Microsoft

Senior Program Manager - Compliance Governance, FinOps & Supplier Risk

Microsoft • $97K — $188K *
Redmond, WA 98052In-Person
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of expertise in governance, compliance strategy, and regulatory compliance within complex environments.
  • Proven track record in leading compliance risk management initiatives, including gap analysis and policy development.
  • Exceptional communication skills to influence senior leaders effectively.
  • Strong analytical skills to evaluate regulatory trends and develop strategic responses.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and drive continuous improvement in compliance processes.
  • Commitment to fostering a culture of accountability and integrity.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the Financial Operations Controls & Compliance portfolio, ensuring audit readiness and effective risk management.
  • Establish strategic priorities and operational frameworks that align compliance with business agility.
  • Drive continuous process improvement and standardization in governance and compliance capabilities.
  • Ensure compliance activities align with evolving business and operational requirements.
  • Oversee a multidisciplinary team focused on governance and operational assurance.
  • Develop accountability models and governance forums within the compliance ecosystem.
  • Translate complex compliance findings into actionable recommendations for leadership.

Benefits

  • Access to a comprehensive healthcare plan for employees and their families.
  • 401(k) plan with company match to support long-term financial wellness.
  • Generous paid time off and holiday leave for work-life balance.
  • Opportunity for professional development and growth through training programs.
  • Flexible work arrangements to support employee lifestyle needs.
Full Job Description
Job Summary: As a senior compliance individual contributor, you will lead a portfolio of compliance, governance, and risk-management initiatives across FinOps Controls + Compliance. You will translate complex and emerging legal, regulatory, and self-regulatory obligations into scalable standards, operational frameworks, clear business impacts, accountable ownership, and tracked actions. Navigating ambiguity and competing priorities, you will lead multifaceted short- and long-term workstreams; partner across teams to align business innovation and cost-management goals with compliance requirements; strengthen operational, regulatory, control, audit, and supplier-risk readiness; resolve compliance barriers; and drive measurable risk outcomes. Through this work, you will contribute to Controls + Compliance operational excellence and team culture while helping the organization deliver on its commitments with accountability and integrity.

What you'll bring:
  • Extensive experience in governance, compliance strategy, and regulatory compliance within complex business environments.
  • Proven ability to lead compliance risk management initiatives, including gap analysis and policy development.
  • Excellent communication skills to effectively convey compliance information and influence senior leadership.
  • Expertise in analyzing regulatory trends and developing strategic responses to evolving legislation.
  • Demonstrated capability to manage multiple projects, prioritize tasks, and drive continuous improvement.
  • Commitment to upholding ethical standards and fostering a culture of integrity and accountability.


Responsibilities

Lead Controls & Compliance Strategy

  • Lead the overall Financial Operations Controls & Compliance portfolio, including internal controls, SOX/ICFR compliance, controls monitoring, audit readiness, risk management, compliance operations, and governance programs.


  • Establish strategic priorities, operating plans, success measures, and execution frameworks that strengthen the control environment while enabling business agility.


  • Drive continuous improvement of governance, compliance, and risk-management capabilities through standardization, process simplification, automation, and data-driven decision making.


  • Ensure controls and compliance activities remain aligned to evolving business, regulatory, financial, and operational requirements.


Lead a Multi-Disciplinary Compliance Organization

  • Lead a team of Controls, Compliance and Risk managers and professionals responsible for governance, controls, compliance, audit coordination, risk management, and operational assurance activities.


  • Provide leadership across a broader network of matrixed and dotted-line Controls & Compliance resources embedded throughout Financial Operations.


  • Establish clear operating rhythms, accountability models, governance forums, escalation paths, and decision-making frameworks across the compliance ecosystem.


  • Coach, develop, and empower leaders and individual contributors while building organizational capability, succession plans, and leadership depth.


  • Foster a culture of accountability, customer focus, continuous improvement, inclusion, and operational excellence.


Oversee SOX & Internal Controls Programs

  • Oversee the Financial Operations SOX and internal controls program, including governance, controls monitoring, testing oversight, issue management, remediation tracking, certifications, and audit readiness activities.


  • Partner with Financial Compliance Group (FCG), Internal Audit, External Audit, Finance leaders, and control owners to maintain an effective and sustainable control environment.


  • Ensure timely identification, escalation, remediation, and resolution of control deficiencies and compliance gaps.


  • Drive adoption of scalable controls-monitoring capabilities, reporting, and performance metrics that improve control effectiveness and transparency.


Lead FinOps Risk & Governance Activities

  • Establish and mature risk management practices across Financial Operations.


  • Oversee risk assessments, compliance assessments, issue management, corrective action programs, exception governance, and risk acceptance processes.


  • Partner with business stakeholders to identify emerging risks, evaluate business impacts, and develop mitigation strategies.


  • Drive governance reviews and executive discussions focused on risk exposure, compliance health, and operational resilience.


  • Translate complex compliance, audit, and operational findings into actionable recommendations and leadership decisions.


Provide Leadership Oversight for Responsible AI & Emerging Governance Programs

  • Provide sponsorship and organizational oversight for Responsible AI, automation governance, and other emerging compliance initiatives.


  • Lead managers and subject matter experts responsible for governance domains, ensuring priorities, investments, and compliance requirements are aligned with broader Controls & Compliance objectives.


  • Ensure appropriate governance frameworks, controls, and risk-management practices are established for emerging technologies and business transformations.


  • Promote compliance-by-design principles that enable innovation while protecting trust, accountability, and regulatory obligations.


Drive Executive Reporting & Organizational Governance

  • Establish meaningful compliance health measures, risk indicators, operational KPIs, and executive reporting mechanisms.


  • Lead governance forums, leadership reviews, operational risk discussions, and compliance operating rhythms.


  • Communicate complex compliance, control, and risk information in a clear, actionable manner for senior leaders.


  • Influence cross-functional stakeholders to drive accountability, alignment, and execution across large-scale initiatives.


Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or related field AND 4+ years experience in program management, process management, or process improvement OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications
  • 8+ years of experience in compliance, risk management, internal controls, audit, governance, or complex program management, including experience supporting finance operations, procurement, supplier or third-party risk, or another highly regulated business environment.
  • Demonstrated ownership of an enterprise-scale policy, compliance, risk, or governance program, including responsibility for program design, stakeholder alignment, implementation, performance monitoring, and measurable outcomes.
  • Executive-level written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex compliance, risk, and performance information into clear narratives, decisions, tradeoffs, and actionable recommendations for senior leaders.
  • Experience independently defining and leading complex, large-scale cross-functional programs, including plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, executive communications, and measurable outcomes, while managing multiple concurrent workstreams across a highly matrixed organization.
  • Working knowledge of regulatory regimes affecting procurement and finance, such as anti-corruption, data protection, and supply-chain due-diligence requirements, with direct SOX/ICFR or broader Controls and Compliance experience in control design, testing, audit support, and remediation.
  • Experience translating external obligations into practical policy frameworks, operational standards, guidance, and sustainable business processes that protect compliance outcomes and the user support experience.
  • Experience applying AI, automation, or advanced analytics to improve the efficiency, consistency, or effectiveness of risk and compliance operations, with an understanding of responsible-use, governance, and control considerations.
  • Strong analytical, financial, and business acumen, with the ability to synthesize qualitative and quantitative information; evaluate business impact, return on investment, KPIs, performance, and value drivers; apply core data analytics; and present actionable recommendations to management.
  • Experience designing, implementing, or governing enterprise-scale compliance frameworks, controls, audit-readiness activities, and risk-management processes, including mechanisms to monitor obligations, track remediation, escalate issues, and drive accountability across multiple stakeholder groups.
  • Proven ability to build trusted partnerships, influence without direct authority, and drive alignment, accountability, and outcomes across cross-functional stakeholders, business leaders, and multiple manager-led teams.
  • Executive-level written and verbal communication skills, including data-driven storytelling and the ability to create clarity from ambiguity, frame risks and tradeoffs, articulate decisions and asks, and present actionable recommendations to senior leaders.
  • Demonstrated commitment to integrity, inclusion, accountability, continuous learning, and a learn-it-all culture, with a track record of valuing diverse perspectives, leading inclusive change, navigating ambiguity, and delivering business results with a strong compliance focus.
  • Relevant professional certification, such as CPA, CIA, CISA, CRISC, or a comparable credential.


Business Program Management 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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181,000 employees
Market Cap
$1,762.4 billion
Industry
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Net Income
$51.3 billion
Founded
1975
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+15.5%
Revenue
$153.2 billion
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