Senior Finance Manager
Microsoft · Redmond, WA · 1 wk ago
Hybrid$98k–$188k/yrFull-time
Responsibilities
- Prioritize
- Establish and lead a robust Treasury-wide change management framework to support business model transformation and drive consistent adoption across policy, people, processes, and platforms.
- Develop structured change plans for key Treasury initiatives, including stakeholder impact assessments, communications, readiness plans, adoption measures, and risk mitigation strategies.
- Drive end-to-end enablement through trainings, office hours, playbooks, job aids, and ongoing support to help teams successfully adopt new ways of working.
- Track adoption, identify gaps, escalate risks, and ensure follow-through on key initiatives to improve rollout effectiveness and business outcomes.
- Use data, feedback, and insights to continuously improve change strategies and strengthen the consistency and effectiveness of Treasury transformation efforts.
Partnership
- Partner across Treasury leadership, process owners, upstream teams, and business stakeholders to align on change priorities, readiness needs, and adoption success measures.
- Act as a trusted advisor to initiative owners by translating complex transformation objectives into clear, actionable change plans and stakeholder engagement strategies.
- Build strong relationships with change management teams across other organizations to ensure alignment, leverage best practices, and avoid duplication of effort.
- Provide recommendations to senior leaders on adoption risks, enablement needs, communication strategies, and opportunities to improve the effectiveness of transformation rollouts.
- Cook up governance, reporting, and stakeholder forums to maintain visibility into change progress, open issues, feedback themes, and required follow-up actions.
Qualifications
- Master's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 2+ 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 4+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field OR equivalent experience.
- Masters Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 6+ 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 8+ years of post-graduate financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance work experience OR equivalent experience.
- 1+ year(s) experience in multinationals with multi-product/multi-segment finance roles.
- 1+ year(s) work experience in matrix-based organization.
- 1+ year(s) work experience in the technology or software industry.
- Proven finance leadership experience with a demonstrated ability to deliver impact through transformation, process improvement, and stakeholder adoption.
- Demonstrated experience leading change management efforts, including stakeholder impact assessments, communications, training, enablement, adoption tracking, and feedback mechanisms.
- Ability to simplify complex business, policy, process, and technology changes into clear messages, practical guidance, and actionable plans for diverse audiences.
- Excellent cross-group collaboration skills, including the ability to communicate, influence, and build trust with senior leaders, initiative owners, and partner organizations.
- Project and program management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, drive accountability, and maintain momentum in a fast-paced environment.
- Data-driven mindset with the ability to define adoption metrics, analyze feedback, identify gaps, and recommend improvements to increase rollout effectiveness.
- High level of integrity, sound judgment, self-confidence, and commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture.
- Comfort with ambiguity and ability to operate effectively through complex transformation efforts with competing deliverables and tight timelines.
- Effective oral and written communication skills, with experience developing executive-ready materials, training content, and stakeholder communications.