Senior Finance Manager

Senior Finance Manager

United States, Washington, Redmond

Job description

Company and benefits

Job number

200054249

Date posted

Sep 26, 2026

Work site

3 days / week in-office

Travel

Less than 25%

Profession

Finance

Discipline

Financial Analysis

Role type

Individual Contributor

Employment type

Full-Time

Overview

Aspire to develop the ultimate skill set of a Chief Financial Officer? We make Microsoft here in Core Financial Planning & Analysis. Our team is responsible for finance-wide leadership of key processes and technical analyses. Process leadership includes coordinating hundreds of controllers, across dozens of businesses and channels, through our core rhythms, such as financial data management (managerial accounting to interpret results and support business decisions on resource allocation) and planning (target-setting, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting). Analytical leadership includes assessment of company-wide impact related to foreign exchange rate fluctuations, statutory tax exposure, cash flow and capital strategy, consolidated forward-looking guidance, valuation of businesses for accounting and strategy, and financial benchmarking across peer companies and the technology landscape. Our stakeholders comprise the Board of Directors, Wall Street analysts and shareholders, the Senior Leadership Team (CEO, CFO, and Executive VPs), executive staff (Corporate VPs), finance leadership (CFOs and controllers), and functional teams across the company (Corporate Strategy and central teams).

As a Sr. Finance Manager on our Data Management team, you will create close partnerships and utilize your knowledge of financial processes, data, and tools to improve the user experience for finance business partners.

This role sits at the intersection of Finance, Data, and Technology and is responsible for shaping how financial information is planned, managed, and reported across the company. Successful candidates will bring a unique blend of financial expertise, business acumen, and technical curiosity. They are passionate about understanding how financial data flows through complex ecosystems and how those systems enable critical business decisions across the organization.

As a Senior Finance Manager, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of financial planning, reporting, and analytics. You will partner closely with Finance teams across Sales, Marketing, Services, and Engineering to evaluate and operationalize evolving business needs, including new business models, performance metrics, financial disclosures, and analytical requirements. Your work will help ensure that financial systems, processes, and data structures continue to scale alongside the business while delivering timely, accurate, and actionable insights

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. We foster a culture of growth, innovation, collaboration, respect, integrity, and accountability where everyone can thrive.

Responsibilities

• This role offers a unique opportunity to influence finance transformation efforts by collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders and engineering teams to enhance planning, forecasting, reporting, and data management capabilities. You will help drive the strategy and execution of initiatives that improve the end-to-end finance experience, modernize processes, and enable more informed business decision-making.

• Success in this role requires the ability to lead complex, cross-organizational projects, build alignment across di