Microsoft

Finance Manager - AI Capacity Demand

Microsoft$76K — $151K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's or Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science, or related field with relevant experience.
  • 1-3 years in analytics, forecasting, or planning roles, which can include internships.
  • Strong analytical skills with experience in large datasets.
  • Proficient in Excel and at least one of SQL, Python, R, or Power BI.
  • Ability to communicate insights clearly to diverse audiences.
  • Familiarity with capacity demand forecasting and GPU-based computing environments.

Responsibilities

  • Aggregate and normalize demand signals across AI properties and internal consumers.
  • Identify trends and anomalies in AI usage and capacity demand.
  • Produce standardized demand views for senior stakeholders.
  • Translate complex demand data into clear, executive-ready insights.
  • Support real-time dashboards for decision-making during demand spikes.
  • Collaborate with finance and engineering teams to define demand assumptions.
  • Maintain data pipelines for demand analysis.

Benefits

  • Access to a comprehensive health and wellness program.
  • Opportunities for professional development and upskilling.
  • Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance.
  • Participation in a vibrant, inclusive workplace culture.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities
• Aggregate and normalize demand signals across AI properties, platforms, and internal consumers
• Identify trends, seasonality, anomalies, and leading indicators in AI usage and capacity demand.
• Produce standardized demand views and reporting for LT and senior stakeholders.
• Translate complex demand data into clear, executive-ready insights and narratives.
• Support real-time or near-real-time dashboards for decision-making during capacity constraints or demand spikes.
• Partner with finance, capacity planning, and engineering teams to ensure consistent definitions and demand assumptions.
• Maintain data pipelines and datasets used for demand analysis and reporting.
• Improve data quality, automation, and scalability of demand forecasting processes.
• Work closely with GPU strategy, finance, and AI platform teams to align demand forecasts with supply plans and allocation decisions.
• Serve as a central point of contact for AI demand-related questions, analyses, and adhoc requests.
• Support scenario modeling (e.g., "what-if" demand changes, prioritization tradeoffs).

Qualifications

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.

Additional or preferred qualifications
• 1-3 years of experience in analytics, forecasting, planning, or a related role (internships and rotations included).
• Proven analytical and quantitative skills with experience working on large datasets.
• Proficiency in Excel and at least one of: SQL, Python, R, or Power BI.
• Ability to clearly communicate insights to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Exposure to capacity demand forecasting, capacity planning, or supply/demand modeling.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, AI workloads, or GPU-based compute environments.
• Experience building dashboards or executive-facing reporting.
• Understanding of financial planning, cost drivers, or utilization metrics.
• Comfort working in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.

Financial Analysis IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $76,800 - $151,900 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 $100,800 - $168,000 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.

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