Senior Finance Manager

Overview

Accelerate your career and make an impact with Microsoft's Resource Investment Strategy team. This fast-evolving organization drives $20B+ resource allocation across ~100K engineering professionals, partnering with senior leaders to align investments with strategic priorities. The role offers the chance to develop a CFO mindset, influence decisions, and bring innovative solutions to complex challenges in the AI era. Join a collaborative, inclusive team that values curiosity, adaptability, and growth-where building trusted relationships and driving meaningful change are at the heart of what we do.

In this Senior Finance Manager - CoreAI role, you will drive resource allocation rigor across Microsoft's $20B+ engineering portfolio, partnering closely with senior leaders to align investments with strategic priorities. You will develop a CFO mindset, influence expense management decisions, and bring innovative solutions to complex challenges in the AI era. You will build trusted relationships across diverse teams-including engineering, finance, procurement, and HR-while navigating ambiguity with agility and intellectual curiosity. As part of a collaborative, high-energy team, you will champion inclusivity, foster growth, and deliver meaningful impact that shapes Microsoft's future.

We're excited to offer a hybrid role that give you the best of both worlds. You'll get to collaborate in person with your teammates at our Redmond office three days a week, and enjoy the flexibility of remote work the rest of the time. If you love connecting face-to-face and also appreciate some work-from-home days, this could be a great fit for you.

Our team?culture is centered around Microsoft corporate values?and the One Microsoft approach with business partners. Our team?is?comprised?of many individuals with?diverse?backgrounds?and values?the?unique?perspectives?and thought processes?each?colleague?brings?to the table.?Our team?leans into helping?one another and is not afraid to try new things with?a growth mindset mentality.?

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.

Responsibilities

Partnership

• Collaborate with engineering and finance leaders to provide strategic insights that optimize resource allocation and investment decisions. Offer clear visibility into the current resource landscape, analyze macro-level trends, and apply systems thinking to identify opportunities and recommend actions that support informed, equitable decision-making.

• Partner across engineering and finance teams to promote process excellence and continuously assess the overall health of the business. Understand key drivers to identify opportunities, risks, and trade-offs, ensuring resources and investments remain aligned with business strategy, product roadmaps, and organizational priorities in an inclusive and transparent manner.

• Develop and apply a holistic analytical framework and inclusive best practices across Finance to identify and anticipate trends. Deliver actionable insights that empower teams to make informed decisions, optimize resource allocation, and maximize investment efficiency.

Prioritization

• Deliver insights on business health to stakeholders, driving results through performance management, forecast accuracy, and collaboration with business leaders. Manage and execute finance rhythms-including Close, Forecasts, and reviews for R&D expenditure, headcount, and investments-with clarity and precision. Proactively identify risks and opportunities.

• Lead planning and budgeting processes with senior engineering leaders and stakeholders, ensuring targets and budgets are communicated effectively and consistently.

• Innovate financial data collection and evaluation methods to influence future decisions. Recognize data interconnections and translate them into proactive narratives and forecasts. Use creative, accessible data presentations to support decision-making and articulate conclusions.

Protect

• Maintain a comprehensive system of accounting policies, procedures, and controls; evaluate effectiveness and ensure robust financial reporting infrastructure.

• Align audit teams and internal stakeholders, reviewing and discussing findings to drive compliance and continuous improvement.

• Influence leadership to uphold compliance standards across all financial reporting processes.

Other

• Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications

• 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 OR 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.

• 2+ years work experience with proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including advanced functions (e.g., formulas, pivot tables, and data analysis) and demonstrated ability to perform accurate financial calculations.

Additional or preferred qualifications

• Masters Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 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.

• 2+ years of experience in financial analysis within a technology-driven environment, including building complex financial models, performing scenario analysis, and delivering actionable insights that support strategic decision-making.

• 2+ years of experience communicating and presenting financial information to diverse stakeholders, demonstrating the ability to influence outcomes without formal authority, navigate ambiguity, and prioritize effectively in a dynamic, matrixed organization.

• 2+ years of experience leveraging advanced technical skills (Excel, Power BI) to simplify complex data.

Financial Analysis IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $96,500 - $188,400 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 $123,500 - $206,400 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. (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html)