Sr. Finance Compliance Manager

Our mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated, collaborative professional to join our Commercial Products and Infrastructure Risk and Compliance team. The Senior Finance Compliance Manager will be accountable for identification of organizational and process related risks and controls impacting business and finance functions.

Responsibilities

We are looking for an individual with proven ability to drive complex financial compliance requirements for the company’s operational and SOX controls across multiple compliance teams, control owners, finance and engineering leaders. The individual will be required to seamlessly synthesize audit and SOX issues and work with stakeholders to recommend mitigations. This role engages company-wide directly with engineering groups, compliance functions, internal audit and finance teams.  

The Senior Finance Compliance Manager's scope will include the following:

• Proactive risk assessment across the business, driving multi-dimensional business and IT general control standards, ensuring a deep and consistent understanding of SOX control requirements for all control owners.
• Developing deep business partnership and collaboration with compliance teams and control owners.
• Driving risk assessments, control design, accountability, and implementation for OpenAI end-to-end control framework.
• Driving continuous improvement and incorporating new technologies such as AI into processes.
• Engaging proactively with compliance stakeholders to ensure required and participant-recommended topics are discussed.
• Facilitating and monitoring compliance execution, including getting the right people to focus on priority topics and ensuring appropriate escalation and oversight.
• Leading discussions to address existing risks, and identifing emerging risks.
• Must be flexible, adaptable, proactive, and work well under pressure.
• Ability to be comfortable dealing with ambiguity.
• Excellent communication, cross-group collaboration, and influencing skills.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum 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.
• 2+ years experience in IT and business process controls 
• 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.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• 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
• 1+ year(s) experience with MSFT ecosystem, with experience in technology industry preferred
• 1+ year(s) experience in project management and proven ability to work across groups, including internal and external auditors, finance, engineering and operations
• 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.

Financial Analysis IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $96,500 - $188,400 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 $123,500 - $206,400 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

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 28, 2025.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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