Microsoft Corporation Looking for Senior Finance Manager Xbox Strategic Finance at Redmond, WA Full Time

Are you excited about the future of gaming and its continuous evolution? Can you utilize research, quantitative analysis, and financial information to help frame discussions and provide business critical insights? Are you equally comfortable completing team missions as well as solo campaigns?

Our mission at Team Xbox is to inspire and engage every gamer on the planet with interactive and imaginative experiences. Our vision is to empower gamers to play the games they want, with the people they want, on the devices they want. We are passionate about our mission, our vision and delighting Xbox fans worldwide. We are looking for a new team member with exceptional skills and capabilities who can bring new perspectives to strengthen our team.

Our team partners closely with the Gaming Leadership Team (GLT) to identify and evaluate transformative growth opportunities for Xbox and partner with other Microsoft businesses to bring solutions to the Gaming Industry.

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Responsibilities

• Develop analytical models to understand and drive effective decision-making across Xbox’s current and evaluate future initiatives/investments

• Track key performance indicators for various initiatives and investments across Xbox and Xbox Game Pass and refine our decision-making process.

• Partner and present analyses and recommendations to various leaders across the Gaming Finance, Business Development, and Business Owners

• Collaborate with engineering, finance, and data science teams to build and implement best practices across investment parameters, business intelligence and data management.

• Work with other finance and business-facing teams to build, audit, and present new analytical frameworks to leaders throughout the Gaming organization.

Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA, or advanced degrees in Economics, or Math

• 5 years or more of work experience in investment banking, strategy consulting, private equity, venture capital, corporate development, or corporate strategy is a plus; gaming industry is also a plus

• Deal experience – investments, acquisitions, content purchasing, etc.

• Detail-oriented financial modeling and project management skills

• Demonstrated comfort with strategic ambiguity and proven ability to draw insights from broader industry trends

• Crisp communication skills (both oral & written) and demonstrated executive presence when presenting to audiences of all levels and driving alignment

Minimum/Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, Economics, Math OR related field AND 2+ years of post-graduate experience in gaming, financial analysis, consulting, or corporate strategy.

• OR a master’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, Economics, Math or related field

• OR equivalent experience.

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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