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Location: Redmond, WA, US
Job ID: 833176-108457
Division: Finance

SUMMARY

The International Retail Finance Lead will coordinate and manage all country-level financial needs for the expansion of our Physical and Online Stores. This person will report to the Retail CFO. Work will include a broad range of hands-on Retail work at Redmond as well as coordination with Finance Country leads to implement end-to-end Financial controls, reporting, training and other retail needs. The person who fills this role will have the opportunity to become solely focused on International in the future or invest in retail partnerships and help lead the domestic team.

At interview, you will be informed about the confidential structure of the business, revenues, store count and future approved strategies for International expansion.

This position will work directly with Retail Partners, SMSG Finance, Corp Accounting, and other country financial leads to implement needs for the International expansion. Retail experience is preferred or the ability to ramp quickly in a retail business.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Work closely with strategy to understand International expansion needs
Learn and adopt New Store Opening Procedures to imitate internationally
Ensure controls and compliance for new store opening process
Develop financial reporting and segregation of roles and responsibility in new countries
Develop and track specific action plans and accountability
Implement appropriate internal controls and test on a regular basis
International budgets, forecasting, and planning
Review and approve Country Monthly Business Reviews and Weekly Reporting
Monthly travel to International expansion areas

KEY QUALIFIERS
Retail Experience
10 + years of experience in Finance or Accounting
International experience
Start-up experience
Projects that required PMO and multiple timelines and coordination
Treasury experience
Controls and compliance experience
Inventory & Physical inventory experience
Real Estate experience
Excellent organizational, multi-tasking, and communication skills
CPA

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]]>Fri, 10 May 2013 02:59:00 GMThttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Redmond-Finance-Director-International-Retail-Finance-Lead-Job-WA-98052/2542691/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Redmond-Finance-Director-International-Retail-Finance-Lead-Job-WA-98052/2542691/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Job Category: Finance
Location: Redmond, WA, US
Job ID: 832883-108690
Division: Finance

The OEM BG Finance team is looking for a highly motivated individual with proven leadership, strategic thinking, and broad range of financial & project management skills. The successful candidate will work closely with the OEM Business Development team and the Windows Client Finance teams to provide insight into short-term results, develop long-term forecasts, and drive analysis for new investment proposals, resource optimization strategies, and segment sales plans & marketing activities. If you are passionate about solving complex business problems, have a proven ability to work effectively across different business groups and have demonstrated experience with in-depth market and industry analysis, you are a great candidate for this position.

Responsibilities:
This position will focus on decision support for the OEM channel within Windows. Analyst will be responsible for quarterly forecasting, as well as target setting, analyzing and communicating monthly and quarterly financial results, developing and providing analysis for the OEM Long Range Plan (LRP), analyzing new business opportunities & strategies, performing ROI analysis on marketing/strategic investments, and performing ad-hoc analysis for OEM business partners. The role will allow the analyst to gain a broad understanding of the OEM channel through the Windows Client business, build strong relationships with OEM and BG business partners, and interact with senior management.
Qualifications:
3+ years of financial analysis experience, preferably in the software industry
BA/BS degree in Finance or Accounting. MBA/CPA a strong plus
Demonstrated experience in developing complex financial models; excellent quantitative analysis and forecasting skills.
Strong communication & collaboration skills as well as effective executive presence.



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]]>Tue, 14 May 2013 02:59:00 GMThttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Redmond-Finance-Manager-Job-WA-98052/2547123/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Redmond-Finance-Manager-Job-WA-98052/2547123/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Job Category: Finance
Location: Redmond, WA, US
Job ID: 834650-109749
Division: Finance

The Server and Tools Business has an opening for a Finance Director role to lead the team responsible for the financial management and financial planning of the Windows Platform business (Windows Server and System Center Server products).

This team covers a wide range of responsibilities for this strategically important business, which includes financial modeling, business analysis and business planning. It also plays an integral role in key business processes such as revenue reporting, quarterly forecasting, performance vs market analysis, long range planning, MYR, BPR, and target setting. This is a highly visible role, which partners closely with senior leaders in the STB Marketing and R&D product teams, and in sales and marketing organizations across the company.

Requirements for the role include strong proficiency across Microsoft leadership competencies. In particular, candidates should possess outstanding cross-group collaboration skills, excellent verbal and written communication, a high level of business acumen, and a demonstrated ability to lead teams and influence business decision making in a complex and rapidly changing environment.

Qualifications include:
• 10 years of demonstrated work experience leading and managing a team, analyzing complex business, financial, industry and/or market data, presenting to executive management, developing coherent industry and/or market models and clearly communicating solutions to complex business problems.
• BS/BA degree in finance, accounting, economics or related degree
• Advanced Excel and database skills
• Experience with operational finance, financial policies, controls and systems
• Experience with various forecasting methodologies
• MBA, CPA and/or CFA are a plus.

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]]>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Redmond-Finance-Director-Windows-Server-Job-WA-98052/2571315/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Redmond-Finance-Director-Windows-Server-Job-WA-98052/2571315/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Job Category: Finance
Location: Redmond, WA, US
Job ID: 822530-101699
Division: Finance

Senior Finance Manager, IT
Strategic Planning and Analysis

Be a strategic advisor to the IT CFO, supporting and providing thought leadership with creative, breakthrough ideas and analysis that moves the needle on Microsoft IT strategy and planning. You will own the annual planning process across IT Finance and contribute expertise to create and evangelize improvement strategies and long-term planning and processes. Create strong strategic partnerships and provide personal leadership to orchestrate IT / IT Finance coordination of IT investment portfolio.

Business Planning
• Own the end to end annual budgeting process for Microsoft IT ($1.5B, 4000+ FTEs, global org). Help migrate planning process from current annual view to rolling multi-year planning process.
• Drive continuous improvement of processes to increase efficiency and value add
• Own & maintain IT Finance calendar of deliverables and milestones, and coordinate across functions

Value Realization / ROI
• Define and review value realization for investment portfolio, ensuring that foundational spend supports agile IT and projects to deliver major functionality for businesses enable new business capabilities and create value for Microsoft shareholders.
• Partner with IT finance and IT leadership to ensure good investments are made and to identify and communicate the value of the IT portfolio. Requires you to work across groups and show outstanding communication, influence and collaboration capabilities.

CFO and CIO strategic analysis & projects
• An IT Finance representative partnering with Microsoft IT leadership on strategic initiatives. Examples of previous projects include developing an activity-based costing model for IT, developing and implementing a strategic sourcing strategy, designing and rolling out Finance training for Microsoft IT and building a data quality scorecard.
• Lead and implement complex business decisions and socialize across organization.
• Introduce strategic focus and develop sophisticated modeling and analysis to provide insights to business drivers and competitive arena.
• Lead Proforma Invoice effort and cost transparency efforts including Total Cost of Ownership.

This role is an individual contributor role.

Basic Qualifications:
• Minimum 5+ years applicable experience in finance or accounting function
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or related discipline
• MBA

Other/Preferred Qualifications:
• Previous experience in technology industry
• Previous ownership of cross-function initiatives and leadership experience in strategic planning, project management, executive communication, thought leadership and change management

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]]>Fri, 17 May 2013 02:59:00 GMThttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Redmond-Finance-Strategic-Planning-Manager-IT-Finance-Job-WA-98052/2382268/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Redmond-Finance-Strategic-Planning-Manager-IT-Finance-Job-WA-98052/2382268/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Job Category: Finance
Location: Redmond, WA, US
Job ID: 823152-109743
Division: Finance

Windows Azure Finance is looking for a talented and motivated individual to help shape the future of the Windows Azure business by working closely with the group’s business leaders to formulate and analyze organic and inorganic strategies for growth and profitability.

Windows Azure is an open cloud platform that enables developers to quickly build, deploy and manage applications across a global network of datacenters. This is a unique and rare finance opportunity to join a team building a business early in its lifecycle, gain broad visibility to the operational and business aspects of Microsoft’s strategic shift to Cloud and contribute towards its success.

You’ll have the chance to partner with business development & strategy, engineering, marketing and operations across Windows Azure, the Server & Tools business, and Microsoft with considerable exposure to the leadership teams. You’ll have substantial impact on the evolution of the Azure business and will be responsible for the analytics and modeling of new offers, pricing structures and business models. You will also be responsible for establishing economic frameworks to evaluate partnerships and inorganic acquisition opportunities.

A strong candidate will have a track record of impacting and influencing business decisions and presenting to senior business audiences; will be a resourceful, fact-based strategic thinker with very strong analytical and business skills; and will have demonstrated abilities to develop insightful financial models. Ideal candidates will have a solid grasp of the enterprise software industry, cloud business models, and a good understanding of Microsoft’s position.

Qualifications & experience:
• 6 years financial analysis and planning experience or business analysis experience
• Minimum 4 years expertise in financial/business modeling skills
• Excellent communication skills with the capacity to influence without direct authority
• An ability to deal with ambiguity and uncertainty
• Strong partnering, critical thinking and deep modeling capability
• High level of self-motivation; ability to quickly identify what needs to be accomplished
• MBA preferred

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]]>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Redmond-Financial-Manager%2C-Senior-Job-WA-98052/2571390/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Redmond-Financial-Manager%2C-Senior-Job-WA-98052/2571390/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Job Category: Finance
Location: Redmond, WA, US
Job ID: 828123-104851
Division: Finance


The Operations Finance Financial Planning and Analysis team is looking for a dynamic, proactive Finance Manager to support the Operations Services team. This position will partner closely with Operations Services to proactively maintain COGS & Cost leadership by identifying & delivering rich analytics to drive achievement of our operating mechanisms; proactively communicate perceived risks and opportunities to drive business execution. This is a great opportunity to learn the Operations business and to help the teams execute on their strategy by driving financial planning and analysis, influencing resource allocation and effectively communicating financial counsel to non-finance partners. The ideal candidate must be able to quickly ramp-up with our processes and systems and develop solid relationships with key finance and business partners across Regional Operation Centers. This job requires a self-starter who excels at learning new tools and processes and working in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines.

Key Responsibilities:
• Business partnering and support: Opex, COGS and HC reporting, budgeting, forecasting and monthly close activities
• Proactively manage monthly reporting and analysis processes, provide financial analysis and business insight into variances and trends.
• Enhance financial reporting and cost/COGS metrics to reflect activity drivers and related cost per metrics & publish report on agreed upon SLAs
• Lead the business in making informed investment and resource allocation decisions and ensuring that they are supported with business cases/ROI with clear ownership & tracking to drive accountability
• Drive key processes such as Forecast, Planning, Budget Restatements and Hierarchy Changes
• Provide financial and business analysis for key business reviews such as Mid-Year Reviews, Business Plan Reviews, and Long Range Planning

Requirements/Qualifications
• BA/BS in Business, Accounting, or Finance; CPA, CMA or MBA preferred
• 5+ years of work experience in an accounting for finance related role
• Strong financial analysis, and modeling skills
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with all levels within the organization
• Advanced Excel skills and exceptional attention to detail
• Knowledge of MS Finance tools and internal rhythms preferable
• Passion for technology and the use of technology to improve business processes and insight


This description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by an employee within this position. The actual duties, responsibilities and qualifications may vary based on assignment or group. Microsoft is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and strongly supports diversity in the workplace.


















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]]>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:00:00 GMThttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Redmond-Financial-Analysis-&-Controls-Manager-Job-WA-98052/2449975/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Redmond-Financial-Analysis-&-Controls-Manager-Job-WA-98052/2449975/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Job Category: Finance
Location: Redmond, WA, US
Job ID: 821097-100585
Division: Finance


Microsoft is looking for Group Finance Manager to play a critical role in its Hardware businesses. This position will be a part of the Redmond-based MSCIS (Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Information and Solutions) Finance team. The MSCIS Finance team provides Finance support, partnership and controls for Microsoft’s hardware manufacturing and supply chain for products such as Xbox360, Kinect and Surface. This is a great opportunity within Microsoft to partner closely with the MSICS Sourcing team to achieve superior cost results via strong partnership and the application of outstanding financial insight.

This person will work closely with the Sourcing team in areas such as:
Negotiation participation and support
Optimizing the structuring of deals with suppliers
“Should-cost” analysis
Cost curve projection and modeling
Analysis of supplier financials
Identification and analysis of key cost drivers

In this role, you will be engaged as a financial partner throughout the hardware development lifecycle, including helping to drive optimal cost/feature trade-offs, modeling life-cycle costs, identifying and helping to drive cost reduction opportunities and being a key participant in supplier roadmap/rationalization decisions. You will be expected to play a key role in the evolution of the MSCIS Finance Product Cost team, in terms of input into team strategy, development of infrastructure roadmap and identifying and driving continuous improvement opportunities. As this team grows, this person will be expected to take a leadership role in getting the team to the next level.

The ideal candidate will have strong analytical capabilities, the ability to effectively partner across various parts of the organization, a strong grounding in financial fundamentals and principles, and the ability to explain the business “beyond the accounting numbers.”

Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or equivalent degree/experience required
Financial experience in a manufacturing-heavy business space (approximately 8+ years) required
Demonstrated financial analysis experience in relevant business space (e.g., procurement, manufacturing, consumer products) required
Deep understanding of consumer electronics and component categories strongly desired
Mastery of cost accounting principles and implementation a definite plus

The successful candidate will also exhibit the following characteristics:
Demonstrated ability to generate value-added insight and influence senior stakeholders
Outstanding communication skills and excellent cross-group collaboration skills
Strong team player with the ability to positively and constructively influence stakeholders
Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills, with a hands on approach to improving processes working with others
Strong understanding of financial principles, processes and practices
Attention to detail and ability to work under tight timelines.
Ability to deal with ambiguity and changing business requirements
Passion for driving the right business decisions & the ability to multitask and accept new challenges at anytime

This description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by an employee within this position. The actual duties, responsibilities and qualifications may vary based on assignment or group. Microsoft is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and strongly supports diversity in the workplace.







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]]>Sat, 18 May 2013 05:31:00 GMThttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Redmond-Group-Finance-Manager-Manufacturing-Finance-Job-WA-98052/2359165/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Redmond-Group-Finance-Manager-Manufacturing-Finance-Job-WA-98052/2359165/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Job Category: Finance
Location: Redmond, WA, US
Job ID: 829667-106123
Division: Finance


The Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Information and Services (MSCIS) Finance team supports a broad business scope including Xbox, Kinect, Xbox Accessories, PC peripherals, Software replication, Digital Supply Chain and also the new Surface product. The environment is dynamic and innovative, where the finance team has to be flexible and nimble in our partnership with Operations.

The Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Information and Services (MSCIS) Finance team is looking for someone with drive and enthusiasm to take on a high impact role as a Finance Manager supporting Software & Digital Supply Chain groups. The MSCIS finance team is responsible for all FP&A activities and financial transactions for the Operations organization, including all hardware and software product manufacturing, , business planning, and decision support. This specific role will work with the Software Product Manufacturing team & Digital Supply Chain(DSC) team which is responsible for content delivery in both a physical and digital means.

Responsibilities:
• Oversight and responsibility for financial planning, forecasting and budgeting for Software and Digital Supply Chain ( DSC)
• Americas quarterly forecasting and annual budgeting
• Ongoing analysis and business group support associated with Software and DSC including cost management, value added analysis and new/emerging business models
• Identifying and solving control problems and issues
• Improving efficiency and effectiveness of finance activities and reporting through automation and detailed analytics
• Drive improved business insight into the business, potentially including development and reporting of KPI’s and performance metrics and scorecards, to drive organizational accountability and performance

Qualifications Should Include:
• BA / BS in Business, Accounting, Finance or related field
• 4+ years of demonstrated work experience ideally in a similar supply chain role, covering FP&A activities
• A self-starter with excellent analytical and problem solving skills, and an ability to work on own initiative and drive for results is required
• A track record of influence of the business through initiative and in bringing financial analysis and insight to the table
• Superior financial analysis skills
• Knowledge and understanding of cost accounting practices.
• CPA or CMA preferred but not mandatory
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral), including an ability to communicate effectively with senior management.
• Proven ability to successfully lead cross group activities and collaborate with business partners to drive process improvement.
• Excellent PC skills, particularly in Excel are required.
• Knowledge of the Consumer Electronics/Digital Distribution space is preferred but not mandatory

This description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by an employee within this position. The actual duties, responsibilities and qualifications may vary based on assignment or group. Microsoft is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and strongly supports diversity in the workplace.


















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]]>Fri, 10 May 2013 02:59:00 GMThttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Redmond-Finance-Manager-Software-Digital-Supply-Chain-Job-WA-98052/2477905/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Redmond-Finance-Manager-Software-Digital-Supply-Chain-Job-WA-98052/2477905/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Job Category: Finance
Location: Redmond, WA, US
Job ID: 829660-106122
Division: Finance


The Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Information and Services (MSCIS) Finance team supports a broad business scope including Xbox, Kinect, Xbox Accessories, PC peripherals, Software replication and also the new Surface product. The environment is dynamic and innovative, where the finance team has to be flexible and nimble in our partnership with Operations.

The Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Information and Services (MSCIS) Finance team is looking for someone with drive and enthusiasm to take on a high impact role as a Finance Manager supporting the Americas Supply Chain group. The MSCIS finance team is responsible for all FP&A activities and financial transactions for the Operations organization, including all hardware and software product manufacturing, , business planning, and decision support. This specific role will work with the Americas Supply Chain team which is responsible for logistics, fulfillment, and distribution and freight activities.

Responsibilities:
• Oversight and responsibility for financial planning, forecasting and budgeting for Americas Operations Center (AOC) Supply chain Logistics
• Americas quarterly forecasting and annual budgeting
• Ongoing analysis and business group support associated with Americas supply chain including cost management, value added analysis and new/emerging business models
• Identifying and solving control problems and issues
• Improving efficiency and effectiveness of finance activities and reporting through automation and detailed analytics
• Drive improved business insight into the business, potentially including development and reporting of KPI’s and performance metrics and scorecards, to drive organizational accountability and performance
Qualifications Should Include:
• BA / BS in Business, Accounting, Finance, or related field
• 5+ years of demonstrated work experience ideally in a similar supply chain role, covering FP&A activities
• A self-starter with excellent analytical and problem solving skills, and an ability to work on own initiative and drive for results is required
• A track record of influence of the business through initiative and in bringing financial analysis and insight to the table
• Superior financial analysis skills
• Knowledge and understanding of cost accounting practices.
• CPA or CMA preferred but not mandatory
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral), including an ability to communicate effectively with senior management.
• Proven ability to successfully lead cross group activities and collaborate with business partners to drive process improvement.
• Excellent PC skills, particularly in Excel are required.
• Knowledge of the Consumer Electronics industry is preferred but not mandatory

This description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by an employee within this position. The actual duties, responsibilities and qualifications may vary based on assignment or group. Microsoft is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and strongly supports diversity in the workplace.


















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]]>Fri, 10 May 2013 02:59:00 GMThttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Redmond-Senior-Finance-Manager-Supply-Chain-Job-WA-98052/2477929/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Redmond-Senior-Finance-Manager-Supply-Chain-Job-WA-98052/2477929/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Job Category: Finance
Location: Redmond, WA, US
Job ID: 820502-100488
Division: Finance


If you are a person who has a passion for finance and controls with great breadth of knowledge in information technology, then we would like to talk with you. We are looking for a strong addition to our Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis (CFP&A) team.

The Sr. Finance Manager is responsible for managing and improving the controls environment for CFP&A and advising the CFP&A Leadership Team on controls related matters. This is a challenging role that requires a broad set of skills: the ability to work through ambiguity, think strategically, proactively solve problems, and have a strong drive for results. The ideal candidate will have a successful track record in developing, deploying, organizing, and sustaining financial controls programs in large enterprises. Core Project Management skills are also required as you will be responsible driving process improvements through collaboration with various teams across CFP&A.

The position will work closely with the CFP&A Leadership Team, Corporate Accounting FCG, Internal Audit, Financial Integrity Unit, Corporate Compliance, and Deloitte & Touché.

General Summary of Job Requirements:
- Oversee the CFP&A control environment including: SOX compliance, ownership of the C&C Scorecard, documentation management, SODA conflict resolution, user access reviews, and continuous improvement of the control environment
- Manage key aspects of the monthly Close process including: management of the consolidated CFP&A checklist, ownership of the Balance Sheet Review process, tracking and follow-up on issues arising from the close meeting
- Monitor and engage in the Operational Enterprise Risk Management (OERM) and Business Continuity Management (BCM) processes for the CFP&A orgs to ensure compliance
- Communicate results of program initiatives to management in a clear, objective, timely, and actionable manner
- Lead Internal Audit coordination efforts including: audit engagement, issue tracking, and validation of issue resolution
- Be a trusted and independent advisor on controls and compliance to the CFP&A Leadership Team

Competency Requirements:
- The successful candidates will have demonstrable skills in the following areas:
- Self- starter working under minimal supervision
- Analytical and problem solving skills
- Oral and written communications - ability to communicate effectively up, down, and across the organization
- Strong Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint skills a plus
- Business analytics experience
- Excellent cross group collaboration skills
- Financial management and business planning
- Work experience with Senior Management
- Experience working against hard deadlines

Experience & Qualification Requirements:
Required
- BA / BS in Business, Accounting, Finance
- 7+ years of experience and proven leadership skills in financial controlling, auditing or similar functions
- Competency in Microsoft financial systems and applications preferred
- MS, MA, MBA or like advanced degree OR other professional certifications such as CPA, CIA, etc. preferred


This description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by an employee within this position. The actual duties, responsibilities and qualifications may vary based on assignment or group. Microsoft is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and strongly supports diversity in the workplace.





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]]>Sat, 18 May 2013 05:31:00 GMThttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Redmond-Senior-Finance-Manager-Corporate-Finance-Job-WA-98052/2354732/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Redmond-Senior-Finance-Manager-Corporate-Finance-Job-WA-98052/2354732/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Job Category: Sales
Location: Seattle, WA, US
Job ID: 835131-109862
Division: Advertising & Online


General Manager - US A&O Sales and Strategy:

The US Advertising and Online (A&O) Sales Team is seeking a highly-motivated, flexible, and results-oriented Business Leader as a member of the US Sales Leadership team. Microsoft needs a talented leader who will help us take our business to the next level.

As the GM, US A&O Sales and Strategy, you will work closely with the leadership team, including the US A&O Sales VP and direct reports to drive the US online advertising business. You are responsible for driving collaboration with regional sales leaders, specialist’s teams, trade marketing, and ASG to provide day to day guidance and remove barriers to drive revenue. You will drive cross organization sales initiatives. You will lead a team responsible for driving the strategy and operations of the US Sales organization- including determining and communicating key sales insights, strategies and priorities for the business. You will be responsible for establishing and executing against the rhythm of the business. You will be the proxy for the VP of US A&O on the A&O LT and other key business as appropriate. You will connect with the BGs as appropriate to represent the US field. You will act as a sales subject matter expert for internal partners, providing input into the strategy and feedback on various projects and deliverables. This position is responsible for various ad hoc projects.

The ideal candidate will need to have a unique combination of leadership, structure, creativity and quantitative skills.

Key Responsibilities:
• Serve as critical link between our Sales field sales leaders, multiple BGs, Finance, A&O LT.
• Serve as key consultant for sales feedback for proposed syndication deals, content acquisition or other partnerships.
• Provide strategic decision support analysis for business decisions including evaluating financial alternatives, assessing risks and recommending/presenting appropriate action.
• Own sales feedback into quarterly forecasting process and annual budgeting .
• Lead with Finance and Incentive Compensation to deploy sales quotas to the Field, allocate quotas between teams and manage quota relief policies and requests.
• Act as key adviser on sales compensation issues for management and Incentive Compensation Program Management.
• Develop allocation recommendations and manage headcount for US Field Sales org and develop allocation recommendations and manage controllable expenses (i.e. T&E) for US Field Sales org.
• Drive Customer Engagement to supplement engagement by the VP.
• Define and drive organizational culture by being a thought leader in terms of the culture of the overall org.

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]]>Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Seattle-General-Manager-Sales-and-Strategy-Job-WA-98101/2574808/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Seattle-General-Manager-Sales-and-Strategy-Job-WA-98101/2574808/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Job Category: Finance
Location: Redmond, WA, US
Job ID: 825599-103138
Division: Microsoft Office Division


Business Overview: Office Commercial Business includes volume licensing revenue of Office client, MOD CAL suite, Exchange, Project, and Visio with annual revenue of over $15 billion dollars within the Microsoft Office Division.

Job Overview: Microsoft Office finance team has an opening for a Senior Finance Manager to drive thought leadership on the CAL suite and Exchange businesses. This finance team supports both long and short term planning and analysis, quarterly/ monthly business reviews, target setting, product launch planning, and identifying areas of growth. This role will be responsible for proactive strategic thinking and project specific analysis to solve challenging and strategic business questions. The role partners with marketing leaders in the CAL Suites and Exchange businesses to drive/ impact projects through financial analysis, executive discussions and decisions.

Responsibilities;
Financial analysis: Conduct financial analysis to provide health of the business readouts/ trends, and articulate those findings to the finance leadership and Office PMG business partners to support decision making.
Business partnering: Partner with the PMG to support product planning, revenue strategies and strategic decision making.
Product planning: Support next version of product planning
Rhythm of Business: conduct month/quarter end analyses of revenue and key performance indicators, develop quarterly forecast and target, and support business reviews. Provide metrics for MOD EA analytics to measure health of overall MOD EA business
Financial modeling: Build robust, driver based financial models to guide decision-making on business structure, strategy, pricing, revenue, and strategic direction.
Scorecard: Support reporting and analysis of MOD scorecard for new CAL suite business and Exchange seats.

Requirements;
5-8 years of financial experience with financial analysis, modeling, reporting, strategy.
Ability to think strategically and communicate effectively with all levels of management and to influence the business partners.
Strong business analytical and communication skills
Strong attention to detail
Ability to handle a high degree of ambiguity, and fast paced change management
Knowledge of MS Sales and Volume Licensing reporting strongly preferred.
Ability to manage multiple projects effectively at the same time and to work effectively under deadline constraints.
MBA preferred

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]]>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 03:00:00 GMThttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Redmond-SENIOR-FINANCE-MANAGER-MOD-Job-WA-98052/2406760/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Redmond-SENIOR-FINANCE-MANAGER-MOD-Job-WA-98052/2406760/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Job Category: Finance
Location: Bellevue, WA, US
Job ID: 836056-110616
Division: Online Services Division


The Online Services Division (OSD) of Microsoft is a leader in the online advertising industry that’s well positioned to capitalize on market opportunities, including search, display, communications and advertising platforms. The broad range of OSD products includes Bing, MSN, Mobile, and Microsoft Advertising solutions.

Our search engine Bing has consistently increased market share in the US since launch and has completed the first stage of the Search Alliance implementation with Yahoo, providing paid and algorithmic search results to Yahoo’s North American based search queries. Microsoft and Nokia also recently announced a comprehensive partnership in the mobile ecosystem, with Bing being the provider of search services across Nokia’s devices and services.

Job Overview;
OSD Finance is looking for a talented finance professional to play an important role within the division’s International Search advertising business. The Business Analyst Manager position offers opportunities to deliver high impact, business insights at an important time in the evolution of our International search advertising business & global development initiative. The successful candidate will have a passion for (1) delivering insights that help drive improved business insight and decisions, (2) anticipating financial opportunities and risks, and providing innovative and actionable recommendations, (3) effectively collaborating with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities;
Develop business and financial frameworks for business modeling and executive decision support analyses.
Identify, initiate, and collaborate with members from across multiple disciplines (e.g. PMG, A&O, OSD Finance, and other MSFT divisions) in developing frameworks and providing business analyses for our international search business.
Prepare recommendations and communications tailored for executive levels.
Participate in elements of financial rhythm of the business processes, including long range & annual planning, quarterly forecast, and monthly business reviews.
Develop and maintain management reporting of key performance metrics, and deliver insights that enable the International search business and field teams to make better strategic and operational decisions.
Review financial results and present them to management.
Provide input into and/or implement accounting policies and procedures to ensure that appropriate business controls are established and operating effectively.

Requirements;
5 years of financial experience with financial analysis, deal modeling & analytics, reporting, strategy.
Ability to think strategically and communicate effectively with all levels of management and to influence business partners.
Strong business analytical and communication skills
Detail oriented yet also able to think ‘big picture’ and understand the key trends and levers that impact a business.
Ability to handle a high degree of ambiguity, and fast paced change management
Ability to manage multiple projects effectively at the same time and to work effectively under deadline constraints.
MBA preferred

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]]>Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Bellevue-Finance-Manager-Finance-836056-Job-WA-98004/2592291/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Bellevue-Finance-Manager-Finance-836056-Job-WA-98004/2592291/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Job Category: Finance
Location: Bellevue, WA, US
Job ID: 832582-108004
Division: Finance


Skype, Xbox, Bing, Windows 8 Ads in Apps, MSN - Online Advertising revenue empowers business models across Microsoft’s online presence which touches 65% of the worldwide Internet audience (almost 900M people!). The Global Ad Sales and Strategy Finance Team does analysis and support for our business partners to help propel the business forward. This is a dynamic business that moves fast and requires businesses to adapt to competition and new monetization models. The Advertising and Online (A&O) is a sales and marketing organization focused on growing our online advertising business.

Summary of position: The A&O Sr. Business Analyst Manager will mainly support our Incubation organization, which consists of IEB, Skype, AiA, Video and Mobile as well as provide support across the Global Ad Sales team.

The role will consist of three main functions:
Drive business excellence and revenue support that helps execute our fast growing incubation business
Partner with our business leaders to drive long term revenue growth
Provide support for the broader Global Ad Sales and Strategy Finance Team, providing ad hoc revenue analysis as well as market and competitive analysis

Responsibilities:
Work with the Incubation Finance Lead on providing operational execution, revenue reporting and analysis.
Work with the business and the Incubation Finance Lead to drive requirements that will define how we look at the incubation business in monthly ROB’s.
Analyze and deliver insights on the revenue performance of the Incubation business as well as the long term planning, including thinking about how to grow/land the high growth rates of the business.
Provide all necessary modeling that support field guidance for revenue forecasts and budgeting related to Incubation team based on the modeling, trends and pipeline we are seeing in markets.
Provide complex modeling support that supports the Global Ad Sales team, typically around supporting the Global Agency and Account organization as well as ad hoc analysis around Biz Dev and Strategy projects.

Preferred Behaviors/Experiences
Excellent and demonstrated communication skills and problem solving abilities;
Strong excel modeling skillset;
Demonstrated ability to think creatively, to work independently and effectively in an ambiguous and changing environment;
Detail oriented & thorough, with ability to think “big picture” and understand the key trends and levers that drive the business;
Ability to juggle multiple projects and priorities and re-prioritize as necessary in order to align with current business objectives;
Self-starter;
The ability to communicate well across all levels of the organization;
Prior experience or deep understanding of the Online Services Business beneficial;

Required Qualifications:
BA/BS from accredited university
Minimum 7 years financial or business analysis

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]]>Sat, 04 May 2013 03:00:00 GMThttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Bellevue-Business-Analyst-Manager%2C-Sr_-Advertising-&-Online-Finance-Job-WA-98004/2532694/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Bellevue-Business-Analyst-Manager%2C-Sr_-Advertising-&-Online-Finance-Job-WA-98004/2532694/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Job Category: Software Engineering: Program Management
Location: Bellevue, WA, US
Job ID: 834306-109338
Division: Online Services Division


Bing Application Experiences (AppEx) is the division that delivered the gorgeous and critically-acclaimed News, Finance, Travel, Sports, Weather, and Maps apps pre-installed in Windows 8. AppEx has an exciting opening on the user experience team for a talented Program Manager with a track record for creating stunning consumer experiences. In this role, you will have an opportunity to help drive innovation on tablet devices and the next generation of Bing applications on Windows.

Responsibilities:
- Redefine what it means to have an amazing experience on a new generation of devices
- Dream up new scenarios, user interfaces, and controls used by millions of users
- Specify and drive the design and implementation of features across multiple apps
- Work with design, user research, and engineering to deliver an amazing experience
- Champion great user experience principles and a design-first culture across the engineering team
- Provide exemplary project leadership in an fast-paced environment

Requirements:
- 5+ years of technical industry experience with proven success on multiple products
- A passion for and track record of building great UI
- Proven knowledge & experience in internet-related products and technologies
- Experience working with complex UX & Engineering teams to ship/build top tier UX consumer products/experiences
- Creativity and strategic thinking with a high tolerance for ambiguity.
- Strong verbal/written communication, influencing and organizational skills
- AB/BS or advanced degree in Computer Science/Design/HCI/Engineering desired

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]]>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Bellevue-Program-Manager%2C-Senior-AppEx-834306-Job-WA-98004/2562209/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Bellevue-Program-Manager%2C-Senior-AppEx-834306-Job-WA-98004/2562209/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Job Category: Software Engineering: Development
Location: Bellevue, WA, US
Job ID: 835208-110090
Division: Online Services Division


Come join the Bing Application Experiences (AppEx) team!

The AppEx team is year old group formed to build Windows 8 applications powered by Bing. We are a startup within Microsoft with an aggressive timeline. You’ve seen us ship the Finance, Maps, Travel, Sports, Weather, and News apps! We have other apps coming onboard and other platforms, creating cutting-edge UX powered by server side data. Let’s take Windows 8 and Bing to the next level!

A successful candidate will have the following qualifications:
- Commercial software development (minimum 4 years)
- Experience with developing backend Services (1 years) or Experience with Web Development (Javascript, CSS) (1 years)
- Experience with Bing, Azure technologies a Plus but not required.
- Java/C#/C++ experience (2 years)
- Experience with performance analysis, profiling (client, server) a Plus.
- An understanding and appreciation for information architecture (IA), usability, and design

There are many big challenges still on the horizon at AppEx. You can make a difference and own significant pieces of the growth of our ecosystem. Bring your passion for building cutting-edge, interactive, consumer rich clients to our team and realize your full career potential. This is where the future is!

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]]>Sat, 04 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Bellevue-Software-Development-Engineer-II-AppEx-835208-Job-WA-98004/2581200/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Bellevue-Software-Development-Engineer-II-AppEx-835208-Job-WA-98004/2581200/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Job Category: Software Engineering: Development
Location: Bellevue, WA, US
Job ID: 835480-110553
Division: Online Services Division


Are you passionate about building cutting edge, rich and interactive Windows 8 apps? Interested in crafting compelling user experiences? The AppEx team in Bing is building consumer Windows 8 Apps powered by Bing and other services.

We are a “startup” group within Microsoft with aggressive goals. We’ve shipped the Finance, Maps, Travel, Sports, Weather, and News apps for Windows8. We have other apps under development leveraging our great infrastructure, and creating cutting-edge user experiences powered by server side data.

We’re looking for a strong developer who is passionate about delivering polished and delightful user experiences. A successful candidate will have the following qualifications:
-4+ years of experience building commercial grade software
-6+ years of experience programming in C++, C#, Java or HTML/CSS/JS
-2+ years of experience developing client-side commercial grade software
-An understanding and appreciation for software architecture, usability, and design
-BS in Computer Science, Math, Physics, EE or related field

There are many big challenges on the horizon at the confluence of Windows 8 and Bing. You will own the design and development of significant pieces of our ecosystem. Bring your passion for building cutting-edge, consumer-focused Apps to our team and realize your full career potential. This is where the future is!

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]]>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Bellevue-Software-Development-Engineer-II-AppEx-835480-Job-WA-98004/2590030/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Bellevue-Software-Development-Engineer-II-AppEx-835480-Job-WA-98004/2590030/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Job Category: Software Engineering: Development
Location: Bellevue, WA, US
Job ID: 835483-110555
Division: Online Services Division

Are you passionate about building cutting edge, rich and interactive Windows 8 apps? Interested in crafting compelling user experiences? The AppEx team in Bing is building consumer Windows 8 Apps powered by Bing and other services.

We are a “startup” group within Microsoft with aggressive goals. We’ve shipped the Finance, Maps, Travel, Sports, Weather, and News apps for Windows8. We have other apps under development leveraging our great infrastructure, and creating cutting-edge user experiences powered by server side data.

We’re looking for a strong developer who is passionate about delivering polished and delightful user experiences. A successful candidate will have the following qualifications:
- 3+ years of experience building commercial grade software
- 4+ years of experience programming in C++, C#, Java or HTML/CSS/JS
- 1+ years experience developing client-side commercial grade software
- An understanding and appreciation for software architecture, usability, and design
- BS in Computer Science, Math, Physics, EE or related field

There are many big challenges on the horizon at the confluence of Windows 8 and Bing. Bring your passion for building cutting-edge, consumer-focused Apps to our team and realize your full career potential. This is where the future is!

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]]>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Bellevue-Software-Development-Engineer-II-AppEx-835483-Job-WA-98004/2590040/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Bellevue-Software-Development-Engineer-II-AppEx-835483-Job-WA-98004/2590040/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Job Category: Software Engineering: Development
Location: Bellevue, WA, US
Job ID: 835482-110554
Division: Online Services Division

Are you passionate about building cutting edge, rich and interactive Windows 8 apps? Interested in crafting compelling user experiences? The AppEx team in Bing is building consumer Windows 8 Apps powered by Bing and other services.

We are a “startup” group within Microsoft with aggressive goals. We’ve shipped the Finance, Maps, Travel, Sports, Weather, and News apps for Windows8. We have other apps under development leveraging our great infrastructure, and creating cutting-edge user experiences powered by server side data.

We’re looking for a strong developer who is passionate about delivering polished and delightful user experiences. A successful candidate will have the following qualifications:
- 3+ years of experience building commercial grade software
- 4+ years of experience programming in C++, C#, Java or HTML/CSS/JS
- 1+ years experience developing client-side commercial grade software
- An understanding and appreciation for software architecture, usability, and design
- BS in Computer Science, Math, Physics, EE or related field

There are many big challenges on the horizon at the confluence of Windows 8 and Bing. Bring your passion for building cutting-edge, consumer-focused Apps to our team and realize your full career potential. This is where the future is!

O:MA
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]]>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Bellevue-Software-Development-Engineer-II-AppEx-835482-Job-WA-98004/2590101/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Bellevue-Software-Development-Engineer-II-AppEx-835482-Job-WA-98004/2590101/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Job Category: Software Engineering: Development
Location: Bellevue, WA, US
Job ID: 831584-110845
Division: Online Services Division


We’re developing new apps for pre-installation in Win future. This is our answer to the iPad’s Newsstand! We are a startup within Microsoft with an aggressive timeline. This team shipped the Finance, Maps, Travel, Sports, Weather, and News apps in Windows 8!

The fruits of your efforts will be seen by millions of users in year one.

If you have a keen interest in User Experience and are interested in powering beautiful experiences for users, this team is for you!

A successful candidate will have the following qualifications:
Passion for building services at web and Windows scale
Commercial software development (minimum 7 years)
Scalable Server-side development (2 years)
C#/C++ experience (5 years)
An understanding and appreciation for information architecture (IA), and design
Thorough knowledge of web security issues
Enjoys a collaborative environment with PMs and Test and UX designers

There are many big challenges still on the horizon at AppEx. You can make a difference and own significant pieces of the growth of our ecosystem. Bring your passion for building cutting-edge, interactive, consumer rich clients to our team and realize your full career potential. This is where the future is!

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]]>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Bellevue-Software-Development-Engineer-II-AppEx-831584-Job-WA-98004/2597307/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Bellevue-Software-Development-Engineer-II-AppEx-831584-Job-WA-98004/2597307/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS