Senior Finance Manager

Microsoft•Redmond, WA

5d•$97,600 - $206,400

About The Position

As a Senior Finance Manager on Microsoft’s Core Financial Planning & Analysis Data Management team, you will partner with finance business partners to improve their experience with financial processes, data, and tools. The role sits at the intersection of Finance, Data, and Technology and helps shape how financial information is planned, managed, and reported across the company. You will work with finance teams across Sales, Marketing, Services, and Engineering to evaluate and operationalize evolving business needs, including new business models, performance metrics, financial disclosures, and analytical requirements. Your work will help financial systems, processes, and data structures scale with the business while providing timely, accurate, and actionable insights. The position offers the opportunity to influence finance transformation through collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders and engineering teams. You will help drive initiatives that improve planning, forecasting, reporting, and data management; modernize processes; and enable informed business decisions. Success requires leading complex cross-organizational projects, aligning diverse stakeholders, and driving accountability for deliverables. The role combines strategic thinking about large-scale financial processes with detailed analysis of dependencies, problem-solving, and execution. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. The company describes its culture as one of growth, innovation, collaboration, respect, integrity, and accountability.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science, or a related field and 2+ years of experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership, finance, or a related field; or a bachelor’s degree in one of those fields and 4+ years of relevant experience; or equivalent experience.
Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work effectively across multiple groups.
Strong customer-service orientation and responsiveness.
Strength in process and project management.
Detail-oriented and thorough, with the ability to think about the big picture.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities, work in an ambiguous environment, and reprioritize to align with business objectives.
Ability to adapt to ambiguity and fast-paced change, using systems thinking and strategic perspective to solve complex problems.
Ability to perform with AI.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity or experience with Microsoft financial analysis, planning, forecasting, and reporting processes.
Strong Microsoft 365 and Power Platform skills, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Power BI, Power Apps, and Power Automate.
Ability to build trusted partnerships across finance and business teams, uncover opportunities, deliver insights, and support decision-making.
Curiosity and a growth mindset, with the ability to translate analysis into actionable cross-functional solutions and foster collaboration.
Energy for contributing to a high-performing team culture, working through large-scale challenges, and delivering quickly with quality and a growth mindset.

Responsibilities

Develop an end-to-end understanding of financial processes, tools, data flows, and the roles involved across finance, accounting, engineering, and services.
Partner with stakeholders as a strategic advisor to influence accurate master data and hierarchies that support business measurement, planning, and forecasting.
Continuously improve processes to increase automation, efficiency, prioritization, cross-team collaboration, and the quality of business decisions.
Review and monitor financial data and business processes for accuracy and consistency, and ensure compliance with company policies, legal standards, and regulatory requirements.
Drive internal controls and corrective measures where necessary.
Provide business requirements and connect business, financial, and technical needs to support accurate data and internal and external reporting.
Project-manage multiple projects effectively.
Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders and engineering teams on finance transformation initiatives that improve planning, forecasting, reporting, and data management capabilities.
Lead complex cross-organizational projects, build stakeholder alignment, and drive accountability for deliverables and outcomes.
Partner with Finance teams across Sales, Marketing, Services, and Engineering to operationalize evolving business needs and scalable financial systems, processes, and data structures.