Finance Manager

Responsibilities

• Engage closely with business leaders in Security Marketing org to analyze marketing investments, drive insights, and influence investment prioritization. Collaborate across other Commerical Solution Area (CSA) marketing & finance teams to drive synergies, promote best practices, share business insights, streamline rhythms, etc.
• Adopt system thinking to develop financial frameworks that drive action and scale broadly, simplify financial processes and land operational efficiency initiatives, and leverage AI capabilities to speed up execution.
• Drive data-informed decision making and systematic solutions, communicate effectively and collaborate well across the marketing and finance organization across forums.
• Prepare financial forecasts and support rhythm of the business and planning cycles. Contribute to month-end and quarter-end close activities, including journal entries, accruals, and recurring reporting deliverables.
• Provide ad hoc reporting and analytical support to business partners to strengthen forecast accuracy, drive accountability, and help build financial discipline and operating rhythms across the team.
• Drives a compliant culture through actions and decisions to instill trust. Advocates, educates, and promotes best practices and new developments. Champions Microsoft privacy, security, and ethical standards. Advances key compliance initiatives.
• Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 2+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership, finance, or related field
  • OR equivalent experience
• 1+ year(s) experience in a matrix-based organization

• Experience in (or supporting) a marketing organization
• Crisp communication skills (both verbal and written), demonstrating ability and interest in storytelling with data
• Proficiency in Microsoft Technology including Excel and Power BI

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