Finance Manager
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Virginia, Reston | |
 Sep 27, 2024 | |
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OverviewEmpower 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. The Microsoft Margin Strategy and Investment Optimization finance team 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 Finance Manager to help shape the future of our cloud products. The team's charter is to deliver mission solutions in partnership with the Strategic Missions and Technology team while driving down unit cost of capacity, ensuring mission solutions & cloud services achieve both profit and gross margin growth. As a crucial member of the team you'll also support long term bets to keep Microsoft Cloud ahead of competition, all while enhancing transparency into Microsoft investments and safeguarding shareholder interests. 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.Our Cloud Investment Strategy team is seeking a Finance Manager responsible for driving the financial evaluation Microsoft's mission work with the U.S. Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, Federal government, and their mission partners.
ResponsibilitiesThis role will lead Profit & Loss (P&L) management, controllership, and compliance for a set of products with customer-facing deal economics for potential opportunities. Core responsibilities will include business partnering with the United States field teams, mission engineering partners, cloud engineering partners, and corporate finance teams to deliver end-to-end financial assessments and communicate the investments, risks, and economics of potential opportunities. This role is a great opportunity to: Partner across diverse business planning and engineering teams to drive Microsoft's strategy & product delivery Refine existing P&L models as products matureDevelop robust financial models to evaluate investments and to inform customer-specific opportunities Be a trusted business partner to commerce and central finance teams to ensure regulatory and contractual compliance Analyze return on investments (ROI) and provide decision support to business teams Develop and implement processes and frameworks to accelerate, simplify, and scale Microsoft's investment process Engage in continuous learning of Microsoft services, government contracting, and go-to-market strategiesOther Embody our culture and values | |