Senior Finance Manager - SAP S/4 Specialist

Microsoft•Redmond, WA

About The Position

Microsoft is seeking a Senior Finance Manager specializing in SAP S/4 to help Corporate Accounting bridge finance, accounting, process governance, and engineering execution as the company continues its SAP S/4HANA transformation. The position calls for a finance professional with strong accounting and controllership judgment, hands-on SAP S/4 Finance expertise, and the ability to translate complex financial requirements into scalable technical solutions. The role partners with Corporate Accounting, Engineering, Finance Data, Tax, Treasury, Legal, Audit, and the broader finance community. It helps ensure SAP S/4 capabilities support accurate reporting, effective controls, statutory and management reporting needs, and sustainable operations.

Requirements

Master's degree in Business, Accounting/Finance, or a related field and 3+ years of accounting or finance experience; or bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting/Finance, or a related field and 4+ years of accounting or finance experience; or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience with SAP ECC and SAP S/4 Finance processes, configuration concepts, or transformation programs.
Experience translating accounting, close, reporting, compliance, or statutory requirements into system, data, process, or control requirements.
Experience partnering across Finance and Engineering or technical implementation teams to deliver system or process improvements.
Professional accounting certification such as CPA or equivalent, or an advanced degree in accounting, finance, information systems, engineering, or business.

Responsibilities

Serve as a finance and accounting subject matter expert for SAP S/4 Finance capabilities, including general ledger, Universal Journal, ledgers, financial code blocks, group reporting, foreign currency remeasurement, intercompany activity, master data, and downstream reporting impacts.
Translate accounting requirements into business requirements, process designs, test scenarios, and acceptance criteria for Engineering and implementation partners.
Support readiness for close, consolidation, statutory reporting, and management reporting processes affected by SAP S/4.
Identify accounting implications of system design decisions, assess risks to close timelines and reporting accuracy, and partner with business owners to define mitigations.
Validate parity between legacy and future-state processes, including trial balance, ledger, consolidation, foreign exchange, intercompany, and reporting outputs.
Partner with Engineering, product owners, architects, data teams, and finance stakeholders to shape scalable solutions.
Provide structured requirements, review technical proposals through a finance and controls lens, challenge assumptions, and ensure designs support month-end close operations, statutory governance, auditability, and long-term sustainment.
Translate between accounting stakeholders and technical teams.
Ensure SAP S/4 process designs and system changes support GAAP, SOX, statutory, and audit requirements.
Evaluate control impacts, evidence standards, role-based access, segregation of duties, change management, and data traceability.
Partner with internal and external audit stakeholders to support readiness, respond to questions, and close control or documentation gaps.