Finance Manager - Infra Workforce Planning and Compete

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.

The Margin Strategy and Investment Optimization (MSIO) team is an exciting and fast-evolving finance team at the forefront of Microsoft's cloud-first strategy and we are hiring for a Finance Manager - Infra Workforce Planning and Compete.

The Cloud Infrastructure Strategy, Planning & Delivery (CISPD) team's charter is to build out and operate Microsoft's cloud infrastructure while driving down unit cost of capacity, ensuring cloud services achieve gross margin growth and share expansion. As a crucial member of the team you'll provide thought leadership in workforce planning as well as insights on industry analysis.

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.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Responsibilities

The role requires the ability to conduct long-range headcount planning aligned with business priorities and financial goals

• The role will also conduct in-depth compete analysis across the industry to help identify areas of strength and opportunity for our Cloud Business and share learnings regularly across the business and finance

• To be successful, the individual needs to be highly collaborative, self-motivated and be curious in learning.

• Analytical: Model and analyze key strategic drivers to influence and drive planning decisions and strategic activities, specifically in relation to our infrastructure and supply chain headcount and vendor.

• Business partnership: Act as a strategic and trusted advisor to key stakeholders across the company regularly to influence business direction and operational support.

• Finance rhythms of business: Coordinate budget and long range planning (LRP) in alignment with corporate timelines. Communicate required deliverables clearly and facilitate reviews with leaders in a timely manner.

• Process improvement: Continuously improve processes to drive automation, efficiency, prioritization, and cross team collaboration.

• Collaborate with manager to identify high impact projects that will drive business success and align to your personal development goals.

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Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• 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 Master's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field

• OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous accounting experience in Cloud, supply chain, fixed assets, leases and/or multi-national companies preferred

• Analytical, strategic thinking, and leadership skills

• Ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal) with all levels of management

• Demonstrated systems and process improvement experience

• Collaborative and comfortable dealing with ambiguity, influencing across multiple complex organizations, creating effective internal business partnerships

• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects, have attention to detail, and work effectively under deadlines

Financial Analysis IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $72,800 - $144,000 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 $95,100 - $157,900 per year.

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Microsoft will accept applications for the role until May 6, 2024.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (~~~) .