Cloud & AI Finance Manager - African cluster markets

Microsoft; Wes-Kaap; On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Cloud & AI Platforms Finance Manager to drive financial growth and insights across Africa. The successful candidate will leverage data analytics and financial expertise to support management and enhance performance in a dynamic environment. Ideal for those with strong experience in financial analysis, this role offers opportunities to impact key business decisions and contribute to organizational success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science, or related field.
• Experience in financial analysis and accounting.
• Preferred MBA or CPA/CA with multinational finance experience.

Responsibilities

• Drive ACR growth through analytics and insights.
• Provide finance content for planning and execution.
• Analyze performance and develop actionable insights.

Skills

Financial Analysis

Data Analysis

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration

Master's Degree in Finance

Job description

The Cloud & AI Platforms Finance Manager in the Africa Sub-area is the Finance partner to the STU (Specialist Sales) and CSU (Customer Success) Leads. The successful candidate will develop deep subject matter expertise on ACR to deliver actionable insights to business partners as well as the Segment Finance managers & CFOs.

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. We build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

1. Drive ACR growth in the Geo through deep ACR analytics forward and backwards. Provide actionable insights to the Segment Finance managers and CFOs.
2. Provide insights on ACR performance by understanding the growth trajectory for key customers.
3. Leverage IAP depth on Commit & Complete to provide insightful analysis to the business.
4. Serve as the key finance contact for HQ finance, responsible for finance content for ACR ROB, Planning & Execution, including budget, forecast, and outlook.
5. Drive insights, analytics, and actions on key ACR motions and priorities for Africa, including Migrations / Data & AI and MACC to ACR.
6. Leverage corporate models, analytics, and CEMA community best practices to provide actionable insights through segment controllers and CFOs.

Prioritization

1. Accountable for finance content related to ACR ROB, Planning & Execution, including budget, forecast, and ongoing insights efficiently.
2. Responsible for providing executive insights on deviations from forecast based on drivers and trends.

Controls & Compliance

• Drive compliance with STU & CSU LT with a focus on consumption.

Culture & Behavior

You should have a growth mindset, act as an entrepreneur to drive business impact, and continuously learn and innovate. You must be capable of actively contributing and building strong collaboration within diverse and virtual teams. You are action-oriented and able to build and deliver strong results through others beyond your immediate team. You will drive digital transformation in the finance function towards data-driven, forward-looking insights, engage directly with customers and business partners, and excel in storytelling and communication. Microsoft values and ethical behavior are foundational to our culture.

Key Indicators of Success

• Providing insightful analysis to the business based on analytical frameworks and leveraging the opportunity pipeline via IAP standards.
• Developing forward-thinking ACR scenarios into actionable insights for the sales team.
• Achieving ACR forecast accuracy.
• Acting as a change agent towards the move to consumption.
• Community success and positive feedback from CFOs and the AFM community.

Qualifications

Required qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science, or a related field, with sound experience in post-graduate financial analysis, accounting, controllership, or finance work. Alternatively, a Master's Degree in these fields with solid post-graduate experience, or equivalent experience.

Preferred qualifications: Experience in multinational companies with multi-product/multi-segment finance roles is recommended. Fluency in English is required. A BA/BS or MBA degree in Finance, Economics, CPA/CA is preferred.

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