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Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. You can help us achieve our mission.We are always learning. Insatiably curious. We lean into uncertainty, take risks, and learn quickly from our mistakes. We build on each other’s ideas because we are better together. We stand in awe of what humans dare to achieve and are motivated every day to empower others to do more and achieve more through our technology and innovation. Together we make a difference. To learn more about Microsoft’s mission, please visit: https://careers.microsoft.com/mission-culture .Microsoft’s Finance vision is focused on how business partnership leads to outcomes and how we drive impact. We do this through our core values – People, Prioritization, Partnership and Protect.Technology has accelerated and changed the way companies build and transform themselves. The Center of Innovation team within the Finance Operations Organization has been established to champion and accelerate our digital journey and data culture to support the organization to achieve its mission to optimize trusted global accounting and disbursement solutions empowering our stakeholders to achieve more. Our team incorporates a diverse capability framework that strives to deliver cutting edge solutions and enable others to achieve their objectives and strategies. We are accountable to work across the organization on technical and data related investments and prioritization. This role, within the Procure to Pay (P2P) and Record to Report (R2R) Team, will partner across Financial Operations and across Microsoft to enable their vision, strategy, ideate, experiment, contribute towards operational excellence and realize the business value. As a team of creative, curious, and collaborative thought partners, we bring unique perspectives and constructive disruptions. Together, we co-create, accelerate, and deliver on digital transformational ambitions for Finance Operation.ResponsibilitiesThe Sr. Technical Business Program Manager is responsible for working across Financial Operations to understand the technology vision, strategy and needs and then determining the best solution to meet those needs. This role should bring disruptive and new technologies to Financial Operations to influence the strategy (Outside In). Success here is that Financial Operations is influenced by the insight/research/Proof of concept and prioritizes it to achieve their strategy, or we take in learnings for future research and opportunities.Develop partnerships and alignment with key partners within and across Microsoft including Engineering, Procurement, Corporate Accounting, Tax and other alliance partners
Understand the vision and strategy of Financial Operations
Activate listening mechanisms and promote the use of business insights that help inform the story and business outcome.
Recommend innovation activities based on potential value, strategic alignment, risk mitigation and employee experience
Lead innovation from vision to pilot, by researching future trends and incubating cutting-edge innovation in Record to Report and Procure to Pay
Execute by utilizing expert knowledge and drive a clear end – to – end view of expected business outcomes.
Use judgment and discretion to make recommendations on possible solutions for desired outcomes.
Ideate, experiment, take risks and fail fast. Embrace technology and seek out the best and right solution.
Learn and drive research to identify and analyze transformative ideas, patterns, trends.
Facilitate an environment of inclusion that leverages diverse perspectives and talent, to better represent and understand our global customers
Role model Microsoft values, ensure fair and equal treatment of employees, addresses difficult issues directly, and shows empathy and compassion
Participates in technical communities to stay informed of best practices and changes within the broader discipline and shares them with the organization.
QualificationsRequired/Minimum QualificationsBachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Finance, Management Information Systems, Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years experience in Engineering, Operations, Project Management, or Programming
OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years experience in Engineering, Operations, Project Management, or Programming
OR equivalent experience.
At Microsoft, we believe that diversity enriches our performance and products, the communities where we live and work, and the lives of our employees. As our workforce evolves to reflect the growing diversity of our communities and the global marketplace, our efforts to understand, value, and incorporate differences become increasingly important. Come explore diversity at Microsoft!Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form (https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/accommodationrequest) .Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
