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Senior Finance Manager - Data Center Innovation and Strategy

Microsoft

Microsoft

Accounting & Finance
USD 96,500-188,400 / year
Posted on Oct 29, 2025

Senior Finance Manager - Data Center Innovation and Strategy

Redmond, Washington, United States

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Date posted
Oct 29, 2025
Job number
1902239
Work site
3 days / week in-office
Travel
0-25 %
Role type
Individual Contributor
Profession
Finance
Discipline
Financial Analysis
Employment type
Full-Time

Overview

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.

Through our Cloud-first strategy, we strive to deliver solutions that are optimized for the world and enable customers to drive their business more successfully. 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 are seeking an experienced Senior Finance Manager - Data Center Innovation and Strategy to support financial planning and controllership for Datacenter Design and Office of CO+I CTO.

Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications:

  • 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.
  • 1+ work experience in a matrixed org

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally across teams and at all levels.
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity and bring clarity to complex situations.
  • Experience in process improvement / optimization is preferred
  • Proficient Excel modeling and prior FP&A experience preferred.

Financial Analysis IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $96,500 - $188,400 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 $123,500 - $206,400 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay


Microsoft will accept applications for the role until November 17th, 2025.

Responsibilities

The role requires a high degree of agility and skill in navigating multiple stakeholder requirements while enabling accelerated growth aspirations for the business in a highly competitive market environment. To be successful, the individual needs to be highly

collaborative, self-motivated, and curious in learning.

• Support monthly/quarterly processes around close, forecasting, budget, and long-range planning functions across Datacenter Finance team and orchestrate more broadly across the finance organization

• Support capital approval processes to support our growing Cloud business

• Partner with engineering leaders on DC design, costing, value engineering and capital investments needed

• Be a cultural champion for inclusion, growth mindsets, and establish culture and norms that support consistent quality employee and partner experiences


Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
Opportunities to network and connect

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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.