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Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, and we’re dedicated to this mission across every aspect of our company. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. Join us and help shape the future of the world. Our Cloud Corporate Partnership team is an exciting and fast-evolving finance organization at the forefront of Microsoft’s cloud growth. We partner deeply with Microsoft engineering, marketing, and business development teams to build strategic partnerships that deliver maximum value. We are looking for an Azure Partnerships Senior Finance Manager to lead some of our largest and most strategic Azure partnerships. This role focuses on defining the best competitive strategy to land successful long-term partnerships by applying robust technical, financial, and business expertise. This role also serves as subject matter advisor for contractual terms and GTM incentive discussions.
Job Responsibility:
Engaging with internal and external executives to clearly articulate the outcome of complex financial analyses
Partnering with Business Development, Engineering, Marketing, and other teams to guide healthy Azure partnerships
Creating robust financial models to evaluate complex transactions and determine negotiations guardrails
Developing frameworks to accelerate, simplify, and scale Azure’s deal making and partnership process
Continuous learning of Microsoft Cloud services, infrastructure, operations, go-to-market, and long-term growth levers
Embody our culture and values
Requirements:
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
Passionate about the technology industry, and ability to engage in technical discussions
Written and verbal communication skills, enabling simple communication of complex topics to an executive audience
Analytical skills and strategic thinking
Modeling capabilities and ability to work with financial systems
Ability to deal with ambiguity and uncertainty in a business that evolves at a fast pace
Comfort working at multiple altitudes, from strategic/high-level projects to detailed analysis
Proven leadership skills, with demonstrated results in proactively driving and delivering high value/high-impact project results through both individual and v-team efforts
Business partnering capabilities, with the ability to influence others without direct authority and appropriately push back when required
Ability to handle multiple tasks under tight deadlines
High level of self-motivation
ability to quickly identify what needs to be accomplished and resourcefulness to get things done
Nice to have:
Masters Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 6+ 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 8+ years of post-graduate financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance work experience