allocation decisions, and creation and ownership of efficient financial processes. We need 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. This role enables you to develop a CFO (Chief Financial Officer) mindset and influence leadership to drive expense management and resource allocation decisions, continuously aligning investments and costs with a prioritized engineering product roadmap. Be part of a highly driven team with an emphasis on fun. 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.
Master's 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.
Financial analysis experience; Preference for experience in a high-tech company, particularly in commercial cloud services, business models and economics.
Driven self-starter, capable of effectively prioritizing and operating with a high degree of ambiguity in a fast-paced and changing environment.
Proven ability to partner, build trust, communicate with, and influence executives; Ability to make the complex simple and influence through effective storytelling.
Ability to influence and impact without authority, operate in ambiguity, and solve difficult problems; Ability to prioritize, drive simplicity, and function well in a dynamic and matrixed environment.
Interpersonal and cross group collaboration skills.
Proficiency with combining, structuring, and mining large volumes of data from disparate sources, using tools such as Power BI, Excel, SQL, etc.
Excel user familiar with advanced functions and charting capabilities.

Responsibilities

Provide strategic leadership to Engineering leaders to drive operating leverage through resource allocation and investment optimization.
Give visibility to the current resource landscape, analyze macro-level results, and apply systems thinking to identify and recommend levers to influence decision-making.
Builds a cohesive story by incorporating business insights through resource allocation and workforce planning, as well as understanding the connection between resource allocation with the overall financial performance.
Analyzes results to understand performance against plan/forecast, and monitors trends and key levers to support various rhythm of the business and finance.
Drive process excellence while partnering across Engineering to continuously assess portfolio health by reviewing key drivers to identify opportunities, risks, and tradeoffs.
Ensure resources and investments are constantly aligned with business strategy, product engineering roadmaps, and company priorities.
Embody our culture and values