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As a Global Collections Finance Manager, you will maximize protection of Microsoft’s investments in Accounts Receivable (AR), while acting as a trusted advisor to the business and delivering key decision support, enabling profitable growth, and effectively managing the lifecycle of the dollar. You will be accountable for accelerating cash flow and optimizing collections performance. This role champions customer obsession across the organization, acting as a trusted source of knowledge and ensuring the customer’s voice influences business decisions. Additionally, it focuses on building solid relationships, driving adoption of solutions, and resolving escalations effectively.
Job Responsibility:
Practice Microsoft’s leadership principles – communicate with clarity, generate positive energy, and deliver results
Invest in learning, AI (artificial intelligence) skill building and career development
Model and foster a collaborative, inclusive and growth mindset culture
Challenge the status quo, innovate boldly, and learn through the flow of work
Collections Management – Independently manage collections and cash applications for assigned portfolio, providing support, direction and leadership
Utilize AI to drive improvements in collections portfolio to achieve targets
Ensure prudent and necessary business decisions to manage risk and facilitate collections
Address customer payment issues and leverage the Business Engagement team to assist
Project participation and/or leadership on initiatives, including AI projects that are necessary to enable our business processes keep up with significant year-over-year growth
Empower vendors and suppliers globally, as well as hold them accountable for process adherence and meeting Service Level Agreement commitments
Management of standard rhythm and engagement with our vendor
Support escalations and Service Level Agreements / Key Performance Indicators management, while delivering impact and great customer experience
Work with policy owners to drive program improvements and compliance, while driving forward changes and evolution of business processes to best support Treasury and Microsoft customer needs
Drive positive customer experience by understanding customer needs, supporting customer satisfaction initiatives, and addressing customer and stakeholder queries/escalations
Partner with teams across Microsoft, both internal and external to Treasury, on projects and initiatives to deliver best in class processes, reporting, AR performance, and a world class customer experience
Partner with key stakeholders and organizations within Microsoft to accomplish objectives of improved Collections, dispute resolution, risk mitigation, customer satisfaction, and decision support
Business Process Excellence - Leverage Treasury's Business Process Outsourcer (BPO) to achieve agreed performance metrics
Partner with the BPO and BPO Manager to ensure execution and delivery of goals
Support Audit, Tax, and Trade teams to ensure timely delivery of documentation requests related to Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other compliance requirements
Ensure strict adherence to and an understanding of Microsoft policies and hold BPOs accountable to the same strict standards
Drive compliance culture through actions and decisions to instill trust and advocate, educate, and promote best practices and new developments
Champion Microsoft privacy, security, and ethical standards
Embody our culture and values
Requirements:
Master's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field OR Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 2+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership, finance, or related field OR equivalent experience
Masters Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 3+ 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 5+ years of post-graduate financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance work experience OR equivalent experience
Ability to effectively communicate with leaders, members of management and different audiences, including presentation and cross-group collaboration skills
Ability to influence others with empathy while under pressure to deliver compliant time-based outcomes to key stakeholders and customers
Motivated with ability to identify and articulate customer value through using technology