Overview
Microsoft Treasury | Global Financial Services
Microsoft Treasury manages one of the largest corporate investment portfolios and global cash operations in the world. We are seeking a Director of Investment and Cash Operations to lead the teams and processes responsible for the company's global liquidity, investment settlement, and cash management operations. This is a senior leadership role reporting into Treasury, with broad responsibility for operational excellence, controls, and the people who keep Microsoft's cash and investment activity running accurately and at scale.
The** Director, Investment and Cash Operations** will lead a high-performing team, partner across Treasury front office, accounting, tax, banking partners, and technology, and drive continuous improvement and automation across the operations landscape.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end investment and cash operations, including trade settlement, confirmations, reconciliations, corporate actions, and lifecycle management across a global, multi-asset-class portfolio.
- Own global cash management operations — daily liquidity positioning, payments execution oversight, account structures, and bank connectivity — ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
- Establish and maintain a strong control environment; own operational risk identification, mitigation, and remediation, and ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulatory requirements.
- Partner with the investment front office, accounting, tax, financial reporting, and external banking and custodian relationships to ensure seamless execution and settlement.
- Drive automation, process re-engineering, and platform modernization in partnership with Treasury technology and engineering teams to improve scalability and reduce manual effort.
- Define and track operational KPIs and SLAs; deliver against accuracy, timeliness, and efficiency targets.
- Lead, develop, and grow a team of operations professionals; build succession depth and a culture of accountability, learning, and inclusion.
- Lead through audits, control reviews, and process documentation; serve as a senior point of escalation for complex operational issues.
Qualifications
Required/minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business AND 10+ years experience with background in treasury, finance, banking, or accounting OR equivalent experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Deep understanding of investment instruments (fixed income, money markets, equities, derivatives), the trade lifecycle, settlement, and global cash/liquidity management.
- Demonstrated success building and operating strong control environments and managing operational risk at scale.
- Proven ability to lead, scale, and develop high-performing teams.
- Excellent partnership and communication skills with the ability to influence across functions and with external banking partners.
- Experience with treasury management systems (e.g., SAP, Kyriba, FIS, or similar), payment platforms, and SWIFT/bank connectivity.
- Track record of driving automation and operational transformation.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; CTP, CFA, MBA, or equivalent a plus.
- Experience operating in a large, complex, multinational corporate treasury.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status, protected genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristics protected by local laws, regulations, or ordinances.
Treasury M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900.00 - $277,200.00 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 $165,600.00 - $303,600.00 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.**