Senior Finance Manager - OEM Controller

Overview

Empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. That’s what inspires us, drives our work, and pushes us to challenge the status quoevery day. We achieve this by enabling our Business Partners to deliver products and solutions for our customers to achieve their personal and professional goals. The Partner Incentive Finance team is hiring a Sr Finance Manager to support the OEM (WDS) business.

The Partner Incentives team manages the global incentives across Microsoft lines of businesses. Our goal is to drive clarity and bring alignment across multiple stakeholders while ensuring the integrity of our Financials; with Compliance always at the forefront of everything we do. The Partner Incentives team is on a multi-year journey to transform the business using AI tools to drive better business insights and efficiencies within our existing processes. Our team is collaborative, supportive, and fun. We work hard on exciting things and are passionate about having a team culture that values diverse perspectives and individuals.

The Worldwide OEM business represents a critical channel for Microsoft's continued success. This role provides financial leadership and controllership support across a complex ecosystem of partner programs, business investments, and operational processes.

The ideal candidate combines capable financial acumen, accounting expertise, and business partnership capabilities with a passion for transformation. This individual is comfortable operating in ambiguity, influencing senior stakeholders, driving cross-functional alignment, and leading initiatives that improve business outcomes at scale.

Responsibilities

The Senior Finance Manager will serve as the Finance owner for the Worldwide OEM (WDS) business incentives portfolio, providing strategic financial leadership, controllership oversight, and business partnership to deliver accurate financial outcomes, influence business decisions, and drive operational excellence at scale. This role owns the end-to-end financial stewardship of the Worldwide OEM incentives portfolio, including financial reporting, compliance, risk management. process optimization, and financial governance.

As a trusted advisor, the Senior Finance Manager will partner closely with leaders across Field Finance, Engineering, Operations, Compliance, and Business teams to ensure financial integrity, support growth initiatives, and drive scalable solutions that enable efficient execution of business objectives.

The successful candidate will bring strong accounting, finance, and compliance expertise, combined with a growth mindset and passion for innovation. They will leverage data analytics, automation, and AI-enabled technologies to enhance financial insights, strengthen controls, identify risks and opportunities, and improve decision-making. This role requires the ability to influence stakeholders across organizations, navigate ambiguity, lead complex cross-functional initiatives, and champion continuous improvement through the adoption of modern financial processes and intelligent solutions that increase efficiency, scalability, and business impact.

Serve as a trusted advisor to business, engineering, operations, and finance leaders by providing data-driven insights, influencing strategic decisions, and driving alignment across complex stakeholder groups.

Lead financial risk assessments and drive mitigation plans across incentive programs and operational processes.

Lead the adoption of AI-enabled solutions and automation capabilities to improve financial insights, reporting accuracy, compliance monitoring, and process scalability.

Drive clarity and alignment across diverse stakeholder groups by translating complex business requirements into actionable financial and operational solutions.

Build and manage close partnerships with teams across Engineering, Operations, Finance, and Business.

Collaborate with global stakeholders to meet regulatory, statutory, audit and compliance requirements.

Ensure compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)/International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and MS Policy; enable controls to safeguard assets and accurate financial reporting.

Proactively identify and lead transformational initiatives that improve business performance, strengthen financial controls, and drive operational efficiencies.

Contribute thought leadership and innovative solutions that improve financial processes, strengthen business capabilities, and accelerate the team's AI and automation transformation journey.

Execute monthly accounting processes to record the revenue adjustment activity for the OEM business.

Embrace inclusion, a growth mindset, and enable cultural norms that are consistent with Microsoft values.

Required/minimum qualifications

Master's Degree in Business, Accounting /Finance, or related field AND 3+ years accounting or finance experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Business, Accounting /Finance, or related field AND 4+ years accounting or finance experience OR equivalent experience.

Additional or preferred qualifications

Master's Degree in Business, Accounting /Finance, or related field AND 6+ years accounting or finance experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Business, Accounting /Finance, or related field AND 8+ years accounting or finance experience OR equivalent experience.

Professional accounting certification such as CPA or equivalent.

Solid Accounting and Financial Analysis skills with the ability to build financial models from partner incentive program letters.

Demonstrated ability to prioritize competing business needs and successfully deliver results in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.

Proven ability to build trusted partnerships and influence outcomes across Finance, Business, Engineering, Operations, and Compliance organizations.

Experience with ERP systems (SAP preferred) and advanced Microsoft productivity tools.

Proven ability to navigate ambiguity, challenge assumptions through data-driven insights, and influence outcomes across multiple stakeholder groups.

Experience leveraging Business Intelligence, analytics, and AI solutions (e.g., Power BI, Power Query, Copilot, and other AI-enabled tools) to drive business insights, automation, and decision-making.

Demonstrated willingness to operate at both strategic and detailed levels, balancing business leadership with execution excellence.

Proficient communication skills (written and oral), including an ability to communicate effectively across varied function stakeholders.

PMP Certification or project management experience.

Knowledge of industry is preferred but not mandatory.

Accounting IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $97,600 - $188,400 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 $125,000 - $206,400 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

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

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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.

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