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In MCAPS (Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions) Finance, we’re driving shareholder value in 50+ subsidiaries and over 100 Sales Locations and carry the local accountability for the financials as well as statutory and compliance matters across all Microsoft commercial segments and products.

In MCAPS Finance 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.

The MCAPS Business Planning, Strategy and Investments Finance team is seeking a Senior Finance Manager, Azure to be part of the Segment Finance team focused team overseeing part of the commercial headcount worldwide portfolio and driving strategy and execution on headcount resource optimization analytics and fiscal year blueprint planning process. The selected individual will get to work in a highly collaborative, fast paced (and fun) environment to help drive strategy across all segments leading advanced analytics and develop KPI (key performance indicator) metrics to improve productivity and return on investments.

This position requires the ability to communicate strategy concisely and consistently, so business acumen and polished presentation and communication skills need to be your strengths.  This is an exciting and position; a position where you will have the opportunity to learn across geographies and businesses, how Microsoft operates at scale, and influence leaders.

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

+ Lead the Target setting, budget and forecast process including reviews across Engineering, Marketing and Sales organizations, providing clarity on timelines and deliverables across a large finance team to deliver sharp, compelling insights to numerous organizations.

+ Deep partnership with MCAPS sales team to shape go to market strategy and resoure productivity

+ Lead Demand and Capacity planning across the organization to help ensure there is adequate capacity in data centers to meet federal demand

+ Drive return on investment for all investments across the business

+ Drive governance and change management for hierarchies to support new launches and planning, including subject matter expertise on various cross functional hierarchies.

+ Ad-hoc strategic projects supporting Azure & Server Net business health.

+ Embody our  culture  and  values .

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

+ 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 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 equivalent experience.

+ 2+ years of experience in Microsoft Excel and the ability to synthesize insights from large datasets

Other Qualifications

+ This position requires verfication of citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate's citizenship will be verified with a valid passport.

Preferred Qualifications

+ Masters Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 6+ 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 8+ years of post-graduate financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance work experience

+ OR equivalent experience.

+ Demonstrated cross group collaboration skills including the ability to communicate with executive management at Microsoft

+ Ability to effectively manage multiple inputs across many stakeholders, prioritizing the effort on main drivers

+ Ability to deal with ambiguity and uncertainty in a business that evolves at a very fast pace

+ Show propensity for learning, and demonstrate ability to identify, analyze, interpret, and deliver sound solutions

+ Executive level oral and written communication skills - ability to communicate complex analysis and models in a simple way

Financial Analysis IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $96,500 - $188,400 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 $123,500 - $206,400 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 November 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) .