Senior Finance Manager
Microsoft
Senior Finance Manager
Reston, Virginia, United States
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Overview
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions (MCAPS) plays a critical role in operationalizing this mission, driving digital transformation with our commercial customers. Our Microsoft consulting and support business play a pivot role and help deploying mission critical workloads across our Federal customers, and deliver world class support.
This individual contributor (IC) position, based in our Microsoft Federal Team, supports local Consulting and Support business units. This unique and exciting role will be responsible for driving deep business insight to influence decision making that drives near-term revenue and scorecard accountability, optimization and long-term sustainability. The role will have a blend of rhythm of the business (RoB) activities, as well as analytics and white space projects. Building a healthy culture with your team, becoming a trusted advisor with your business partners and senior leaders. The role will require disciplined time management, driving for results and creativity in problem solving are critical attributes for success in this role. Collaborative skills are also key, as there is frequent communication and coordination with finance communities across the US subsidiary, Corporate/HQ and Engineering to scale insights and ensure broader success.
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.
In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
This role follows a flexible work model, requiring on-site presence three days a week.
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 experience in government contracting or multinational technology company OR equivalent experience.
Other Requirements:
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:
- Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customer and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport.
- Criminal Justice Information Services: This position requires passing a background check conducted through the CJIS criminal justice information system by authorized local, state, and/or federal agencies.
- 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.
- 1+ year(s) experience in multinationals with multi-product/multi-segment finance roles.
- 1+ year(s) work experience in matrix-based organization.
- 1+ year(s) work experience in the technology or software industry.
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 13, 2025.
Responsibilities
- Aspiration landing: Land budgets and engage with Industry leaders in building execution plan for reaching North star/ Aspiration.
- Forecast Precision: Ensures accuracy in forecasting across solution areas, maintaining precision of critical workloads in partnership with Cloud Solutions Analysts.
- Business Performance: Highlight performance drivers ensuring action against key metrics to optimize outcomes.
- Pipeline Acceleration: Drive pipeline rigor to accelerate top of the funnel & qualified pipeline across all critical workloads.
- Drives the right tone from executive leadership and ensures strict adherence and understanding of Microsoft policies on risk and compliance.
- Influences leadership to ensure compliance is a top priority and modeled throughout the organization.
- Directs team and holds others accountable to ensure financial control processes, policies, instruments, and procedures are executed.
- Guides team and encourages others to identify and share risks to compliance and take steps to mitigate.
- Drives a compliant culture through actions and decisions to instill trust.
- Advocates, educates and promotes best practices and new developments.
- Champions Microsoft privacy, security, and ethical standards.
- Advances key compliance initiatives.
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