What are the responsibilities and job description for the Finance Manager - Cloud Applications Revenue Forecast & Planning Analytics position at Microsoft Power Platform Community?
Overview
Join the Cloud Applications Revenue finance team and play an integral role in shaping the future of our business. Our Microsoft 365 offering is the world’s productivity cloud and the only comprehensive solution that empowers everyone with an integrated, secure experience on any device. Leading organizations are choosing our Copilot and AI infused premium offerings for their advanced security, communications, and productivity experiences to unlock new scenarios of digital transformation. The team works across engineering, marketing, and sales teams to develop solutions to deliver against this journey. Our core products include Copilot, productivity, communication, analytics, management, security, and compliance. You will learn partnership and have an ability to impact across many key business functions including product, go to market strategy as well as business planning & development.
This Finance Manager for Cloud Applications Revenue Forecast & Planning Analytics role, supporting some of Microsoft’s most exciting and scaled businesses that is being re-energized by AI. The role will focus on net revenue and revenue adjustment forecast, planning and financial health. The role is also accountable to driving our partnership with Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions (MCAPS) Finance. This is a high impact role with an opportunity to have a critical input into the external revenue guidance for our business and drive analytics that influence revenue targets. The individual will also conduct financial analysis to provide health of business insights and trends and articulate those findings to the finance leadership to support revenue strategies & strategic decision making. The candidate will build robust, driver-based financial models to guide decision-making on business structure, strategy, pricing, revenue, target setting and strategic direction.
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
Prioritize
Required/Minimum Qualifications
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
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until Month Day, Year.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Join the Cloud Applications Revenue finance team and play an integral role in shaping the future of our business. Our Microsoft 365 offering is the world’s productivity cloud and the only comprehensive solution that empowers everyone with an integrated, secure experience on any device. Leading organizations are choosing our Copilot and AI infused premium offerings for their advanced security, communications, and productivity experiences to unlock new scenarios of digital transformation. The team works across engineering, marketing, and sales teams to develop solutions to deliver against this journey. Our core products include Copilot, productivity, communication, analytics, management, security, and compliance. You will learn partnership and have an ability to impact across many key business functions including product, go to market strategy as well as business planning & development.
This Finance Manager for Cloud Applications Revenue Forecast & Planning Analytics role, supporting some of Microsoft’s most exciting and scaled businesses that is being re-energized by AI. The role will focus on net revenue and revenue adjustment forecast, planning and financial health. The role is also accountable to driving our partnership with Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions (MCAPS) Finance. This is a high impact role with an opportunity to have a critical input into the external revenue guidance for our business and drive analytics that influence revenue targets. The individual will also conduct financial analysis to provide health of business insights and trends and articulate those findings to the finance leadership to support revenue strategies & strategic decision making. The candidate will build robust, driver-based financial models to guide decision-making on business structure, strategy, pricing, revenue, target setting and strategic direction.
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
Prioritize
- Financial modeling: Build robust, driver-based financial models to guide decision-making on business structure, strategy, pricing, revenue, and strategic direction
- Financial analysis: Conduct financial analysis to provide health of business readouts and trends, and articulate those findings to finance and marketing leadership to support decision making
- Rhythm of Business: Conduct regular revenue and key performance indicators reviews, develop quarterly forecast and target, and support business reviews
- Business Health: Define and land key performance KPIs to assist in assessing EA/CSP/OLS business health and driving strategic goals across Microsoft leadership and Microsoft’s sales organization
- Annual target setting: Drive reporting, rhythms and deep horizontal analytics during the target setting process focused on sales motion and pricing level drivers in alignment with CPF and MCAPS
- Partner with our Cloud Application Revenue Finance teams, Central Finance team, MCAPS Finance and Corporate Accounting to help build the M365 and Copilot story focused on the what and the why on business performance and actions that are required to ensure the business remains healthy, sustainable and able to hit short and long term goals
- Provides business insights and recommendations to peers and stakeholders to achieve revenue and profitability goals and drive shareholder return.
- Applies advanced understanding of Microsoft Finance and business (e.g., monetization strategy, market, key drivers, revenue channels, advanced technology, and business partner work context) to multiple situations to evaluate results and analysis. Develops and manages strategies to proactively mitigate, or reactively address, potential adverse effects of macroeconomic and/or geopolitical risks. Maintains working knowledge of Microsoft financial systems, policies, and processes to evaluate potential impacts of changes, and drives improvements in efficiency and accuracy.
- Contributes to new and unconventional methods and approaches to data collection, analysis, interpretation, and financial models. Provides advice and direction to teammates and peers on data management and operations.
- Leads efforts to leverage technology to increase productivity (e.g., report optimization) and to ensure accurate conclusions.
- Integrates varied data sources and assimilates the information into a comprehensive, clear narrative. Communicates results in a compelling and understandable message. Articulates understanding and awareness of business partner situation.
- Ensures compliance with company policies, legal standards, and regulatory requirements by reviewing and monitoring accuracy of financial documents and business processes. Drives corrective measures. Consults with business partners on sharing financial information, approved instruments and processes, and consistency with corporate policies. Collaborates with Compliance groups to ensure the team is current on company policies and procedures.
- Embody our culture and values
Required/Minimum Qualifications
- Master's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field
- OR Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 2 years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership, finance, or related field
- OR equivalent experience.
- This role requires you to be onsite at our Redmond, WA hub 3 days a week
- Reliable analytics and critical thinking accompanied with advanced excel modeling skills
- Able to synthesize large amounts of data and complex scenarios, and formulate and build business cases that drive insight and optimal economic decisions
- Meticulous, thorough, and detail-oriented, yet able to see “the forest for the trees”
- Clear communication style and able to adapt the altitude and surface area of your content to the audience (from director-level all the way to the SLT)
- Self-motivated; able to handle a high degree of ambiguity and quickly identify what needs to be accomplished across multiple concurrent workstreams and stakeholders, yet able to push back where needed
- Desire for technology and curious to further learn the how and why behind the numbers
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
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until Month Day, Year.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Salary : $75,100 - $148,900
