Senior Finance Manager - Corporate Groups FP&A

Corporate Services Finance (CSF) provides financial planning, analysis, and controllership support for Corporate Functions (CELA, Finance, HR, and MOST) and drives the company-wide headcount governance process. The CSF team is responsible for P&L management, decision support, and financial stewardship of $12B in annual global expenses. We partner with leaders across Corporate Functions to enable transformation and optimize resources.

We are looking for a Senior Finance Manager - Corporate Groups FP&A to join our CSF FP&A team and lead the standardization, simplification, and automation of financial rhythm-of-business (ROB) processes and analytics across CSF. This role will focus on improving key financial processes - such as forecast, close, planning, and reporting - while enhancing consistency, centralizing certain process components into CSF FP&A, and implementing practices from across CSF and Microsoft Finance. This role will also drive automation projects across CSF, including AI-enabled automation, to transform how we operate, deliver insights, and enable cost savings.

The successful candidate will be highly motivated and structured, with the ability to think broadly while maintaining focus on the right level of detail, and skilled at driving practical solutions. They should be confident working across teams, skilled at influencing and advising, and capable of effectively communicating complex concepts. Additional qualities we are looking for include:

• Proven experience in financial rhythm of the business (ROB) process improvement and simplification
• Solid understanding of Controllership function
• Proficient financial reporting and modeling skills (Excel, PowerPivot, Power BI, AI)
• Problem-solving skills with the ability to simplify complexity and work through ambiguity
• Ability to deliver high-impact results through both individual and cross-team efforts
• Project management skills with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks and stakeholders under tight deadlines
• Curious, self-starter mindset with a passion for learning

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