Microsoft

Senior Finance Manager, AI Margin

Microsoft$97K — $188K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's Degree in a relevant field with 2+ years in financial analysis or Bachelor's Degree with 4+ years
  • 4+ years of relevant experience with progressive advancement
  • Strong partnering skills with the ability to influence without direct authority
  • Able to thrive in ambiguous, fast-paced environments
  • Deep understanding of commercial cloud services and technology economics
  • Excellent executive-level communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Strong analytical and financial modeling skills

Responsibilities

  • Own the monthly and quarterly business health narrative for AI product margins, connecting financial results and KPIs
  • Partner with various teams to align on assumptions and enhance forecast accuracy while managing margin analysis
  • Develop and improve insights on COGS, gross margin, and unit economics
  • Leverage AI tools to streamline processes and enhance speed of insights
  • Monitor financial health through defined metrics and surface risks and opportunities
  • Translate complex findings into executive communications to facilitate cross-functional decision-making

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Retirement savings plan with company match
  • Paid time off and holidays
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Flexible work environment
Full Job Description
Overview

This Senior Finance Manager role sits at the center of Microsoft's AI business, leading the margin analytics and business health insights that inform executive decision-making across one of the company's fastest-growing businesses. The role partners closely with revenue, deal, product health, accounting, planning, and finance teams to develop a comprehensive view of AI business performance, identify emerging risks and opportunities, and drive alignment across stakeholders. Success in this role requires strong analytical rigor, executive communication, and the ability to influence outcomes without direct authority, ensuring the AI Margin Rhythm of Business operates smoothly, compliantly, and with a consistent focus on business performance and profitability.

Responsibilities

  • Own the monthly and quarterly business health narrative for AI product margins, connecting financial results, operational KPIs, and business drivers to identify risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.


  • Partner with revenue, deal, product health, corporate accounting, Central FP&A, and planning teams to align on key assumptions and improve forecast accuracy, while retaining ownership of margin-driver analysis and business interpretation.


  • Develop and continuously improve COGS, gross margin, and unit-economics insights, including actionable driver analysis that influences engineering and business decisions.


  • Leverage AI tools to improve rhythm-of-business processes, automate recurring analysis, and increase the speed and quality of insights.


  • Monitor financial health through defined OKRs, P&L results, and operational metrics; surface emerging risks and opportunities and drive cross-functional follow-through.


  • Translate complex findings into executive-grade communications and facilitate decisions across engineering, marketing, and finance leadership.


Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Master's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 2+ 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 4+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • 4+ years of relevant experience with progressive advancement within the discipline.
  • Strong partnering capabilities, with the ability to influence business partners without direct authority and appropriately push back when required.
  • Self-starter who thrives in ambiguous, fast-moving environments with evolving technology and business model trends.
  • Deep understanding of the technology industry, particularly commercial public and private cloud services, business models, and economics, strongly preferred.
  • Ability to communicate complex analysis simply, with executive-level oral and written communication skills.
  • Proven leadership skills, with demonstrated results in proactively driving and delivering high-value, high-impact projects through both individual and virtual-team efforts.
  • Strong analytical skills, financial modeling capabilities, and the ability to think strategically.


Financial Analysis IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $97,600 - $188,400 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 $125,000 - $206,400 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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