SME&C Finance Security CSA

Microsoft•Redmond, WA

About The Position

The SME&C Finance Security CSA partners with business and finance teams to support strategic decisions through analytical frameworks and financial thinking about current revenue and future business models. The role contributes to growth strategies and provides the sales team with clarity to execute Microsoft’s business priorities. Within WW SME&C Finance, the position supports business transformation and customer orientation, strategic resource allocation and investments informed by local insights, and compliant, sustainable growth. Key focus areas include New Business, Cloud Solution Provider Revenue workstreams, and consumption from a workload perspective.

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 these fields and 4+ years of relevant experience; or equivalent experience.
Preferred: Master’s degree in a listed field and 6+ years of post-graduate financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance experience; or a bachelor’s degree in a listed field and 8+ years of such experience; or equivalent experience.
Financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance experience.

Nice To Haves

1+ year of experience in multinational organizations in multi-product or multi-segment finance roles.
1+ year of experience working in a matrix-based organization.
1+ year of experience in the technology or software industry.
Preferred: 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 experience; or a bachelor’s degree in a listed field and 8+ years of such experience; or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

Provide actionable insights on pricing, new SKUs and go-to-market plans, and resource allocation to inform executive decisions.
Lead business-case development for new initiatives and strategic changes, partnering with EG and Core teams to build alignment and support rapid execution.
Lead go-to-market execution excellence for Security across Corporate and SMB segments, translating plans into measurable indicators and driving actions to close performance gaps.
Use analytics, industry information and customer insights to assess business health and make actionable recommendations.
Support CFO forecasting, budgeting, planning and target-setting processes; establish growth commitments with clear assumptions and drivers, and identify and manage business risks.
Partner with EG, Channel and MCAPS Finance, MCAPS HQ, and the SME&C community on Security forecasting and long-range planning discussions.
Own the analytical framework for whitespace opportunities.
Drive standardization and simplification with the SME&C CSA team, SME&C Operations, shared resource teams and Corporate teams, including EG, MCAPS HQ and FDE.
Lead projects to build AI-enabled tools and dashboards that improve Area reporting and insights.
Advise SME&C leadership, challenge plans and offer solutions as a trusted partner.
Communicate financial results, business performance and insights to senior leaders in a clear, compelling way that influences decisions.
Work with stakeholders to drive action on revenue generation, resource allocation and investment decisions.
Align people and resources, build on others’ work, and foster shared accountability.
Lead the evolution of the insights framework with finance and business partners to meet business needs and surface growth opportunities.
Deliver analyses that accelerate Security growth, workload adoption, customer adds and other focus drivers.
Bring competitive and market insights to challenge Security GTM leaders on business opportunities and the growth roadmap.
Protect compliance with company policies, legal standards and regulatory requirements by reviewing financial documents and business processes for accuracy and driving corrective action when needed.
Advise business partners on sharing financial information and using approved instruments and processes consistently with corporate policy.
Partner with Compliance groups to keep the team current on company policies and procedures.