Finance Partner Compliance Manager

MICROSOFT OPERATIONS PTE LTD; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Singapore is seeking a strategic team member to support global partner compliance. The role involves driving compliance outcomes across Microsoft’s ecosystem, engaging with partners at executive levels, and enhancing compliance processes. Required qualifications include a Bachelor's degree and fluency in Chinese and/or Japanese, along with strong collaboration skills. Ideal candidates will have over 4 years of experience in financial compliance or audits. This position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on compliance initiatives and processes.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in financial compliance, audit, or equivalent experience.
• Strong interpersonal, influencing, and collaboration skills to work effectively.
• Familiarity with volume licensing/software licensing is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategies for Microsoft’s third‑party risk management.
• Collaborate with partner compliance functions and support teams.
• Engage with partners to support compliance frameworks transformation.

Skills

Fluency in Chinese

Fluency in Japanese

Interpersonal skills

Influencing skills

Collaboration skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Overview

Join the team that sets the global benchmark for excellence and innovation in compliant deal execution! MCAPS Finance Compliance, part of Worldwide Commercial Finance, leads Microsoft’s foundational sales deal strategy, policy, and compliance infrastructure. As a member of this highly-empowered and dynamic team, you will have broad opportunities to drive improved compliance outcomes across Microsoft’s Commercial Licensing business and channel partner ecosystem.

We are seeking a collaborative and strategic team member to support the global Partner Compliance function within MCAPS Finance Compliance. In this role, you will help strengthen Microsoft’s partner ecosystem, minimize risk, and ensure compliant processes as we continually evolve our sales strategy and capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Be a key driver on a team which will devise, own, and evangelize and effectively navigate a highly matrixed organization to deliver the future-state vision of Microsoft’s third‑party risk management strategies.
• Coordinate and collaborate with multiple Microsoft channel partner compliance functions and support teams—including legal, finance, operations, sales, and strategy—to deliver a unified, clear, and actionable compliance message to channel partners.
• Consider Microsoft’s end-to-end channel partner lifecycle and known gaps to enhance relevant policies, standards, and (re)design processes and help various compliance functions execute in a more streamlined, standardized, and effective manner.
• Actively participate in compliance initiative execution to learn about the current state and associated pain points, and propose thoughtful – comprehensive and specific – people, process, and tooling design improvements aligned to the future‑state vision.
• Leverage existing functions to develop monitoring capabilities, establish trends, identify emerging risks, uncover insights, and utilize data to track compliance within Microsoft and across its partner ecosystem.
• Serve as a trusted advisor, providing partner compliance counsel / support and ongoing risk education to Microsoft’s front‑line business functions and relevant internal stakeholders as well as leadership management.
• Work with Microsoft’s partner compliance teams to help sequence and prioritize various, competing, yet important, partner compliance initiatives for maximum impact and minimum disruption/churn.
• Support channel partner change management efforts to secure buy‑in and ensure critical compliance initiatives and messages land successfully the first time.
• Engage partner’s compliance contact at C‑suite level and Management team to drive adherence to Microsoft channel agreement compliance requirements and ethical sales behavior.
• Monitor partner compliance and execution by utilizing Microsoft’s various partner compliance programs and engaging with partners to support the transformation and remediation of their compliance frameworks.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for partner compliance support within the assigned area or region, representing the Partner Compliance team.
• Utilize Microsoft AI and automation tools to:
  • Perform data analytics and generate actionable insights, focusing compliance efforts on areas with the highest third‑party risk.
  • Streamline, automate, or eliminate processes to enhance business efficiency.
  • Proactively identify and address emerging risks within Microsoft's channel business.

Qualifications

Required / Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 4+ years of experience in financial compliance, audit, or equivalent experience.
• Fluency in Chinese and/or Japanese is required to support stakeholders across the Asia region.
• Strong interpersonal, influencing & collaboration skills to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience and exposure to IT industry.
• Familiarity with volume licensing/ software licensing.
• Knowledge of Microsoft partner business models and partner programs.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.