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Finance Director, Cloud and AI, R&D

Microsoft

Microsoft

Accounting & Finance, Software Engineering, Data Science
USD 130,900-277,200 / year
Posted on Aug 23, 2025

Finance Director, Cloud and AI, R&D

Redmond, Washington, United States

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Date posted
Aug 22, 2025
Job number
1862704
Work site
Up to 50% work from home
Travel
0-25 %
Role type
People Manager
Profession
Finance
Discipline
Financial Analysis
Employment type
Full-Time

Overview

The Commercial Products and Infrastructure (CPI) org is responsible for driving Microsoft cloud & AI capacity, margin excellence, and resource allocation rigor across Microsoft’s portfolio. Within CPI, the Resource Investment Strategy (RIS) finance team is an exciting and fast-evolving team that partners deeply with engineering leaders to ensure $20B+ resources across ~100K engineering full time employees (FTE's) are continuously aligned to strategic engineering priorities. We are looking for a Finance Director, Cloud and AI, R&D to join the Cloud and AI team within RIS to assist us in this critical work.

In this role, you will partner across multiple stakeholders including engineering, operations and finance to ensure resource investments align to long term strategy. You will be at the heart of the AI transition and Cloud infrastructure, providing key decision support as our engineering leaders navigate our Cloud and AI ambitions.

The ideal candidate has strong problem-solving ability at multiple altitudes (high-level strategy to tactical execution) and can navigate complexity and ambiguity in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

Required/minimum 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.
Additional or preferred qualifications:
  • Master'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 Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 15+ years of post-graduate financial analysis, accounting, controllership, or finance work experience
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • 3+ years experience managing direct reports.
  • 5+ years experience in multinationals with multi-product/multi-segment finance roles.
  • 5+ years work experience in the technology or software industry.
  • 7+ years experience in multinationals with multi-product/multi-segment finance roles.

Financial Analysis M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900 - $277,200 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 $165,600 - $303,600 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


Microsoft will accept applications for the role until September 1, 2025.

Responsibilities

  • People management: Lead a high performing team fostering a culture of collaboration, inclusion, and growth mindset. Demonstrate the manager values of model, coach, care.
  • Business and Finance Partnership: Provide leadership to the business and other finance teams with respect to financial management, resource prioritization, and allocation. Ensure investments are aligned to key priorities. Drive analytical and conceptual thinking with engineering stakeholders that extends beyond the numbers into strategy. Influence a compliant culture through actions and education with stakeholders.
  • Decision Support: Apply strategic thinking into resource planning to maximize engineering investments through industry intelligence and benchmarking. Provide deeper insight to enable leadership’s decision on where and how resources should be deployed. Give visibility to the current resource landscape and drive re-deployment discussions. Communicate trade-off scenarios and provide financial analysis for recommendations.
  • Business Health and Planning: Lead finance rhythms with business partners. Take a macro-level approach to analyze results, highlighting trends and key levers.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
Opportunities to network and connect

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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.