Group Finance Manager

Overview Microsoft is seeking a highly analytical and strategic finance professional to drive financial planning and business insights across AI, Copilot, and cloud consumption businesses. This role sits at the center of Microsoft's rapidly growing consumption economy and serves as a key finance partner across Engineering, Capacity, Commercial Finance, and Infrastructure teams. The Group Finance Manager will help shape Microsoft's long-range financial outlook by connecting customer demand, product usage trends, AI workloads, datacenter investments, and profitability outcomes. The role combines strategic modeling, executive storytelling, and deep business partnership to influence some of Microsoft's largest investment decisions. This is an exceptional opportunity for a finance leader who enjoys solving complex business problems involving AI growth, cloud consumption, capacity planning, and long-range economics. Responsibilities Consumption Economics & Business Modeling • Own financial modeling of AI, Copilot, and cloud consumption businesses. • Develop and maintain end-to-end consumption economics frameworks linking product usage, revenue, COGS, margins, and infrastructure requirements. • Evaluate economic implications of new products, pricing models , and monetization strategies. • Partner with engineering and business leaders to understand key demand drivers and workload growth patterns.Datacenter Long-Range Planning (LRP) • Lead the financial planning process supporting datacenter and AI infrastructure investments. • Translate demand forecasts into infrastructure requirements and long-range capital needs. • Develop multi-year scenarios evaluating growth, utilization, margin, and return-on-investment outcomes. • Partner with capacity planning teams to assess supply-demand balances and investment tradeoffs.Scenario Planning • Build driver-based forecasting models for AI, cloud, and consumption workloads. • Develop best-case, base-case, and downside scenarios to support strategic decision making. • Analyze demand signals, usage trends, customer adoption patterns, and infrastructure constraints.Executive Insights & Leadership Support • Prepare executive reviews, business updates, and long-range planning presentations. • Present strategic recommendations to Finance and Engineering leadership. • Translate complex technical and operational topics into actionable financial insights. • Influence decisions through fact-based analysis and clear financial storytelling. 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 • Experience leading teams and developing talent. • Experience supporting cloud, AI, infrastructure, or technology businesses. • Deep understanding of business economics, profitability analysis, and cost allocation methodologies. • Experience working with large-scale data, reporting platforms, and financial automation. • Ability to connect technical, operational, and financial drivers into clear business insights. • Experience operating effectively in highly ambiguous and rapidly changing environments. Financial Analysis IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $116,900 - $203,600 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 $148,400 - $222,600 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. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.