Finance Manager - Central Finance Team

Join the Central Finance Team – Collaborating for Meaningful Impact

The Central Finance Team (CFT) serves as a strategic hub for Microsoft’s financial operations, delivering critical insights that enable smarter financial and business decisions. Acting as a key partner across the organization, CFT collaborates with a wide range of stakeholders—including CFOs, senior leadership, engineering groups, and sales and marketing teams—to support and influence decision-making at every level.

We are seeking a Finance Manager for the Central Finance Team with deep analytical and modeling expertise to help shape key business decisions. In this role, you will work across revenue, gross margin, and planning initiatives, partnering closely with Microsoft leadership to communicate insights effectively. You’ll bring curiosity and drive to understand the business model and the diverse drivers across Microsoft’s portfolio. Leveraging that knowledge, you will lead fiscal year planning and contribute to strategic presentations for executives, the board, and our global sales organization. This position offers the opportunity to influence outcomes at scale while collaborating in a dynamic, inclusive environment.

We're excited to offer a hybrid role that give you the best of both worlds. You'll get to collaborate in person with your teammates at our Redmond office three days a week, and enjoy the flexibility of remote work the rest of the time. If you love connecting face-to-face and also appreciate some work-from-home days, this could be a great fit for you.

Our team culture is centered around Microsoft corporate values and the One Microsoft approach with business partners. Our team is comprised of many individuals with diverse backgrounds and values the unique perspectives and thought processes each colleague brings to the table. Our team leans into helping one another and is not afraid to try new things with a growth mindset mentality.

At Microsoft, our mission is simple yet bold: empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. That purpose fuels our Cloud‑first strategy and inspires us to challenge the status quo every day. 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.

Required/minimum qualifications

• 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.
• 2+ years of work experience and proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including advanced functions (e.g., formulas, pivot tables, and data analysis), delivering accurate financial calculations and actionable insights to drive business outcomes

Additional or preferred qualifications

• 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.
• 1+ year(s) experience with Microsoft financial processes and reporting tools such as MS Sales, Mercury, Plancast, and MSRA (or similar systems).

Financial Analysis IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $76,800 - $151,900 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 $100,800 - $168,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: US corporate pay information | Microsoft Careers

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until November 7th, 2025.

Core Responsibilities

• Analyze Microsoft’s revenue and gross margin drivers to provide actionable insights that drive meaningful impact.
• Navigate ambiguity and whitespace topics by creating clear frameworks that support decision-making in the evolving AI era, while prioritizing and organizing work effectively in a dynamic environment.
• Build strong, collaborative relationships across diverse teams and communicate effectively and succinctly with management and senior stakeholders.
• Lead strategic customer solution area frameworks and adapt them based on leadership guidance, demonstrating commitment to achieving results.
• Oversee AI P&L reporting processes and frameworks within the Central Finance team, ensuring governance and system/tool requirements are met while maintaining an inclusive and transparent approach.
• Support the fiscal year planning process by partnering across Finance to align on revenue and margin targets, fostering collaboration and shared accountability.
• Assess margin trends across the company, set appropriate goals by business for the upcoming year, and make recommendations to Corporate Finance leadership with confidence and clarity.
• Identify and track key metrics that inform the company’s strategic direction, ensuring accessibility and clarity for all stakeholders.
• Collaborate with the Office of the CFO to prepare presentations for executives and the board of directors, using strong interpersonal and communication skills to convey insights effectively.
• Embody our culture and values