Senior Finance Manager - SharePoint + OneDrive
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Nov 27, 2024 | |
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OverviewEmpower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. That is 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. Margin Strategy and Investment Optimization (MSIO) Finance is an exciting and fast-evolving finance team at the forefront of Microsoft's cloud-first strategy. We are looking for a talented and motivated individual to help shape the future of our cloud products. The team's charter is to build-out Microsoft's end-to-end cloud infrastructure while driving down unit cost of capacity, ensuring cloud services achieve both profit and gross margin growth. As a crucial member of the team you will support long term bets and drive competitive intelligence to keep Microsoft Cloud ahead of competition, while enhancing transparency into cloud infrastructure investments, and safeguarding shareholder value. The MSIO MW Margin Finance team is responsible for margin strategy and investment optimization for Modern Work. This role is a Senior Finance Manager - SharePoint + OneDrive
ResponsibilitiesWe are looking for a highly motivated Sr. Finance Manager to partner with engineering and business leaders to deeply understand, influence, and manage the gross margin health of Office products SharePoint and Stream. The role partners with engineering and finance to model, plan, and implement structural efficiencies, and long-term bets. The team partners with engineering and finance partners to support the General Manager (GM) health of Office 365 Commercial businesses. Manage the financial health of SharePoint and Stream workloads by leveraging engineering partners, forecasting and budgeting, financial reporting, and owning long-range planning targeting steady state gross margin. Display thought leadership by continuously improving financial modeling as business evolves. Partner with engineering teams & leaders to drive long term product profitability. Provide business insights and recommendations to peers and stakeholders to achieve COGS and profitability goals and drive shareholder return, including cost optimization, trends, and future requirements. Manage and execute processes through engagement with internal and external stakeholders. Collaborate with business leaders to define action plans for financial and business analysis findings. Provide business leader support and actionable insights. Review recurring financial reporting and presentations. Identify trends and formulate action plans. Determine financial results and conduct scenario analysis. Identify variance causes and solutions. Collaborate to ensure execution of plans and accountability for results. Integrate varied data sources and assimilate the information into a comprehensive, clear narrative. Communicate results in a compelling and understandable message. Articulate understanding and awareness of business partner situation. Partner with Azure engineering & finance to identify and drive for cross-functional cost efficiencies and resource optimization. Ensure compliance with company policies, legal standards, and regulatory requirements by reviewing and monitoring accuracy of financial documents and business processes. Drive corrective measures. Consult with business partners on sharing financial information, approved instruments and processes, and consistency with corporate policies. Collaborate with Compliance groups to ensure team is current on company policies and procedures. | |