Overview

The GCR HQ Finance Director plays a crucial role in driving performance and insights, working with the broader MCAPS organization to enhance overall commercial financial performance.

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 People

• Lead Business Analyst Manager, Financial Controllers & CSA Managers in line with the People Priorities.

Prioritization & Partnership

• Drive effective Rhythm of Business
• Lead all key finance processes (Budget, Forecast, Closing, WW ROBs) to ensure seamless end to end flow
• Long-Range planning for the area, connect company-wide strategies to local characteristics
• Enables CSA analytics: Provides performance measures, identifies product trends and opportunities, and navigates consumption-driving conversations. Offers insights into industry, customer trends, and workloads. Leads consumption forecasts and usage metrics analytics for the area.
• Leverage analytics and insights to deliver impact on the 5 MCAPS priorities through deeper solution area expertise on Copilot, AIDW, Security, M365 core execution and migrations. Identification & prioritization of opportunities incl. propensity model
• Oversee productivity analysis for optimal local resource allocation to drive growth and shareholder value
• Lead Finance transformation (i.e. Simplification, standardization, centralization)
• Strong partnership with DD: Influence large deal construction for all material deals by proactively engaging in structuring. Deliver and optimize large deal economics with an end-to-end view (e.g., ECIF, discounts, channel incentives, services). Lead DWR support for major deals
• Oversee partnership with Corp EGs to share field insights and issues requiring escalation
• Customer showcase: Be actively engaged to tell our story and drive digital transformation. Drive targeted partner and customer reviews, own account sponsorship and impactful Business Decision Maker engagement.

Protect

• Controls and Compliance: Enforce and enhance the framework, while supporting the Compliance Lead in execution

Qualifications Required Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 8+ 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 10+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field
• OR equivalent experience
• 1+ year(s) experience managing direct reports
• Fluency in English and Mandarin

Preferred Qualifications;

Demonstrates leadership skills and decision-making ability.

• Exceptional communication skills

• Strong attention to detail

• Refined technical finance skills

• Strong analytical skills and intellectual curiosity

• Ability to influence, establish credibility, trust and partnership at all levels of the organization.

• Deal structuring for complex deals

• Develop and communicate Finance independent view on business Performance and outlook 15 years + experience in Finance

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

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