Senior Finance Manager

Microsoft’s Channel Finance team is adding a new role to focus on Global Channel Sales (GCS) within our broader Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions (MCAPS) Segment Finance team

• Partner with the Global Channel Partner Sales (GCPS) and Small, Medium, & Enterprise Corporate (SME&C) business teams to integrate the monthly Rythm of Business (ROB) and performance insights
• Evaluate the health of the Commercial businesses and provide deep insights from the partner lens to include, but not limited to: revenue and non-revenue Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), global target accountability, and partner-specific performance against targets
• Collaborate with the GCPS Planning Lead to scope new commercial metrics, assess evolution of existing scorecard metrics, understand data availability on the partner side, help prepare and land the targets across the areas, and work with partner segment leadership to model and land partner accountability targets
• Partners with GCPS leads to drive execution of the business, accurate reporting of the segment’s impact and contribution within GPS/commercial, and become a trusted advisor
• Drive the development of new analytics, including forward-looking business analytics on go-to-market strategies, partner program KPIs, and promote knowledge-sharing with other SME&C finance leads
• Collaborate proactively across the partner ecosystem and engage Field Controllers to evangelize trends and influence business decisions, and solicit feedback for greater alignment between MCAPS Core and field
• Ad hoc, project-based analytics to support various business initiatives

• 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
• 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
• 3+ years experience evaluating commercial business health and partnering performance against KPIs by integrating business insights and aligning with partners on scorecard metrics
• 6+ 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 8+ years of post-graduate financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance work experience OR equivalent experience
• 1+ year(s) experience in multinationals with multi-product/multi-segment finance roles
• 1+ year(s) work experience in matrix-based organization
• 1+ year(s) work experience in the technology or software industry
• Ability to effectively prioritize with a degree of ambiguity in a dynamically competitively-paced and changing environment
• Ability to partner, build trust, and communicate with and influence leaders and business partners
• Team player with an ability to manage across organizational boundaries, influence others and build on the work of others

• Health insurance
• 401k matching
• Discounts on products and services
• Generous time away
• Giving programs
• Opportunities to network and connect

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