$130,900–$277,200 Per Year
Accounting, Advertising, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Benchmarking, Budgeting, Business Administration, Business Growth, Business Strategy, Channel Strategies, Coaching, Communication Skills, Competitive Analysis/Strategy, Cost Control, Cross-Functional, Data Science, Economics, Finance, Financial Analysis, Financial Modeling, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Financial Strategy, Forecasting, Gross Margin, Investment Analysis, Investment Capital, Investment Strategy, Leadership, Metrics, Microsoft Product Family, People Management, Profit & Loss, Profit & Loss Management, Program Evaluation, Project Evaluation, Return on Capital (ROC), Return on Investment (ROI), Storytelling, Strategic Planning, Team Lead/Manager, Thought Leadership, Web Browsers
Overview
The Microsoft AI (MAI) business is a rapidly growing space, encompassing a diverse portfolio of businesses spanning advertising, subscription, and consumption. The Owned & Operated (O&O) Finance team plays a critical role in overseeing Browser, Search, and News, as well as AI Ads Monetization. This team is responsible for FP&A, long-range planning, growth frameworks, transformational projects, competitive analytics, and external partnerships-all essential to driving business growth and strategic investment decisions.
As Finance Director, you will lead this highly visible function, partnering closely with Consumer business executives to shape financial strategy, optimize investments, and influence key decision-making. This impactful role requires strong management capabilities, cross-functional collaboration, thought leadership, and the ability to distill complex concepts into actionable frameworks.
Responsibilities
- Strategic Financial Leadership: Partner with engineering and business leaders to drive financial objectives, optimize investments, and identify efficiency opportunities across Browser, Search, and News products.
- Investment Optimization: Lead financial planning and analysis for AI-driven workloads, including search quality enhancements and platform transformation.
- Profitability & Cost Management: Develop and execute strategies to improve gross margin, vertical P&Ls, and cost-to-serve metrics, ensuring sustainable financial growth.
- Data-Driven Decision Making: Utilize advanced financial modeling, external benchmarks, and unit economic frameworks to define north-star unit costs and maximize return on invested capital.
- Executive Communication: Craft compelling narratives using storytelling techniques to communicate complex financial insights in a clear and impactful manner to senior leadership.
- Team Leadership & Development: Lead a team of highly capable individuals with exceptional, inclusive people management capabilities. Foster a culture of "Model, Coach, and Care." Recruit, develop, and retain a high-performing team.
- Portfolio Investment Strategy: Own the development and execution of frameworks to guide growth and investment across Microsoft's consumer portfolio of businesses, driving alignment of direction with executives, including SLT members.
- Strategic Investment & ROI Assessment: Partner to develop investment strategies and ROI assessments of program dollars, making tradeoffs across the O&O portfolio of products to optimize investments.
- Competitive Analytics & Insights: Build compete analytics and insights across Advertising & AI businesses, leveraging insights to shape planning discussions and influence roadmap decisions.
- Financial Rhythms & Accuracy: Lead core financial rhythms for the O&O businesses (Budget, Forecast, LRP, Close, etc.), driving insights through analytics and maintaining high forecast accuracy.
Qualifications
Required/minimum qualifications:
- Masters Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 8+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field OR Bachelors Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 10+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field OR equivalent experience.
- 1+ year(s) experience managing direct reports.
Preferred Qualifications:
Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive financial excellence in a fast-paced environment.
Exceptional analytical skills with expertise in financial modeling, forecasting, and performance measurement.
Exceptional communication skills with the ability to simplify complex financial concepts for executive audiences
Financial Analysis M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900 - $277,200 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 - $303,600 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.
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