Microsoft Co-Investments Lead Analyst

EY; Ernakulam; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

EY is seeking a GDS Microsoft Co-Investments Lead Analyst to coordinate investment governance, funding administration and portfolio visibility. You will work with Microsoft Alliance leadership, regional teams and finance to ensure co-investment activities are planned, governed and tracked with clear ownership and outcomes.

The role supports AI-led investment priorities, prepares leadership-ready summaries, and maintains governance documentation to enable timely decision-making and value

Qualifications

• Good understanding of alliance operations and investment governance.
• Commercial awareness, including sales cycles, pipeline reporting, and outcome measurement.
• Technology aptitude across Copilot, Azure AI, Data & AI, Cloud and automation.
• AI-enabled transformation assessment focusing on business value and adoption readiness.
• Exposure to process improvement, automation, and internal controls.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the co-investment governance model, operating rhythm and business review cadence for Microsoft-aligned investment initiatives.
• Support planning, prioritization and tracking of investment requests, funding decisions, approvals, utilization, risks, dependencies and outcomes.
• Support programs aligned to the Co-Investments stakeholder agenda with guidance from senior team members.
• Maintain visibility of investment progress, evidence requirements and decision points across teams.
• Prepare concise analyses and leadership-ready updates for governance discussions.
• Develop and maintain investment trackers, dashboards, status reports and governance documentation.
• Support business case development and track portfolio performance across themes and regions.
• Coordinate with sales, marketing and solution teams for go-to-market activation.
• Assist AI-focused investments by assessing value, scalability and responsible AI considerations.
• Contribute to efficiency, automation and standardization across co-investment workflows.

Skills

Alliance operations

Investment governance

Portfolio tracking

Executive reporting

Stakeholder management

Commercial awareness

Microsoft solution areas

AI-enabled transformation

Problem solving

Project management

Communication skills

Education

University degree

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Power BI

SharePoint

Job description

Job Summary

Microsoft is one of EY's most strategic alliance relationships, helping clients accelerate transformation through cloud, data, AI, automation and emerging technologies. Within this context, the Co-Investment team plays an important role in bringing structure, governance and execution discipline to investments that support joint growth priorities with Microsoft.

The GDS Microsoft Co-Investments Lead Analyst will support the Microsoft Co-Investments team by coordinating investment governance, funding administration, portfolio visibility, reporting, stakeholder follow-through and outcome tracking across global and regional initiatives.

This role is suited to a structured, commercially aware professional who can translate investment priorities into practical execution support. The incumbent will work with Microsoft Alliance leadership, Microsoft stakeholders, regional alliance teams, solution area leads, finance, commercial, sales, marketing and GDS teams to help ensure co-investment activities are planned, governed, tracked and activated with clear ownership and measurable outcomes.

The role will also contribute to AI-led investment priorities across Copilot, Azure AI, Data & AI, automation and emerging Microsoft solution areas by supporting structured assessment, tracking and reporting of business value, responsible AI considerations and commercialization readiness.

Role details

Role Title: GDS Microsoft Co-Investments Lead Analyst

Alliance: Microsoft

Competency: Co-Investments

Function: GDS ES Growth & Innovation

Rank: Supervising Associate

Sub Function: GDS Alliances Program Ops CoE

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the co-investment governance model, operating rhythm and business review cadence for Microsoft-aligned investment initiatives.
• Support planning, prioritization and tracking of investment requests, funding decisions, approvals, utilization, risks, dependencies and outcomes.
• Support programs and initiatives aligned to the Co-Investments stakeholder agenda and Microsoft Alliance priorities, with guidance from senior team members and stakeholders.
• Work with alliance leadership, finance, commercial, solution area and regional teams to maintain visibility of investment progress, evidence requirements, approval status and key decision points.
• Prepare clear analysis, concise updates and leadership-ready summaries to support investment prioritization, governance discussions and timely follow-through.
• Develop and maintain investment trackers, dashboards, status reports, business review materials, action logs and governance documentation
• Develop and maintain investment trackers, dashboards, status reports, business review materials, governance documentation and executive reporting to support effective management of Microsoft co-investment and funding programs, including utilization tracking, compliance oversight, business outcome measurement and stakeholder accountability.
• Support business case development for co-investment opportunities, including strategic rationale, expected outcomes, activation approach, evidence requirements and performance measures.
• Track portfolio performance across investment themes, solution areas, regions, activation milestones, utilization, pipeline influence and commercialization outcomes. Track portfolio performance across investment programs, solution areas, regions, activation milestones, utilization, pipeline influence, opportunity progression and commercialization outcomes
• Coordinate with sales, marketing and solution teams to support go-to-market activation, enablement, awareness and adoption of investment-backed initiatives.
• Support AI-focused investment initiatives by helping assess value potential, scalability, adoption readiness, data and privacy considerations, and responsible AI alignment in a practical and consistent manner.
• Contribute to efficiencies, automation and standardization across co-investment workflows, reporting processes, document management and day-to-day operations.
• Maintain collaboration tools, SharePoint repositories and working materials to enable stakeholder coordination and audit-ready documentation.
• Partner with onshore Co-Investment and Alliance Operations contacts, Microsoft stakeholders and alliance leadership on strategic projects, special initiatives, process improvements and leadership requests.
• Identify risks, process gaps and operational issues that may affect investment delivery, and coordinate with relevant stakeholders to support timely resolution.
• Coordinate with Brand, Marketing and Communications teams where investment-backed campaigns, client-facing narratives, marketplace assets or enablement content are required to drive adoption, utilization and value realization of approved investments.

Skills and attributes for success

• Good understanding of alliance operations, investment governance, funding coordination, portfolio tracking and executive reporting.
• Commercial awareness, including understanding of sales cycles, pipeline reporting, business case inputs, utilization tracking and outcome measurement.
• Technology aptitude and comfort working at a business level across Microsoft solution areas such as Copilot, Azure AI, Data & AI, Cloud, Security, Business Applications and automation.
• Practical understanding of AI-enabled transformation, with the ability to support assessment of AI investment opportunities based on business value, adoption readiness, scalability and responsible AI considerations.
• Exposure to continuous process improvement, workflow standardization, automation, process documentation, internal controls and audit readiness.
• Strong Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills; Power BI, dashboarding, workflow tools and AI-enabled productivity tools would be an added advantage.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships with onshore stakeholders and operate effectively in a matrixed global environment.
• Strong problem-solving capability, analytical thinking, root-cause evaluation and mitigation planning, with the ability to work across multiple teams toward practical resolution.
• Good project management skills, including prioritization, tracking, governance, execution discipline, status reporting and management of multiple workstreams with competing timelines.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to create concise leadership updates, business narratives and decision-oriented materials.
• Experience working with alliance or partner programs in a professional services, consulting or technology-led organization; knowledge of EY and GDS operating models will be an advantage.

Qualifications

• University degree required; technology, business, finance or marketing background preferred.