Senior Finance Manager, O365 & AI Engineering
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Nov 25, 2024 | |
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OverviewThe Margin Strategy and Investment Optimization (MSIO) organization is responsible for driving Microsoft Cloud & AI capacity, margin excellence and resource allocation rigor across Microsoft's portfolio. Within MSIO, the Investment Optimization Strategy finance team is an exciting and fast-evolving team that partners deeply with engineering leaders to ensure $20B+ resources across ~100K Full Time Employees (FTEs) are continuously aligned to strategic engineering priorities. We currently have an opening for a Senior Finance Manager, O365 & AI Engineering, to join the Experiences + Devices (E+D) Engineering finance team. This covers a wide range of responsibilities, which includes modeling and business analysis, partnering with engineering leaders on resource allocation decisions, and creation and ownership of efficient financial processes. As a motivated and agile system thinker, you demonstrate intellectual curiosity and navigate ambiguity and complexity to be the trusted finance advisor to our engineering leaders, as well as drive success for our business partners.This role enables you to develop a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) mindset and influence leadership to drive expense management and resource allocation decisions. You will continuously align investments and costs with a prioritized engineering product roadmap and be part of a highly driven team with an emphasis on fun! 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 Health: Drive process excellence while partnering across Engineering to continuously assess portfolio health by reviewing key drivers to identify opportunities, risks, and tradeoffs. Ensure resources and investments are constantly aligned with business strategy, product engineering roadmaps, and company priorities.Resource Analysis: Build a cohesive story by incorporating business insights through resource allocation and workforce planning, as well as understanding the connection with the overall financial performance. Analyze results to understand performance against plan/forecast. Monitor trends and key levers to support various rhythm of the business and finance.Engineering Partnership: Provide strategic leadership to Engineering leaders to drive operating leverage through resource allocation and investment optimization. Give visibility to the current resource landscape, analyzing macro-level results and applying systems thinking to identify and recommend levers to influence decision-making.Other: Embody our Culture and Values | |