Senior Finance Manager, AI Business Solutions

Overview

The Canada Enterprise Finance Team is dedicated to maintaining Microsoft’s leadership position in the market by developing solid partnerships with the local MCAPS (Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions) sales teams, building trust and credibility by offering valuable and actionable insights to both business and finance organizations throughout the Americas and Corporate levels. The team also champions increased investment and resources for Canada. Emphasizing a people-first culture, diversity and inclusion are central values, and team members take pride in and have fun celebrating successes together.

We are looking for a deeply analytical Senior Finance Manager, AI Business Solutions (ABS), for the Canada Enterprise Finance team. This is a fantastic opportunity to become a trusted advisor to the Canada sales leadership team and gain exposure to the broader Americas and worldwide finance organizations. This role owns financial leadership for the AI Workforce and AI Business Processes suite, partnering closely with our Specialist Team Unit (STU) leadership to drive growth, execution, and transformation. You will be accountable for financial rhythm of the business (ROB), planning, insights, and financial governance, acting as the connective tissue between the STU and Finance to translate complex financial signals into clear narratives, decisions, and actions with leaders.

It is an exciting time for Microsoft and MCAPS Finance, as we thrive as a multi-disciplinary team and seek to constantly improve by bringing out the finest in each team member.

At Microsoft, our mission—to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more—guides how we partner with customers to deliver trusted, impactful solutions. With a growth mindset culture, we innovate responsibly and measure success by shared progress—people, teams, and customers. Join us to do meaningful work that changes the world and helps shape what’s next for everyone.

Responsibilities

Prioritization

• Drives clarity, consistency, and simplification of financial reporting, metrics, and executive narratives to enable leaders to focus on strategic decisions and actions.
• Works directly with business partners to translate top-down targets to an accountable plan for each group. Manages financial plans, budgets, and forecasts to support strategic decision-making.
• Delivers results through tracking performance, reporting accuracy, and partnering with business leaders to ensure execution of plans and accountability for results. Partners and solicits insight from the business to understand the drivers of under/over performance.
• Helps to ensure the accurate and timely rhythm of business reporting, including key performance indicators (KPIs), monthly close, forecasting and budgeting. Generates relevant and actionable insights to drive the business forward.
• Develops and tests analysis, modeling, and research in anticipation of business and finance community needs.

Partnership

• Develops and leverages relationships with business partners to bolster sales, and to understand and manage business risk. Designs and negotiates solutions to complex financial issues with business partners. Manages balance between customer centricity, enablement of sales, and ROI (Return on Investment)-effectiveness.
• Consults with business leaders on implications of results and provides guidance to achieving objectives and maximizing ROI.
• Provides performance insights and trends to the AMI (Americas Markets & Industries), Americas Region and Worldwide ABS CSA (Controller Solution Area) community by identifying local key drivers, risks, and opportunities, aligning leadership on priorities, trade-offs, and outcomes.
• Shares learnings from the finance ABS community with local business partners to drive consistency and efficacy and embrace the One Microsoft way.
• Develops and manages strategies to proactively mitigate, or reactively address, potential adverse effects of macroeconomic and/or geopolitical risks. Considers competing views and alternative solutions when formulating recommendations for financial plans and forecasts.
• Understands the interconnections between data, information, and results, and translates this into forward-looking narratives and forecasts. Anticipates and generates actionable plans based on complex results, ambiguous findings, and multi-year time horizons. Participates in and influences business partner situations understanding and awareness.
• Collaborates on improvements through AI-led automation. Applies understanding of advanced technology to accomplish business goals and to provide greater depth of analysis.

Protect

• Sets and models the tone for financial integrity, compliance, and risk management across the Canada ABS Organization.
• Ensures solid financial controls, governance, and adherence to Microsoft policies, while proactively identifying and mitigating risks.
• Creates an environment where business partners feel empowered to surface issues, escalate concerns, and resolve challenges with integrity and accountability.

Other

• Embody our culture and values.

Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications

• Master's 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 Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 6+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field OR equivalent experience.

Additional or preferred qualifications

• 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 Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 12+ years of post-graduate financial analysis, accounting, controllership, or finance work experience OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years experience in multinationals with multi-product/multi-segment finance roles.
• 3+ years work experience in matrix-based organization.
• 3+ years work experience in the technology or software industry.

#Finance

Financial Analysis IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $128,000 - CAD $222,400 per year.

Find additional pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html

Financial Analysis IC5 - L'échelle salariale de base typique pour ce rôle dans l'ensemble du Canada est de 128,000 $ CAD à 222,400 $ CAD par année.

Pour plus d'information au sujet de la rémunération, veuillez cliquer ici:
https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html

Ce poste sera ouvert pendant au moins cinq jours et les candidatures seront acceptées de façon continue jusqu’à ce que le poste soit pourvu.

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

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