• Finance Manager - Consumer Margin and WebXT

    Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA)


    Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. This mission inspires us, drives our work, and pushes us to challenge the status quo every day.

     

    Through our AI-first strategy, we strive to deliver solutions that are optimized for the world and enable customers to drive their business more successfully. Microsoft’s Commercial Product Infrastructure and Margin (CPIM) team is an exciting and fast-evolving finance team at the forefront of Microsoft’s AI strategy.

     

    We currently have an opening for an experienced Finance Manager to join the Consumer Margin and WebXT finance team. The WebXT Finance team is responsible for managing Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) and gross margin accountability across Bing, MSN, Consumer Co-pilot, and affiliate business units.

     

    The team focuses on determining COGS affordability and ensuring efficient resource allocation and utilization in a rapidly evolving AI landscape. These efforts support the delivery of best-in-class offerings to customers while maintaining alignment with gross margin objectives.

    Responsibilities

    + Develop and maintain detailed financial reporting for all weekly, monthly and quarterly rhythms. This will include providing monthly/quarterly variance analysis and commentary on key business drivers.

    + Deliver high-quality financial materials for key leaderships reviews including Monthly Business Reviews (MBR), close decks, executive memos, and capacity council updates.

    + Ensure accurate Graphics Processing Units (GPU) cost reporting with a strong emphasis on aligning billing practices with established financial principles and telemetry data.

    + Understand the GPU demand drivers and incoming supply and create weekly updates on signals and supply schedule by working with engineering leaders on Search and Ads

    + Manage and validate cross-charging processes across teams to ensure equitable and transparent cost allocation.

    + Drive process improvements and scalability by automating reporting templates and enhancing data workflows.

    + Leverage engineering data to maintain and update product-level cost allocations across key services, including Bing, MSN, Copilot, and Ads.

    + Support landing the annual budget/forecasts, seasonality and system loads. Understand the key assumptions driving the budget and seasonality to track over the year.

    Qualifications

    Required/Minimum Qualifications:

    + Master's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field

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

    + OR equivalent experience.

    + 2+ years experience developing complex financial models and scenario analysis.

    Additional or preferred qualifications

    + Masters Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 3+ years of post-graduate financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance work experience

    + OR Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 5+ years of post-graduate financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance work experience

    + OR equivalent experience.

    + 3+ years of financial analysis experience, preferably in a high-tech company.

    + Analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex financial data and provide actionable insights

    + Demonstrated communication & presentation skills. Can easily present complex financial issues to non-finance executives.

    + Able to demonstrate quantitative analysis skills.

    + Ability to influence and impact without authority, operate in ambiguity, and solve difficult problems, combined with the ability to prioritize and function well in a dynamic and matrixed environment.

    + Interpersonal and cross group collaboration skills.

    + Ability to drive simplicity within a complex and matrix environment

     

    Tax IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $76,800 - $151,900 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 $100,800 - $168,000 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 **August 13, 2025** .

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    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) .