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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. Embracing our cloud-first strategy, we deliver solutions that are optimized for the world and enable customers to drive their business more successfully. Microsoft’s Commercial Product Infrastructure (CPI) team is an exciting and fast-evolving finance team at the forefront of Microsoft’s Cloud-first strategy. We are looking for a talented and motivated individual to help shape the future of our cloud products. The Cloud Infra and Supply Execution (CISE) finance team is an exciting and fast-evolving finance team at the forefront of Microsoft’s Cloud-first strategy. The CISE finance team is responsible for supporting delivering cloud capacity at the right time, right place and right cost. We’re seeking a Group Finance Manager to lead forward looking capital analytics, inventory finance governance, and warehousing strategy.
Job Responsibility
Own end to end capital analytics for LLE: build multi year investment models, scenario analyses, and pacing recommendations balancing supply security, capital efficiency, and unit cost reduction
Lead financial evaluation of sourcing and contract structures with procurement and engineering (price curves, indexation, risk/benefit tradeoffs, make/buy, staging depth) to optimize economics
Establish and maintain LLE/warehousing KPIs (inventory turns, carrying cost, obsolescence risk, storage utilization, cost to build impact) and drive data backed actions
Translate strategy into finance rhythms: embed assumptions into budget/LRP/forecast
quantify risks/opportunities
provide clear narratives for senior reviews
Strengthen reporting accuracy and controls for LLE and warehousing (capitalization, policy alignment, commitments, variance tracking, audit readiness)
Drive process and tooling improvements that increase automation, data quality, and cross team decision velocity across equipment staging and warehouse footprint planning
Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 6+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field
OR Master'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
Demonstrated expertise in financial modeling (NPV/IRR, sensitivity, price/volume mix), forecasting, and scenario planning for capital intensive programs
Proven ability to partner across engineering, procurement, operations, influencing decisions with clear narratives and well structured analyses
Understanding of inventory/accounting mechanics (capitalization policies, carrying costs, write downs, controls) and portfolio governance
Advanced proficiency with Excel/Power BI (or similar), and the ability to connect disparate data sources into executive ready insights
Nice to have
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 12+ years of post-graduate financial analysis, accounting, controllership, or finance work experience
OR Master'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