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The team's charter is to build out end to end Microsoft Cloud Infrastructure while driving down unit cost of capacity, ensuring cloud services achieve both profit and gross margin growth. As a crucial member of the team, you'll also support long term bets and drive competitive intelligence to keep Microsoft Cloud ahead of competition. All while enhancing transparency into Cloud Infrastructure investments, safeguarding shareholder interest. We are looking for a Senior Finance Manager supporting our cloud product margins and strategy, defining key areas for margin expansion in the networking space and driving optimal execution strategies. 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.
Job Responsibility
Perform financial and business analysis to evaluate product performance, operational plans, and major transactions (e.g., pricing, investments, partnerships)
Provide actionable insights and recommendations to support revenue, profitability, and resource allocation goals
Partner with engineering and business teams to align product roadmaps with financial expectations and planning assumptions
Drive long-range planning for networking investments and connectivity strategies to enable Microsoft Cloud growth
Collaborate across finance, engineering, and business planning to optimize utilization, improve gross margin scale, and accelerate market share
Deliver quarterly financial and operational reviews, clearly communicating results and recommendations to senior leaders
Integrate data from multiple sources into clear narratives and visualizations for executive decision-making
Maintain expertise in Microsoft financial systems, policies, and processes
identify opportunities to improve efficiency and accuracy
Develop strategies to mitigate macroeconomic and geopolitical risks impacting business performance.
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.
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
OR equivalent experience
1+ year(s) experience in multinationals with multi-product/multi-segment finance roles
1+ year(s) work experience in matrix-based organization
1+ year(s) work experience in the technology or software industry.