Senior Finance Manager - Strategic Partnership Enablement

Empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. That’s what inspires us, drives our work and pushes us to challenge the status quo every day. We contribute to our company’s mission through delivering excellence in the Corporate Accounting organization. We are looking for a talented and motivated individual to help shape the future of our accounting and financial processes for strategic partnerships.

Are you a highly collaborative self-starter interested in adding value to businesses growing in complexity and scale? This Senior Finance Manager – Strategic Partnership Enablement role is part of the Business Enablement finance team that supports some of Microsoft’s most exciting and emerging businesses, including Azure, Artificial Intelligence, Gaming, Experience and Devices, Productivity, and all the cloud infrastructure that runs them.

This position drives enablement, optimization and oversight of Financial Accounting and Operations for large-scale AI partnership. Partnering with Business Development, Cloud Finance and Operations, this role is expected to define and deliver timely and compliant solutions to enable new commercial contracts and terms.

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

• Drive successful enablement and execution of new, non-standard and complex strategic partnerships.
• Manage financial compliance, including the collection of data, accurate record-keeping, and coordinating with cross-functional teams to execute processes and ensure compliance with contractual requirements.
• Manage and execute processes through engagement with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Provide business insights and recommendations to influence decision making and scalable financial operations.
• Business partner and drive collaboration across various teams including: Finance, Accounting, Operations, Engineering, Compliance and other partners.
• Facilitate to resolve complex partner and program issues. Create alignment between business stakeholders and influence leadership decision-making of complex scenarios. Consider competing views and alternative solutions when formulating recommendations.
• Understand the interconnections between data and processes and conceptualize and design new approaches to finance and accounting processes. Drive improvements through automation. Apply understanding of advanced technology to mitigate risks and drive efficiencies and scalability.
• Identify and manage business risk. Ensure controls are implemented and data security practices are adhered to. Ensure deals are compliantly operationalized in accordance with MS Policies, GAAP and SOX.
• Document end-to-end processes in detail and at a high-level that can be leveraged by execution teams and for executive presentations.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Masters 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 Bachelors 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:

• Cross-functional partnering and leadership capabilities, with the ability to influence others without direct authority, including the ability to build trusted advisor status and deep relationships across stakeholders.
• 2+ year(s) work experience in the technology or software industry.
• 1+ years experience managing financial accounting close process.

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.