Microsoft · 4 hours ago
Finance Director, Business Planning, Strategy & Investments
United States, Washington, Redmond
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$131K/yr - $277K/yr
8+ years expMicrosoft is seeking a senior finance leader for the MCAPS Finance business planning, strategy, and investment team. This role is responsible for driving resource allocation, optimizing revenue growth, and enhancing seller productivity while partnering with the MCAPS Leadership Team to translate strategic priorities into actionable plans.
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Responsibilities
Culture champion who creates energy and clarity, empowers and holds his team, leaders, and business partners accountable driving optimized outcomes
Managers deliver success through empowerment and accountability by coaching, modeling, and caring
Coach - Define team objectives and outcomes; Enable success across boundaries; Help the team adapt and learn
Model - Live our culture; Embody our values; Practice our leadership principles
Care - Attract, grow, accelerate top talent, and build high-performing teams
Know everyone’s capabilities and aspirations; Invest in the growth of others
Support people managers in guiding their teams, empowering leaders, and ensuring accountability for priorities
Owns MCAPS business planning, strategy, and investment governance, driving end‑to‑end seller productivity and performance health
Leads MCAPS Finance planning, strategy, and investment teams to enable the shift to a Frontier Sales organization
Leads annuals resource planning and transformation to maximize revenue growth, seller efficiency, and operating leverage
Partners with MCAPS LT to translate top‑down priorities into accountable resource blueprints and operating plans
Provides direction and actionable insights to key stakeholders and orchestrates the rhythm of the seller productivity and health across the MCAPS organization
Ensures that organization and teams remain customer centric
Develops strong relationships with business and finance partners at senior levels
Develops capabilities of teams to engage and thrive with senior leaders
Manages balance between customer centricity, enablement of sales, and cost-effectiveness
Drives recommendations for solutions to complex financial issues with customers
Partners with senior business and commercial leaders to drive performance and strategy, optimizing ROI and shareholder return
Shapes decisions, aligns execution, mitigates risk, and resolves complex cross‑boundary issues through strong, trusted partnerships
Applies deep Microsoft, industry, and value‑driver expertise to ensure leaders receive the most relevant insights, risks, and recommendations to execute strategy
Uses credibility and judgment to attract, develop, and inspire high‑performing finance talent
Designs and implements new financial, resource, or investment analytics and decision frameworks that improve how data is collected, evaluated, and used driving impact at scale and supporting Microsoft’s long‑term growth priorities
Leverages advanced tools, automation, and AI‑enabled capabilities in partnership with Microsoft experts to increase productivity, data autonomy, and operating leverage
Elevates data management, accuracy, and speed through disciplined automation
Translates complex, multi‑year and ambiguous data into clear, forward‑looking narratives including forecasts, scenarios, and performance insights that enable confident decision‑making
Drives clarity and alignment with senior leaders through concise storytelling and pattern recognition
Generates actionable plans from complex and uncertain inputs and coaches teams to convert data into simple, compelling insights
Builds shared understanding across stakeholders and maintains critical partnerships with MCAPS Sales Execution & Operations, Regions, WSS, and partner finance teams
Embody our culture and values
Qualification
Required
Master's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 8+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field OR Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 10+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field OR equivalent experience
1+ year(s) experience managing direct reports
Company
Microsoft
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Funding
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Leadership Team
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Chairman and CEO
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