Overview

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, and we’re dedicated to this mission across every aspect of our company. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their* best *each day.

Our Cloud Corporate Partnership team is an exciting and fast-evolving finance organization at the forefront of Microsoft’s cloud growth. We partner deeply with Microsoft engineering, marketing, and business development teams to build strategic partnerships that deliver maximum value.

We are looking for a Group Finance Manager to help drive thought leadership on some of our largest and most strategic Azure deals. This role will serve as the subject matter expertise on product and regional marginal cost frameworks to help inform deal making strategy, partnering closely with key stakeholders from EG finance (Revenue and Cost teams), deal teams (deal desk and business development), engineering (product engineering and supply chain / capacity teams), and sales.

Responsibilities:

The main responsibilities include:

• Partnering with Strategic Sales, Business Development, Engineering, and other teams to guide healthy Azure partnerships

• Drive thought leadership on marginal cost frameworks, including bridge to actual costing, and forward efficiencies

• Developing frameworks to accelerate, simplify, and scale Azure’s deal making process

• Engaging with internal executives to clearly articulate the outcome of complex financial analyses

• Continuous learning of Microsoft Cloud services, infrastructure, operations, go-to-market, and long-term cloud economics.

• Embody our culture and values

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Master'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 fieldOR Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 6+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field
• OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master'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 experienceOR Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 12+ years of post-graduate financial analysis, accounting, controllership, or finance work experience

• OR equivalent experience.

• Passionate about the technology industry, and ability to engage in technical discussions

• Written and verbal communication skills, enabling simple communication of complex topics to an executive audience

Analytical skills and strategic thinking

• Modeling capabilities and ability to work with financial systems

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

• Comfort working at multiple altitudes, from strategic/high-level projects to detailed analysis

• Proven leadership skills, with demonstrated results in proactively driving and delivering high value/high-impact project results through both individual and v-team efforts

• Business partnering capabilities, with the ability to influence others without direct authority and appropriately push back when required

• Ability to handle multiple tasks under tight deadlines

• High level of self-motivation; ability to quickly identify what needs to be accomplished and resourcefulness to get things done

Financial Analysis IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $116,900 - $203,600 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 $148,400 - $222,600 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

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.