Senior Finance Manager

Microsoft•Redmond, WA

About The Position

In Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions (MCAPS) Finance, we’re driving shareholder value in 54 subsidiaries & 120 Sales Locations and carry the local accountability for the financials as well as statutory and compliance matters across all Microsoft commercial segments and products. We land the company vision around the transformation of our business and customer orientation in the subsidiaries and externally. Drive strategic resource allocation and investments through local insights, ensuring optimal returns aligned with our worldwide strategy. Key focus is on New Business and consumption with an industry and workload perspective. Build trust to lay the foundation of long-term growth from a customer and shareholder point of view in a compliant way. Empower and inspire our people to lead and be part of high performing impactful teams while providing diverse career opportunities. Microsoft Americas is the largest of 3 regions of Microsoft Commercial Business audit covers the US, Canada and LATAM and generates over 50% of World Wide (WW) revenue. The Microsoft LATAM covers 2 regions in the Latin America with different customer profiles such as Professional Services, Oil and Gas companies, Media and Entertainment, Telecommunications and more. The Senior Finance Manager is responsible to consolidate numbers and generate insights performance the performance of the business. Also coordinate and orchestrated key process like closing, forecasting and budgeting. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Requirements

Master'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 Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 6+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field OR equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

Spanish or Portuguese language proficiency

Responsibilities

Performs and reviews analysis of present and future financial performance, financial plans (e.g., expected returns, resource allocation, pricing, investment opportunities), and economic transactions (e.g., customer deals, commercial partnerships, acquisitions).
Prepares and summarizes recommendations.
Works directly with business partners to translate top-down targets to an accountable budget for each group.
Completes and reviews analysis, modeling, and research to support preliminary and adjusted forecast cycles.
Partners and solicits insight from business and commercial stakeholders
Delivers results through tracking performance, reporting accuracy, and partnering with business leaders to ensure execution of plans and accountability for results.
Manages the rhythm of the business for area of responsibility including monthly close, recurring business review preparation, and budgeting.
Generates relevant and actionable insights to drive the business forward.
Develops and leverages relationships with customers and partners to bolster sales, and to understand and manage business risk.
Collects customer feedback data and applies data analysis techniques to improve customer experience.
Builds effective relationships with customers at all levels.
Designs and negotiates solutions to complex financial issues with customers.
Engages with customers and partners on their wider relationships with Microsoft.
Serves as an advocate for Microsoft and its customers.
Understands customers' businesses to plan growth.
Manages balance between customer centricity, enablement of sales, and cost-effectiveness.
Shares business insights and advances solutions and action plans to drive business and commercial leader goals and short-term accountabilities.
Provides credible insights into industry benchmarks and consumer trends, performance improvements, and growth.
Facilitates to resolve complex issues.
Manages and executes processes through engagement with internal and external stakeholders.
Applies understanding of the broader Microsoft context to offer solutions to ensure organizational objectives are met.
Develops and manages strategies to proactively mitigate, or reactively address, potential adverse effects of macroeconomic and/or geopolitical risks.
Articulates a comprehensive view of financial results and approaches leaders can implement based on a deep understanding of business partner and counterpart work context and situation.
Considers competing views and alternative solutions when formulating recommendations for financial plans and forecasts.
Conceptualizes and designs new approaches to how financial data is collected and evaluated to impact future outcomes and decisions.
Drives improvements in data management through automation.
Applies understanding of advanced technology to accomplish business goals and to provide greater depth of analysis.
Understands the interconnections between data, information, and results and translates this into forward-looking narratives and forecasts.
Provides clarity and alignment with leaders.
Implements creative ways to show patterns and draw conclusions to help drive decisions and clearly communicate findings.
Generates actionable plans based on complex results, ambiguous findings, and multi-year time horizons.
Articulates understanding and awareness of business partner situations.
Drives the right tone from executive leadership and ensures strict adherence and understanding of Microsoft policies on risk and compliance.
Influences leadership to ensure compliance is a top priority and modeled throughout the organization.
Drives a compliant culture through actions and decisions to instill trust.
Advocates, educates, and promotes proven practices and new developments.
Encourages asking questions and identifying risks to compliance.
Champions Microsoft privacy, security, and ethical standards.
Advances key compliance initiatives.
Embody our culture and values