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Senior Finance Manager, Central Finance - Strategic Resources

Microsoft

Microsoft

Accounting & Finance
Redmond, WA, USA
USD 96,500-188,400 / year
Posted on Feb 7, 2026
Overview

Join Us in Shaping Microsoft’s Financial Future!

At Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis (CFPA), our mission is simple: deliver the insights that power smarter financial and business decisions across Microsoft. We sit at the center of the company’s financial engine—partnering closely with CFOs, senior leaders, engineering teams, and sales and marketing groups to move the business forward.

We’re looking for a Senior Finance Manager who are excited to reimagine how Microsoft measures performance, manages resources, and leads financial operations. In this role, you’ll use business intelligence, modeling, and analytics to influence key decisions, guide investments, drive efficiency, and champion process transformation.

The successful candidate’s background is likely grounded with an understanding of Microsoft systems, an ability to listen and build relationships effectively and an ability to clearly communicate recommendations to management. You will do great in this position if you are solid on quantitative analysis while being able to communicate the high-level financial impact of results and forecast.

If you’re eager to make meaningful impact, partner with leaders, and help shape the next chapter of Microsoft’s financial strategy—this is your opportunity to jump in and lead the way.



Responsibilities
  • Contribute to company wide analysis of headcount results and planning across segments and businesses. Assist more senior team members to enable improved processes, reporting and insights regarding our company’s most important asset (People). Use data, analytics and modeling to enable effective global talent acquisition strategy and business planning.
  • Assist in the execution of annual business planning and forecasting process. Gather insight and contributes to analysis and research to support preliminary and adjusted forecast cycles.
  • Provide support to peers and counterparts during financial close periods. Prepare recurring financial reporting, forecasts, and presentations, and update as necessary through the reporting cycles. Determine financial results (e.g., Cost per Head, Rate - Compensation & Benefits, Volume – Hiring, attrition) compared to expected budget and projections. Identify variances to provide insights to management and inform future projections.
  • Serves as Finance contact for partners for all headcount questions related to reporting, modeling and analysis. Contributes insights for financial plans, variance analysis, resource optimization, investments, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and long range planning. Manage and execute processes through engagement with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Learns and applies the foundational aspects of Microsoft Finance (e.g., financial systems, policies and procedures, key metrics, historical performance, reporting and forecast requirements) and business insights to collect information, perform technical analysis and modeling, and complete standardized reporting. Understands strategies to proactively mitigate, or reactively address, potential adverse effects of macroeconomic and/or geopolitical risks and proposes solutions.
  • Assembles and summarizes data through data mining and business intelligence to structure reports and financial models for decision support. Leverages statistical analysis, predictive analytics and financial modeling techniques to conduct sophisticated analyses. Acts as subject-matter-expert for data management and operations. Understands history of data procurement, location, methods, issues, and actions taken.
  • Improves current methods used in collecting data, developing automated financial reporting and forecasting tools, and creating standard and ad-hoc reports. Learns how advanced technology is leveraged in Finance and across Microsoft to provide greater depth of analysis.
  • Communicates recurring and ad-hoc results in a logical and understandable message.
  • Addresses customer and stakeholder queries and represents Microsoft positively. Engages with customers throughout the forecasting, planning and controls/compliance processes. Handles escalation issues when necessary. Seeks feedback from customers and uses it to improve processes.
  • Ensures compliance with company policies, legal standards, and regulatory requirements by reviewing and monitoring accuracy of financial documents and business processes. Drives corrective measures. Supports questions regarding documentation, policy adherence, and requirements. Recommends approved instruments and processes. Remains current on all company policies and procedures and updates others.



Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

  • 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.
    • 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 equivalent experience
  • 4+ years complex financial modeling

Preferred Qualifications

  • Systems, tools and technology savvy; financial reporting and Excel expertise is a must
  • Detail oriented & thorough, with ability to think ‘big picture’ and understand the key trends and levers that drive Microsoft's business
  • Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, particularly with cross-group collaboration and executive presence


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


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.