New

Finance Manager

Microsoft
$76,800.00 - $151,900.00 / yr
United States, Washington, Redmond
Feb 21, 2026
Overview The Commercial Products & Infrastructure (CPI) orgis responsible forenabling business decisions to drive revenue, shape capex investments, manage cloud & AI capacity, deliver margin excellence, and ensure ongoing resource allocation aligned to strategic engineering priorities. Within CPI, the Resource Investment Strategy finance team is an exciting and fast-evolving team that partners deeply with engineering leaders to ensure $30B+ resources across ~100K engineering full time equivalent (FTE)are continuously aligned to strategic engineering priorities. We areseekingahighly motivated Finance Managerto join the Resource Investment Strategy Finance team, partnering closely with key Engineering leaders. This role spans financial modeling, business analysis, and resource decision support, with a strong focus on enabling effective investment and workforce allocation decisions whilemaintainingefficient and compliant financial processes. The ideal candidate is aproactive and agile systems thinkerwith strongintellectual curiosityand the ability tonavigate ambiguity and complexity. You bring structured problem solving, sound judgment, and a learning mindset to evolving business questions, translating complex data into clear, actionable insights. Success in this role requires building trust through thoughtful analysis, effective communication, and strongcrossfunctionalpartnership, enabling you to serve as atrusted finance partner to Engineering leaders. This role offers theopportunity to deepen your understanding of product strategydevelopment and execution, and to see firsthand how finance frameworks influence leadership decisions on resource and investment strategy. You will be part of a highly collaborative and driven team that values excellence, continuous learning, professional development, and having fun along the way. Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. That's what inspires us, drives our work and pushes us to challenge the status quo every day. Through our Cloud-first strategy, we strive to deliver solutions that are optimized for the world and enable customers to drive their business more successfully. Responsibilities Business Health: Drive process excellence while partnering across Engineering and Finance to continuously assess portfolio health and understand key drivers toidentifyopportunities, risks, and tradeoffs. Analyze results to understand performance against plan/forecast,monitorstrends and key levers to support various engineering and finance rhythms. Ensuresresources and investments are constantly aligned with business strategy, product engineering roadmaps, and company priorities. Resource Analysis: Conduct resource analysis to provide health of business readouts and trends and articulate those findings to finance and leadership to support decision making. Communicate business results with clarity and conciseness, incorporating insights through resource allocation, workforceplanningas well as understanding the connection between resourceallocation with theoverall financial performance. Engineering Partnership: Support business decision making to drive operating leverage. Contribute insights for resource allocation and investment strategy by giving visibility to the current resource landscape and aligning to product strategy. Collect customer and partner feedback andassistwith data analysis to improve decision support. Rhythm of Business:Conduct regular financial reviews to enable faster decision making withtimelyandaccuratereporting. Drive effective spend management aligned with company policies, procedures, and priorities in partnership with Engineering and Finance. Proven ability to look beyond the numbers.Effective at cultivating diverse data outlets and connecting the information into a cohesive qualitative story. Leverage best-in-class technology(e.g., Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, PredictiveAnalyticsetc.) toaccomplishgoals.Contribute toefforts to implement technology to increase productivity (e.g., report optimization) and to ensureaccurateconclusions. Embody ourcultureandvalues Qualifications Required/minimum qualifications Master's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field OR Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 2+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership, finance, or related field OR equivalent experience. This role follows a hybrid work model and is based in Redmond, Washington. Employees are expected to work on-site in Redmond on a regular, recurring basis in alignment with business and team needs. Additional Preferred Qualifications: Proficient technical skills (Excel, PowerBIandAI) Ability to translate ambiguous business problems into actionable insights through structured thinking, problem framing, and quantitative and qualitative analysis. financial modeling skills with experience leveraging complex data sources and building tailored analytical frameworks. communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex financial and strategic insights clearly to senior leaders. Proven ability to prioritize across multiple workstreams,maintainattention to detail, and deliver highquality work in a fastpaced, deadlinedriven environment. crossfunctional partnership skills, including the ability to influence without authority and operate as a trusted advisor with executive maturity. Ability to balance independent execution with collaborative alignment across teams. Commitment to excellence and continuous improvement, with a growth mindset and willingness to learn, experiment, and iterate. Financial Analysis IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $76,800 - $151,900 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 $100,800 - $168,000 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.