Microsoft

Group Finance Manager

Microsoft • $116K — $203K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science, or related field with 4+ years of relevant experience, or Bachelor's Degree with 6+ years of experience.
  • Experience leading teams and developing talent.
  • Background in cloud, AI, infrastructure, or technology businesses.
  • Strong understanding of business economics and profitability analysis.
  • Proficiency with large-scale data and financial automation tools.
  • Ability to synthesize technical and financial information into actionable insights.
  • Experience in dynamic and ambiguous environments.

Responsibilities

  • Own financial modeling for AI, Copilot, and cloud consumption businesses.
  • Develop consumption economics frameworks linking product usage and revenue.
  • Evaluate economic implications of new products and pricing models.
  • Collaborate with engineering leaders to identify demand drivers.
  • Lead financial planning for datacenter and AI infrastructure investments.
  • Translate demand forecasts into long-range capital needs.
  • Build forecasting models for AI and cloud workloads.
  • Prepare executive reviews and present strategic recommendations.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness programs.
  • Generous paid time off and holiday policies.
  • Retirement savings plans with company matching.
  • Employee discounts and perks.
  • Opportunities for professional development and training.
Full Job Description
Overview

Microsoft is seeking a highly analytical and strategic finance professional to drive financial planning and business insights across AI, Copilot, and cloud consumption businesses. This role sits at the center of Microsoft's rapidly growing consumption economy and serves as a key finance partner across Engineering, Capacity, Commercial Finance, and Infrastructure teams.

The Group Finance Manager will help shape Microsoft's long-range financial outlook by connecting customer demand, product usage trends, AI workloads, datacenter investments, and profitability outcomes. The role combines strategic modeling, executive storytelling, and deep business partnership to influence some of Microsoft's largest investment decisions.

This is an exceptional opportunity for a finance leader who enjoys solving complex business problems involving AI growth, cloud consumption, capacity planning, and long-range economics.

Responsibilities

Consumption Economics & Business Modeling

  • Own financial modeling of AI, Copilot, and cloud consumption businesses.


  • Develop and maintain end-to-end consumption economics frameworks linking product usage, revenue, COGS, margins, and infrastructure requirements.


  • Evaluate economic implications of new products, pricing models , and monetization strategies.


  • Partner with engineering and business leaders to understand key demand drivers and workload growth patterns.


Datacenter Long-Range Planning (LRP)

  • Lead the financial planning process supporting datacenter and AI infrastructure investments.


  • Translate demand forecasts into infrastructure requirements and long-range capital needs.


  • Develop multi-year scenarios evaluating growth, utilization, margin, and return-on-investment outcomes.


  • Partner with capacity planning teams to assess supply-demand balances and investment tradeoffs.


Scenario Planning

  • Build driver-based forecasting models for AI, cloud, and consumption workloads.


  • Develop best-case, base-case, and downside scenarios to support strategic decision making.


  • Analyze demand signals, usage trends, customer adoption patterns, and infrastructure constraints.


Executive Insights & Leadership Support

  • Prepare executive reviews, business updates, and long-range planning presentations.


  • Present strategic recommendations to Finance and Engineering leadership.


  • Translate complex technical and operational topics into actionable financial insights.


  • Influence decisions through fact-based analysis and clear financial storytelling.


Qualifications

Required/minimum 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.


Additional or preferred qualifications

  • Experience leading teams and developing talent.


  • Experience supporting cloud, AI, infrastructure, or technology businesses.


  • Deep understanding of business economics, profitability analysis, and cost allocation methodologies.


  • Experience working with large-scale data, reporting platforms, and financial automation.


  • Ability to connect technical, operational, and financial drivers into clear business insights.


  • Experience operating effectively in highly ambiguous and rapidly changing environments.


Financial Analysis IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $116,900 - $203,600 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 $148,400 - $222,600 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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Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. The company’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores. Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments license server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services. The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.

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