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Business Analyst Manager, Japan

Microsoft· Financial Analysis
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TokyoFull-timePosted 4d ago

About the role

Lead the Japan Finance Rhythm and translate financial/operational signals into executive narratives. Collaborate across Finance, Sales, Go-to-Market, and regional/corporate teams to connect performance, insights, and execution priorities for Microsoft Japan.

Responsibilities

  • Orchestrate the Japan Finance Rhythm of the Business across close, forecast, planning, and recurring performance reviews, ensuring timely, accurate, and aligned deliverables across Finance teams.
  • Provide leaders with support and insight during close and forecast cycles, review recurring financial reporting and executive presentations, identify trends, and translate findings into clear action plans.
  • Maintain an all-up view of performance versus budget and forecast, evaluate risks and opportunities, challenge assumptions, and provide recommendations that sharpen business priorities and improve decision quality.
  • Partner with segment controllers, product finance managers, Sales Excellence, Go-to-Market teams, and regional and corporate Finance to connect product, customer, segment, and market signals into a coherent Japan financial narrative.
  • Complete and review financial analysis, modeling, and research to support forecast and planning cycles, test scenarios, and communicate complex information through concise, forward-looking executive storytelling.
  • Improve consistency, scalability, and efficiency of Finance processes by standardizing analytical frameworks, simplifying reporting, and applying modern analytics and AI capabilities to recurring work.
  • Help ensure the accuracy and integrity of financial information and business processes, support compliance with company policies and reporting requirements, and provide guidance on the appropriate use and sharing of financial information.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science, or a related field AND 4+ years of experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership, finance, or a related field; OR Master's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science, or a related field AND 2+ years of experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership, finance, or a related field; OR equivalent experience.
  • Experience translating financial and operational data into clear insights, recommendations, and actions for business stakeholders.
  • Business-level proficiency in English and Japanese, with the ability to communicate financial and business topics to local and global stakeholders.

Skills

Required:Financial analysis and forecastingExecutive storytelling / communicationClose, planning, and forecastingEnglish & Japanese proficiency
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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