Finance Controller

Overview

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Microsoft Asia is one of the 3 regions of Microsoft Commercial Business and covers 6 Areas: ANZ, India, Greater China Region, Japan, ASEAN, and Korea. All 6 areas of Asia have been a key enabler of the market IT growth through solid partnership with Governments, Enterprise, Small and Medium Corporates, as well as IT partners and consumer partners of the region.

Microsoft Finance is a truly global finance team, and and you will be part of the WW Financial Controller Community, representing Asia to make each other great and build on each other.

The Asia MCAPS P&L Controller (Blueprint | Headcount) primarily oversees management of all finance processes related to Heacount for the Asia Region MCAPS organisation, partnering closely with the Sales Excellence & Operations team landing and management of the regional Blueprint. This role oversees the budget, forecast, and closing processes for the entire Asia Headcount, as well as the relationship management with related teams, including HR. This role is vital member of Asia Regional Financial Controlling team and meaningfully participates in financial controller rhythms. Through partnership and collaboration with WW, Regional and Area teams in optimizing the Headcount management and deployment.

You must have a growth mindset, act as an entrepreneur that drives business impact, and continuously learn and innovate. You have the capability to actively contribute and build strong collaboration within diverse and virtual teams. You are action oriented and able to build and deliver strong results through others beyond the team as well.

Responsibilities

People: The Asia MCAPS P&L Controller (Blueprint | Headcount) is an experienced professional within the Asia Finance community and is expected to contribute to the thought leadership of the community.

• In charge of all financial processes related to the Asia MCAPS organisation Headcount
• Key point of contact and responsible for landing Headcount process and insights in the Area
  
  

and Asia

Partnership: Trusted advisor of the Area leadership team and Asia Finance Controllership community. Collaborate with Area, Regional and Corporate stakeholders

• Responsible for ensuring that all parties deliver maximum value to the business and are continually improving operational effectiveness.
• Oversees the budgeting, forecasting, actual, variance and trend analysis for Headcount, ensuring insightful commentary provided to area leadership team and offering solutions in headcount ramp optimization. Prioritization: The Controller manages the Headcount in line with quarterly financial accountability as well as the overall Blueprint, delivering insights on HC tracking vs expectations
• Work closely with Asia Regional Sales Excellence and Operations, HR and the broader Regional FC team to provide Quarterly business review and actional insights.
• Provide the required insight for quarterly SOX controls, in particular Headcount Trends.
• Own accuracy of Headcount forecast projections.
• Month close, forecast, analysis & planning. Key indicators of success
• Own accuracy of Headcount forecast projections.
• Other Headcount-related insights
• Finance Compliance results (SOX) with direct relation to the role
• Standardization and simplification of processes
• Strong community lead between WW, Regional and Area teams
• Sufficient and accurate SOX Controls.
  
  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors 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 Masters 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
• 3+ years experience in multinationals with multi-product/multi-segment finance roles.
  

Preferred Qualifications (PQs)

• 5+ year(s) work experience in matrix-based organization.
• Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) or Chartered Accountants (CA) or equivalent
  
  

certification.

Analytical

• Deep analytical and reporting capabilities which include leveraging internal Microsoft tools,
  
  

reporting cubes, BI tools and other financial systems

• Passion to solve problems, working at multiple altitudes, from strategic and high-level
  
  

framing to detailed analysis

Cross-Group Collaboration

• Leadership skills, proactively driving and delivering high-impact results through both
  
  

individual and v-team effort

• Partnering capabilities, influencing others without direct authority and appropriately
  
  

pushing back when required

• Ability to influence, establish credibility, trust and partnership at all levels of the
  
  

organization.

• Presentation of results to senior management on a regular basis
  
  

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.

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