Overview
Aspire to develop the ultimate skill set of a Chief Financial Officer? We make Microsoft here in Core Financial Planning & Analysis. Our team is responsible for finance-wide leadership of key processes and technical analyses. Process leadership includes coordinating hundreds of controllers, across dozens of businesses and channels, through our core rhythms, such as financial data management (managerial accounting to interpret results and support business decisions on resource allocation) and planning (target-setting, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting). Analytical leadership includes assessment of company-wide impact related to foreign exchange rate fluctuations, statutory tax exposure, cash flow and capital strategy, consolidated forward-looking guidance, valuation of businesses for accounting and strategy, and financial benchmarking across peer companies and the technology landscape. Our stakeholders comprise the Board of Directors, Wall Street analysts and shareholders, the Senior Leadership Team (CEO, CFO, and Executive VPs), executive staff (Corporate VPs), finance leadership (CFOs and controllers), and functional teams across the company (Corporate Strategy and central teams).
As a Sr. Finance Manager on our Planning team, you will empower business partners to deliver timely, accurate, accessible, and complete information in our financial systems. You will collaborate with finance and tools teams across all aspects of the company and set timelines and milestone workbacks that enable business planning rhythms for Microsoft. Your leadership will integrate diverse business models into end-to-end corporate planning, forecasting, and reporting processes. You will partner closely with both engineering and field finance teams to assess the impact of incorporating new drivers, business models, performance indicators, non-financial disclosures, and other financial analysis and reporting requirements into existing systems and processes.
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
Successful candidates for this role will understand how to structure planning processes (target-setting, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting) as well as financial hierarchies and systems. This includes experience demonstrating communication skills to collaborate with different finance and tools teams and set dates, deadlines and deliverables that enable planning processes for the company. This role offers both breadth and depth, requiring the ability to scale big processes that flow financial data across multiple organizations as well as detail orientation to anticipate underlying dependencies.
Example responsibilities:
- Lead partnership across diverse roles in finance, accounting, engineering, services, and other organizations to deliver end-to-end business processes
- Manage change and drive opportunities for efficiency and automation across financial rhythms of business (ROB)
- Synthesize consolidated reports and analysis for budget and forecast to facilitate business decisions with executive leadership
- Enable the release of planning and forecasting tools by sponsoring feature reviews and user acceptance testing (UAT)
- Apply judgment and manage multiple workstreams to create clarity in ambiguous scenarios
Qualifications
Required/minimum 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.
Preferred Qualifications:
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.
Communicates effectively across teams and with executive leadership to align on goals, while managing multiple inputs and prioritizing desired outcomes.
Adapts to ambiguity and fast-paced change, applying system thinking and strategic perspective to solve complex problems.
Brings energy for a high-performing team culture, working through large-scale challenges, delivering fast with quality and a growth mindset.
Builds trusted partnerships across finance and business teams to uncover opportunities, deliver insights, and support decision-making.
Demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset, translating analysis into actionable cross-functional solutions and fostering collaboration across stakeholders.
Financial Analysis IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $97,600.00 - $188,400.00 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 $125,000.00 - $206,400.00 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.**