Empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. That’s what inspires us, drives our work, and pushes us to challenge the status quo every day. Through our Cloud-first strategy, we strive to deliver solutions that are optimized for the world and enable customers to drive their business more successfully. Microsoft’s Margin Strategy and Investment Optimization (MSIO) team is an exciting and fast-evolving finance team at the forefront of Microsoft’s Cloud-first strategy. We are looking for a talented and motivated **Finance Director – Security** lead to help shape the future of our Microsoft Security (MS) properties. The team’s charter is to optimize our investments in MS Security (Security, Compliance, Identity, & Management (SCIM)) team. As a crucial member of the team, you’ll also support long term bets and drive competitive intelligence to keep Microsoft Cloud ahead of the competition. All while enhancing transparency into Cloud Infrastructure investments, safeguarding shareholder interest. Security is the #1 priority for Microsoft. As a crucial member of the team, you’ll shape the future of MS Security through a focus on gross margin strategy, while supporting long term bets and driving competitive intelligence to keep Microsoft Security ahead of the competition **Responsibilities** + Manage a high performing team of individual contributors through our management philosophy of model, coach and care. + Drive finance rhythms across close, forecasting and budgeting in alignment with corporate and organizational timelines. Communicate required deliverables clearly and facilitate reviews with key stakeholders. + Lead long range planning across the portfolio of products that will help us to meet our margin goals while creating room for investing in products to maintain and take market share. This includes landing gross margin and Profit and Loss (P&L) principles with engineering leaders to hit margin goals, lead the plan / whitepaper for 5-year gross margin plan, showcase efficiencies needed in next 5 years based on revenue trends to meet commitments and influence stakeholders like Azure platform efficiencies needed to support 1 st party products. + Partner with security revenue team and business planning team on cost modeling for new features including executive alignment on overall feature viability. + Own analytical frameworks, unit economic models, reporting insights and external benchmarks to define north star unit costs, Gross Margin (GM) for the platform. Accelerate platform scale, fungibility and utilization improvements to desired steady state. + Influence leaders to develop engineering levers, execute while enabling feature, quality differentiation. + Lead and drive monthly business reviews (MBRs) with key engineering leaders (Executive Vice President EVP, Corporate Vice President CVP) on long range and M365 Copilot gross margin performance. + Integrate varied data sources into a comprehensive, clear narrative for leadership for effective decision making **Qualifications** **Required Qualifications:** + Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 10+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field + OR Master's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 8+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field + OR equivalent experience. + 1+ year(s) experience managing direct reports. **Preferred Qualifications:** + Established leadership skills with analytical modeling and strategic thinking + Proven data and financial modeling capabilities and ability to work with financial systems + Ability to communicate complex analysis in a simple way. Executive level oral and written communication skills + Demonstrated results proactively driving and delivering high value/high-impact project through both individual and v-team efforts + Collaborative partnering capabilities, with the ability to influence others without direct authority and appropriately push back as required + Ability to handle multiple tasks under tight deadlines, quickly prioritize for impact and the resourcefulness to deliver Financial Analysis M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $129,200 - $273,400 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 $162,000 - $299,400 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 17, 2024. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .