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Sr. Finance Manager - Digital Direct Sales
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Oct 17, 2025 | |
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OverviewWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Finance Manager to support our 1st party global Digital Direct Sales (DDS) team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for the end-to-end management of Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) and Operating Expenses (OPEX) across the Digital Direct Sales organization, including our physical Microsoft Experience Centers. This role ensures financial accuracy, compliance, and strategic alignment by partnering with corporate accounting, HR, and business stakeholders. This role plays a critical role in ensuring cost discipline and enabling executive decision-making through rigorous forecasting, budget stewardship, and operational governance. The Digital Direct Sales (DDS) team engages with consumers globally throughout their shopping journeys, navigating across Microsoft's digital storefronts as the consumer and VSBs most trusted online destination for the full range of Microsoft products and solutions, within Gaming, Windows, M365 and Surface. 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. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
ResponsibilitiesLead end-to-end financial planning, forecasting, and variance analysis for COGS (Cost of Goods Sold), OPEX (Operating Expenses), and CAPEX (Capital Expenditures) ensuring alignment with corporate targets and processes. Serve as a trusted finance advisor to business leaders, engineering, marketing, central finance, and product teams, providing actionable financial insights to support executive decision-making and investment trade-offs. Partner with Corporate Accounting to ensure proper classification of expenses and resolving systemic issues impacting financial accuracy. Ensure compliance with internal policies and external audit requirements. Coordinate workstreams across multiple stakeholders, landing structured processes and feedback loop. Driving process simplification and standardization across financial reporting, planning tools, and operational workflows. Conduct ad hoc financial analysis and data support, while spearheading ongoing efforts to automate insights in collaboration with key finance and business partners, ensuring alignment with evolving business needs and growth opportunities. Success Factors Ability to drive clarity and structure in ambiguous environments. Experienced in program management and execution discipline. Collaborative mindset with a focus on enabling others to succeed. Attention to detail and commitment to operational excellence. Excellent communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills. | |