Microsoft

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. That’s what inspires us, drives our work and pushes us to challenge the status quo every day. We strive to deliver solutions that are optimized for the world and enable customers to drive their business more successfully. Microsoft’s Commercial Product Infrastructure (CPI) team is an exciting and fast-evolving finance team at the forefront of Microsoft’s Cloud and Artificial Intelligence strategy.

The International Resource Investment Strategy (IRIS) Finance team is seeking a highly skilled Finance Manager - Business Intelligence (BI) and Financial Modelling to establish and lead the BI excellence function as a Center of Excellence (CoE) pillar. This role will be responsible for program management, stakeholder alignment, requirement gathering, solution delivery of BI excellence, and financial modeling. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in BI tools, experience solutions, and hands-on capabilities in dashboarding, data analysis, and user interface (UI) design along with Finance acumen.

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership & CoE Establishment

• Establish and scale BI as a CoE pillar across the RIS organization.
• Build and manage a roadmap for BI initiatives aligned with priorities.
• Act as the bridge between Finance teams, and BI experts to align on objectives.

Program & Project Management

• Lead cross-functional BI programs from initiation through delivery.
• Prioritize and manage project pipelines and timelines.
• Track and report program performance, risks, and milestones to leadership.
• Ensure timely delivery of BI solutions in line with expectations.

Requirements Gathering & Stakeholder Engagement

• Work closely with stakeholders to understand analytical and reporting needs.
• Translate requirements into detailed functional and technical specifications.
• Facilitate workshops and user interviews to gather insights and define KPIs.

Execution & Technical Oversight

• Collaborate with vendor teams to deliver actionable dashboards and reports.
• Review and validate BI outputs to ensure accuracy and business relevance.
• Drive consistency in UI/UX design across BI assets.

Financial Modeling & Analysis

• Understand, develop and maintain financial models to support RIS team in strategic decisions.
• Integrate financial KPIs and performance metrics into BI dashboards.

Innovation & Best Practices

• Stay current with BI trends, technologies, and tools.
• Promote a data-driven culture by democratizing data access and literacy.
• Continuously evaluate and improve BI tools, processes, and methodologies.

Required Qualifications:

• 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 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 equivalent experience
• Hands on experience in building and managing scaled global reporting & analytics

Preferred Qualifications:

• Chartered Accountant (CA) / MBA Finance / Master’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 8+ years of experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field
• Strong Program Management experience of at least 2 years running world-wide initiatives
• Ability to collaborate with various cross-functional teams
• Strong competency in Excel / Power BI and analyzing and structuring large data sets

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.

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.

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