The goal of the SANE (Search, Ads, News + Edge) team is to provide key insights that help Microsoft make better financial and business decisions related to Bing, Microsoft News, Microsoft Edge, and third party affiliates. SANE is a fast-growing business responsible for delivering advertising that seeks to empower our users by bringing them closer to the people and information that matter most to them and is heavily invested in the future of AI.? Our team is at the center of Microsoft's financial activities for the Consumer business, being a key strategic partner to a diverse set of stakeholders: Senior Finance leaders, Ad Sales Leadership Team, Engineering/Product Teams, and Business Development Team.?
Finance Directors in our team help us transform the way we measure business performance, manage resources, and lead financial activities using business intelligence, modeling, and analytics. As a Finance Director, you will have a unique opportunity to use your insights and strategic thinking to partner with leaders on financial analysis, financial decisions and investments, and demand optimization initiatives. You will be a key member of the MSA Leadership Team and partner closely with the Global Media Sales and SMB teams to drive demand growth and expand our total revenue for our advertising products and services. As a leader in the SANE finance team, you will need to recruit, lead, develop and retain a high performing finance team of 5-7 individuals to achieve these goals. Most importantly, you will lead and champion a culture centered on embracing a growth mindset, diversity and inclusion, a theme of inspiring excellent, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day.
Responsibilities
We are looking for Finance professionals with modeling and analytical skills combined with executive presence and leadership skills. The ideal candidates?will be able to dive into the details and understand the key drivers as well as effectively communicate results/drivers to business partners including executives. This person should also exhibit curiosity, be a fast learner and have a passion to understand the business models and drivers in our Consumer advertising business and products and will specifically focus on our sales teams.?
Role model:? exemplify a growth mindset and what it takes to be a key driver of the business
Accelerate : Drive success for key partners within SANE and externally for our partners
Financial Reporting : Own the business key drivers, FP&A, and drive deep insight into the Consumer Office business
Rhythm of Business : Support the RoB, (rhythm of business) processes by participating in forecasting, target setting and budgeting in alignment with Consumer LT timelines
Financial Acumen : Manage process excellence and compliance governance across a large spectrum of revenue, technical acquisition costs, and revenue adjustments
Insight & Analytics : Help design and develop regular revenue, key performance indicators, investment prioritization and profitability reviews.? Develop quarterly forecast and target, and support business reviews.
Partnership: ?Be an integral part of the Consumer SANE leadership team and drive financial performance to maximize growth and impact
Collaborative: ?Build relationships with key partnerships across finance, business development, engineering, sales and business planning
Qualifications
Required/Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science, or related field AND 10+ years of post-graduate financial analysis, accounting, controllership, or finance work experience
OR Master's 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 managing direct reports.
Preferred Qualifications:
Demonstrated experience in a consumer tech and/or advertising business focused on developing and driving cross-company strategy
Experience in developing long-term, strategic growth plans
Executive presence including communication and presentation skills with a high degree of comfort to large and small audiences
Problem solving mentality leveraging internal and/or external resources
Ability to operate in a dynamic, fast-moving environment while conforming to tight deadlines
Propensity to learn and identify opportunities for improvement
Ability to manage across organizational boundaries, influence others and build on the work of others
Proven ability to partner, build trust, communicate with, and influence executives; ability to make the complex simple and influence through effective story telling
Ability to deal with ambiguity, exercise sound business judgment and show sense of certainty by standing firm where appropriate
Verbal & written communication, interpersonal and cross group collaboration skills
Financial Analysis M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900 - $277,200 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 $165,600 - $303,600 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
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until November 10, 2025.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .
