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Group Finance Manager - Azure Compute

Microsoft

Microsoft

Accounting & Finance
Redmond, WA, USA
USD 116,900-203,600 / year + Equity
Posted on Dec 13, 2025
Overview

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 revenue and gross margin growth. As a crucial member of the team, you’ll also support long term bets and drive business intelligence to keep Microsoft Cloud ahead of competition. All while enhancing transparency into Cloud Infrastructure investments, safeguarding shareholder interest.

We are looking for a Group Finance Manager - Azure Compute who will coach teams who support our cloud product margins and strategy, defining key areas for margin expansion for Azure Compute.

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.



Responsibilities
  • Partner with the Azure Compute Engineering leadership team to identify and prioritize investments for sustained margin growth
  • Be a trusted advisor and build working relationships with the Azure Compute leadership team
  • Lead the bi-annual planning cycle for Azure Compute in partnership with Engineering leadership team
  • Contribute to the development and implementation of big growth and transformation ideas in order to meet long term margin aspirations of the business.
  • Be comfortable testing business partners and existing norms or courses of action, to drive better business outcomes for Microsoft
  • Lead and motivate a high functioning team
  • Focus on creating a diverse and inclusive culture of empathy, trust and collaboration to ensure that each person in the team can thrive and bring their best to work
  • Drive structured people rhythms around career development, performance check-ins, slate planning
  • Drive the tone of compliance within the business and ensure partnership and effectiveness with the business teams
  • Ensure compliance in all areas of risk within the business


Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications

  • Master'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 Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 6+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field OR equivalent experience.

Additional or preferred qualifications

  • Established leadership skills with analytical modeling and strategic thinking
  • Proven data and financial modeling capabilities and ability to work with financial systems
  • Ability to communicate complex analysis in a simple way. Executive level oral and written communication skills
  • Demonstrated results proactively driving and delivering high value/high-impact project through both individual and v-team efforts
  • Collaborative partnering capabilities, with the ability to influence others without direct authority and appropriately push back as required
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks under tight deadlines, quickly prioritize for impact and the resourcefulness to deliver


Financial Analysis M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $116,900 - $203,600 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 $148,400 - $222,600 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


This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.




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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.