Group Finance Manager, Canada Enterprise Team

Overview

Are you seeking a Group Finance Manager role that is at the forefront of making an impact with some of our largest Canadian enterprises? Looking for an opportunity to be part of a dynamic local finance team where you can grow and learn from teams in the Field, Americas Region and in the Global Enterprise Sales (GES) organization? Energized by teamwork, a great culture, accelerating your career, being owner/partner to a local business unit, and playing an integral role in helping leaders see beyond the numbers and act? If yes, come and join us!

We are looking for a customer obsessed Group Finance Manager for the Canada Enterprise team. This is a great opportunity to become a trusted advisor to the ATU. In Microsoft's sales organization, the ATU (Account Team Unit) is the customer-facing account team that owns the overall customer relationship and drives cross-solution sales strategy. In this role you will partner with three senior ATU leaders covering large enterprise customers across all industries, with our priority industries being Financial Services, Energy and the Public Sector.

As the Operating Unit Finance Mager (OUFM) you will be part of a community of like-minded senior finance leaders who have comparable responsibilities in the US, Brazil, and rest of Latam. This facilitates learning and development with your peers and as part of the broader Americas Finance organization you will part of a team that carries significant weight and influence at the global level.

In this role you will look left to right by customer, driving growth through partnership on deals; revenue acceleration through actionable insights; and execution through monthly finance rhythms of business and solid financial governance. As the connective tissue between the ATU and Finance you translate complex finance signals into clear narratives, decisions, and actions with senior leaders.

It is an exciting time for Microsoft! We thrive as a multi-disciplinary team and seek to constantly improve by bringing out the best in each team member.

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 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-effectiveness.

Consults with business leaders on implications of results and provides guidance to achieving objectives and maximizing return-on-investment.

Provides performance insights and trends to the AMI, Americas Region and GES OUFM community by identifying local key drivers, risks, and opportunities, aligning leadership on priorities, trade-offs, and outcomes.

Shares learnings from the OUFM community with local business partners to drive consistency and efficacy and embrace the OneMicrosoft 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 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 ATU.
• Ensures 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.

Required 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.

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.
• 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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