Overview
The Commercial Product and Infrastructure (CPI) Finance 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 finance team is an exciting and fast-evolving team that partners deeply with engineering leaders to ensure $20B+ resources across ~100K engineering FTEs are continuously aligned to strategic engineering priorities.
We are looking for a Senior Finance Manager to work closely with Cloud Operations and Innovcation (CO+I) to support Capacity and Datacenter engineering leaders.
This role partners with engineering, global talent acquisition, and finance to plan full time employee (FTE) headcount and vendor resources and implement a strategic workforce talent roadmap to support long-term capacity growth.
• The ideal candidate has problem-solving ability at multiple altitudes (high-level strategy to tactical execution) and can navigate complexity and ambiguity in a fast-paced environment.
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 stakeholders that extends beyond the numbers into strategy. Influence a compliant culture through actions and education with stakeholders.
Responsibilities
Decision Support:Apply strategic thinking into FTE headcount 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 (close, forecast, budget).
Partner with stakeholders to craft the capacity investment story through business understanding and collaboration.
Take a macro-level approach to analyze results, highlighting trends and key levers.
Support CFO and Engineering CVP reviews.
• Resource allocation and management: Partner with procurement and business on vendor spend to align to strategic functional areas.
Model and analyze key drivers, identify levers, and drive planning decisions.
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.
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.
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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.
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