• Senior Finance Manager, Media & Partnerships

    Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA)


    Are you passionate about using data to drive strategic decision-making? Are you an active learner looking for ways to apply Modern Finance skills to your work? The Marketing Finance team is hiring Senior Finance Manager, Media & Partnerships to support our Media and Strategic partnerships execution and drive analytics towards outcomes supporting the Engines & Experiences organization. This role will work across both commercial and consumer constituents and scale/develop investment frameworks for Marketing that use ROI to drive optimization and resource allocation decisions in this space.

     

    The Functional Marketing Finance team is part of the Marketing Finance team. This team provides finance support, analysis, and partners closely with Marketing stakeholders to drive strategic prioritization, thought leadership, and resource trade-off decisions with the goal of increasing marketing investment ROI.

     

    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.

    Responsibilities

    + Partnership: Engage closely with business leaders in Media and Marketing experiences orgs to analyze marketing investments, drive insights, and influence investment prioritization. Work across consumer marketing & finance teams to drive a connected media execution framework.

    + Thought Leadership: Bring a culture of outcomes to incubate innovative marketing frameworks with a focus on return on investment. Address cross functional media execution priorities partner across business and finance to align on approach and develop methods to leverage best-in-class technology to accomplish goals. Communicate results in a logical, compelling, and understandable message.

    + Drive data informed decision making and systematic solutions, communicate effectively with executives, and collaborate well across all levels of the commercial and marketing organization across forums

    + Prepare financial forecasts and support ROB and planning cycles. Contribute to month-end and quarter-end close activities, including journal entries, accruals, and recurring reporting deliverables.

    + Provide ad hoc reporting and analytical support to business partners to strengthen forecast accuracy, drive accountability, and help build financial discipline and operating rhythms across the team.

    + Drives a compliant culture through actions and decisions to instill trust. Advocates, educates, and promotes best practices and new developments. Champions Microsoft privacy, security, and ethical standards. Advances key compliance initiatives.

    Other

    + Embody our culture and values

    Qualifications

    Required/Minimum Qualifications

    + Bachelor'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 Master's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 2+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field

    + OR equivalent experience.

    + 1+ year(s) experience in a matrix-based organization

    Preferred Qualifications:

    + Work experience in (or supporting) a marketing organization

    + Crisp communication skills (both verbal and written), demonstrating ability and interest in storytelling with data

    + Proficiency in Microsoft Technology including Excel and Power BI

    + Structured Query Language (SQL), Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)

    + Positive and inclusive team member with a desire to excel both personally and professionally

    + Demonstrated collaborator with the desire and ability to partner and influence the business

    + Effective problem solver with a demonstrated ability to thrive in highly ambiguous situations

    + Attention to detail with the ability to manage competing priorities

    + Able to embrace a growth mindset with the ability to make process and business recommendations

     

    Financial Analysis IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $94,600 - $183,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $122,000 - $200,500 per year.

     

    Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

     

    Microsoft will accept applications for the role until May 7, 2025.

     

    Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .