Senior Finance Manager, Legal Financial Discovery

The Central Finance Team directly supports various Corporate Services including Microsofts Corporate External and Legal Affairs (CELA) organization. This team provides reporting and analysis to inform financial and business decisions supports litigation matters and ensures compliance with regulatory entities.

We areseeking a Senior Finance Manager Legal Financial Discovery to lead critical financial discovery projects for CELA. This role brings a combination of financial reporting data analytics project management and research skills to provide our business partners with critical information. Precision accuracy and timeliness are crucial as the reporting will be used for regulatory and compliance purposes.

Ideally you excel in performing detailed research and reporting from large datasets as well as leverage extensive attention to detail and a willingness to learn complex reporting criteria to meet business needs. Having the drive to understand project requirements and executethemon tight timelines is key. We work hard on exciting projects that support CELA executives and strive for a team culture that values diverse perspectives as we are a collaborative supportive and fun team!

At Microsoft our missionto empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve moreguides how we partner with customers to deliver trusted impactful solutions. With a growth mindset culture we innovate responsibly and measure success by shared progresspeople teams and customers. Join us to do meaningful work that changes the world and helps shapewhatsnext for everyone.

• Conducting deep financial research and analysis including diving into archived or historical financial information and stitching together disconnected data sources when necessary.
• Following prescribed processes meticulously and ensuring data custody is tightly controlled.
• Enhancing team efficiency and effectiveness through improved reporting automation process excellence and detailed analytics including using the latest AI (artificial intelligence) tools to scale our ability to respond to stakeholders with accuracy and speed.
• Acting as a trusted advisor to business partners and providing high-quality concise reporting to meet their needs.
• Partnering with key stakeholders both within and outside of Finance.
• Proactively identifying and solving business problems and issues.
• Embodying our cultureand values in all interactions and work.

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Masters 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 Bachelors 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.
  

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Business Administration Accounting Finance Economics Data Science or related field AND 6 years of post-graduate financial analysis accounting controllership or finance work experience OR Bachelors degree in Business Administration Accounting Finance Economics Data Science or related field AND 8 years of post-graduate financial analysis accounting controllership or finance work experience OR equivalent experience.
• 1 year(s) experience in multinationals with multi-product/multi-segment finance roles.
• 1 year(s) work experience in matrix-based organization.
• 1 year(s) work experience in the technology or software industry.
• Familiarity with Microsoft financial processes and reporting technologies & systems such as MS Sales Mercury MSRA etc.
• Ability to use the latest AI tools to increase impact and improve and scale processes.
• Advanced time management prioritization and organization skills.
• Solid attention to detail and an ability to perform queries on complex databases.

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Financial Analysis IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $97600 - $188400 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 $125000 - $206400 per year.

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position will be open for a minimum of 5 days with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age ancestry citizenship color family or medical care leave gender identity or expression genetic information immigration status marital status medical condition national origin physical or mental disability political affiliation protected veteran or military status race ethnicity religion sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process read more about requesting accommodations.

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