Overview
The team’s charter is to build out end to end Microsoft Cloud Infrastructure while driving down unit cost of capacity, ensuring cloud services achieve both profit and gross margin growth. As a crucial member of the team, you’ll also support long term bets and drive competitive intelligence to keep Microsoft Cloud ahead of competition. All while enhancing transparency into Cloud Infrastructure investments, safeguarding shareholder interest.
We are looking for a Senior Finance Manager supporting our cloud product margins and strategy, defining key areas for margin expansion in the networking space and driving optimal execution strategies.
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
- Perform financial and business analysis to evaluate product performance, operational plans, and major transactions (e.g., pricing, investments, partnerships).
- Provide actionable insights and recommendations to support revenue, profitability, and resource allocation goals.
- Partner with engineering and business teams to align product roadmaps with financial expectations and planning assumptions.
- Drive long-range planning for networking investments and connectivity strategies to enable Microsoft Cloud growth.
- Collaborate across finance, engineering, and business planning to optimize utilization, improve gross margin scale, and accelerate market share.
- Deliver quarterly financial and operational reviews, clearly communicating results and recommendations to senior leaders.
- Integrate data from multiple sources into clear narratives and visualizations for executive decision-making.
- Maintain expertise in Microsoft financial systems, policies, and processes; identify opportunities to improve efficiency and accuracy.
- Develop strategies to mitigate macroeconomic and geopolitical risks impacting business performance.
Qualifications
Requirements
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 Qualifictions
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 $97,600 - $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 $125,000 - $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
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.**