Senior Finance Manager, Operations Resource Allocation
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Nov 23, 2024 | |
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OverviewThe Corporate Services Finance team provides key insights that help corporate business partners at Microsoft make better financial and business decisions. We are looking for a Senior Finance Manager, Operations Resource Allocation, to partner with Finance and Operations teams and leaders to support the orchestration and consolidation of resources across the new Operations leadership team.This role covers a wide range of responsibilities, which includes various modeling and business analysis, finance partnership, and the creation and ownership of efficient financial processes. You will operate as a motivated and agile system thinker who can demonstrate intellectual curiosity, as well as navigate ambiguity and complexity to be the trusted finance advisor to our finance leaders and drive success for our business partners. 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. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
ResponsibilitiesBusiness and Finance Partnership: Give visibility to the business and finance leadership to the current resource landscape, identify and recommend levers to drive operational leverage through resource prioritization and allocation.Resource Modeling and Reporting: Owns, maintains, and improves resource modeling and analytics. Leverage holistic analytical framework and optimal practices across Finance to spot and anticipate trends and deliver insights to unlock greater efficiencies for resource allocation and investment spend. Automates and improves reporting processes as much as possible within the confines of available tools.Business Health: Drive process excellence while partnering across Operations and Finance to continuously assess the overall health of the business and understand key drivers to identify opportunities, risks, and trade-offs. Ensure resources and investments are constantly aligned with business strategy, product engineering roadmaps, and company priorities.Resource Investment Analysis: Builds a cohesive story by incorporating business insights through resource allocation and workforce planning, as well as understanding the connection between resource allocation with the overall financial performance. Analyzes results to understand performance against plan/forecast, monitors trends and key levers to support various rhythm of the business and finance. Delivers resource reviews with Finance leaders, clearly communicating results and recommendations.Headcount Benchmarking: Operationalize Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) related to headcount efficiency and proactively recommend a course of action where needed.Other: Embody our Culture and Values | |