Senior Finance Business Analyst Manager, France

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The Finance team in France is looking for a dynamic Senior Finance Business Analyst Manager. In this exciting role, you'll be responsible for consolidating revenue performance and providing valuable insights relative to budget and forecast.

You'll also manage the Finance Rhythm of the Business across the Area, ensuring alignment on close, forecast, outlook, and executive summaries. This is a great opportunity to join a collaborative team environment and contribute to Microsoft growth and success

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.

Required Qualifications (RQs)

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND extensive 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 experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field
• OR equivalent experience
• Fluent in English

Preferred Qualifications (PQs)

• Experience in multinationals with multi-product/multi-segment finance roles
• Work experience in matrix-based organizations

Orchestrate Finance Rhythm:

• Manage the finance rhythm of the business (ROB) for the Area, including close, forecasting, performance reviews, and centralized Area top-line budgeting.
• Challenge and refine inputs from Commercial Finance Managers and Customer Solution Area Finance Managers.
• Build trusted relationships with senior leaders to ensure alignment and support for financial strategies.

Performance Tracking:

• Deliver results by tracking performance and ensuring reporting accuracy.
• Generate relevant and actionable insights to drive the business forward.

Insight Clarity & Business Partnership:

• Leverage standard Finance reporting and the latest tools (Modern BI, predictive analytics) to
• drive insights on new business & new workload performance
• foster healthy assessment & dialogue around business performance.
• Provide clarity and alignment with Area leadership during quarterly/monthly rhythms and as needed.
• Craft high-quality narratives of Area performance for executive meetings, forecast reviews, and communications.

Budget and Forecast Management:

• Consolidate and maintain an overall view of the budget and forecast.
• Articulate and challenge inputs from Commercial Finance Managers and Customer Solution Area Finance Managers where appropriate.
• Collaborate with Finance controllers to translate top-down targets into accountable budgets for each group.
• Conduct and review analysis and research to support preliminary and adjusted forecast cycles.
• Partner with Commercial Finance controllers and Customer Solution Area Finance Managers for insights.

Community Participation:

• Actively participate in worldwide and regional Senior Finance Business Analyst Manager Communities to share insights and best practices.