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Senior Finance Manager

Microsoft· Financial Analysis
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Redmond, WA$97.6k - $188.4kfull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior Finance Manager to lead Integrated Financial Planning across Azure and AI, acting as a key connector across Finance teams to thread investment decisions, business performance, and long-range strategic priorities into a cohesive planning framework. Synthesize inputs into actionable recommendations for senior leadership and influence executive decisions in a rapidly evolving Azure and AI environment.

Responsibilities

  • Drive end-to-end planning processes across annual budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and strategic investment reviews.
  • Develop planning frameworks that connect business strategy, financial performance, infrastructure investments, and operational execution.
  • Partner across multiple organizations to ensure planning assumptions are aligned, transparent, and actionable.
  • Continuously evolve planning methodologies to reflect changing business models and strategic priorities.
  • Identify emerging business trends, risks, and opportunities across Azure and AI.
  • Develop driver-based analyses that connect operational metrics to financial outcomes.
  • Evaluate investment opportunities, resource allocation decisions, and strategic tradeoffs.
  • Frame complex issues into clear recommendations for leadership discussions.
  • Serve as a key partner across Product Revenue & Margin teams, CPI leadership, Corporate Finance, and other planning stakeholders.
  • Build alignment across organizations with differing priorities, assumptions, and objectives.
  • Act as a connective tissue across planning workstreams to ensure leadership has a consistent understanding of business performance and outlook.
  • Establish scalable planning processes, tools, and analytical frameworks.
  • Drive improvements in planning quality, forecast accuracy, and decision support.
  • Simplify complex financial concepts and communicate insights effectively to executive audiences.
  • Create consistency across reporting, planning, and performance measurement frameworks.
  • Support leadership reviews, business performance discussions, and executive presentations.
  • Develop comprehensive narratives that integrate financial results, operational metrics, and strategic context.
  • Provide objective perspectives on business tradeoffs and investment decisions.
  • Help leadership navigate ambiguity in a rapidly evolving business environment.

Qualifications

  • Master'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 Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 6+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field OR equivalent experience.

Skills

Required:Integrated Financial PlanningDriver-based analysisExecutive storytelling and presentations

Benefits

  • Benefits information is described in the job description but not enumerated here.
Last updated Sep 10, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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