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Senior Finance Manager - Gaming Finance
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Jan 22, 2025 | |
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OverviewAt Team Xbox, our mission is to bring the joy and community of gaming to everyone on the planet. Our team culture is collaborative, supportive, and fun. We work hard on big challenges and strive for an environment that values diverse perspectives and individuals. We are looking for a self-motivated individual with solid collaboration capabilities and finance experiences to join the team as a Senior Finance Manager - Gaming Finance. 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.
ResponsibilitiesThe successful candidate will bring a combination of finance and business acumen, leadership, and influencing skills to this space to drive outstanding financial results in close alignment with our business partners.Deep business Partnership: Serve as the primary finance partner to the Gaming Chief Operations Officer's (COO) team. Apply strategic thinking to ensure investments are aligned to key priorities. Clearly communicate recommendations and scenario analysis to finance and business leaders.Rhythm of Finance: Own close, forecast and budgeting processes for the Gaming COO team, ensuring predictability and compliance.Financial Analysis: Take a macro-level view to analyzing results to understand performance against plan/forecast. Monitor trends and key levers, such as headcount and vendor investment against plan/forecast assumptions. Proactively communicate across multiple stakeholders to ensure successful end-to-end understanding of portfolios, processes, and planning.Process Improvement: Own refining the people and non-people management process with the business and apply learnings for better accuracy in forecasting. Share best practice learnings across teams to enable broader group success.Other: Embody our culture and values | |