Senior Finance Manager, CELA

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

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About The Position

The Senior Finance Manager will lead critical financial discovery projects for Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs (CELA). The team provides reporting and analysis to inform financial and business decisions, supports litigation matters, and ensures compliance with regulatory entities. This role requires detailed research and reporting from large datasets, strong attention to detail, the ability to learn complex reporting criteria, and the drive to understand project requirements and deliver accurate, timely work on tight timelines. Reporting is used for regulatory and compliance purposes.

The role combines financial reporting, data analytics, project management, and research to provide business partners with critical information. The successful candidate will work collaboratively on projects supporting CELA executives, partner with stakeholders inside and outside Finance, and help improve reporting and processes. Microsoft describes its mission as empowering every person and organization to achieve more, and emphasizes a growth mindset, innovation, collaboration, respect, integrity, accountability, and inclusion.

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 bachelor's degree in one of these fields and 4+ years of relevant experience; or equivalent experience.
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to perform queries on complex databases.
• Advanced time management, prioritization, and organization skills.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science, or a related field and 6+ years of post-graduate financial analysis, accounting, controllership, or finance work experience; or bachelor's degree in one of these fields and 8+ years of post-graduate relevant experience; or equivalent experience.
• Familiarity with Microsoft financial processes and reporting technologies and systems, such as MS Sales, Mercury, and MSRA.
• Ability to use the latest AI tools to increase impact and improve and scale processes.

Responsibilities

• Conduct deep financial research and analysis, including researching archived or historical financial information and connecting disconnected data sources when necessary.
• Document processes and outputs meticulously and ensure data custody is tightly controlled.
• Follow prescribed processes meticulously.
• Improve team efficiency and effectiveness through reporting enhancements, automation, process excellence, and detailed analytics.
• Use the latest AI tools to scale the ability to respond to stakeholders with accuracy and speed.
• Act as a trusted advisor to business partners and provide high-quality, concise reporting to meet their needs.
• Partner with key stakeholders within and outside Finance.
• Partner with data scientists to learn to write queries and understand data structures over time.
• Proactively identify and solve business problems and issues.
• Embody Microsoft’s culture and values.

Benefits

• Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation; additional benefits and pay information is available through the provided Microsoft careers link.

What This Job Offers

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