Senior Finance Manager

Overview

Empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. That's what inspires us, drives our work, and pushes us to challenge the status quo every day.

We are looking for a Senior Finance Manager to help accelerate growth across Microsoft's AI Business Solutions portfolio, with a particular focus on Microsoft 365 Copilot and related AI offerings in the Netherlands.

This is a highly commercial role operating at the intersection of Finance, Sales, Operations, and Customer Success. You will translate strategic priorities into execution by identifying growth opportunities, understanding customer adoption and business performance, and partnering closely with business leaders to drive results.

Success in this role comes from connecting customer needs, sales execution, and business performance. As a trusted advisor, you will turn insights into actions that help teams prioritize opportunities, accelerate customer value realization, and drive revenue growth.

The ideal candidate is curious, proactive, and collaborative. They enjoy understanding how customers adopt and expand technology solutions, uncovering opportunities through data and business insight, and working across teams to drive impact.

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.

Responsibilities Drive Business Growth

• Partner with Sales, Customer Success, Operations, and Finance teams to accelerate growth across Microsoft's AI Business Solutions portfolio, with a focus on Copilot and AI-powered solutions.
• Develop insights into customer adoption, deployment, expansion, and revenue performance, owning the end-to-end analysis and recommendations that drive business outcomes.
• Translate business priorities into execution plans that help customers realize value faster and support growth objectives.

Connect Insights to Action

• Turn customer, operational, and financial data into actionable recommendations that inform decisions and drive measurable business impact.
• Connect the dots across customer trends, sales execution, product and business performance to identify growth opportunities and influence action.
• Communicate complex insights through clear storytelling that helps leaders prioritize actions, align stakeholders, and mobilize teams.

Influence and Scale

• Act as a trusted advisor by combining analytical rigor, technical/product knowledge commercial acumen, and sound business judgment.
• Collaborate across Finance, Sales, Operations, and regional teams to drive shared outcomes, scale successful approaches, and improve execution.
• Leverage data, AI, and emerging technologies to simplify processes, improve decision-making, and increase impact.

Who You Are

• Curious, proactive, and eager to learn.
• A self-starter who identifies opportunities and drives action.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills combined with commercial acumen and sound business judgment.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and translating priorities into practical execution plans.
• Skilled at connecting data, identifying patterns, and communicating insights through clear storytelling.
• A team player who enjoys bringing people together, sharing ideas, and helping others succeed.
• You believe the strongest outcomes are achieved through collaboration and collective problem-solving. Effective at building trusted partnerships and influencing without direct authority.
• Passionate about technology, AI, and helping customers achieve business outcomes.

Qualifications Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND solid demonstratable experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field
  • OR Master's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field
    • OR equivalent experience.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND extensive post-graduate experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or Finance work experience
  • OR Masters Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND solid post-graduate experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership, or finance work experience
    • OR equivalent experience.
• Experience in multinationals with multi-product/multi-segment finance roles.
• Proven experience in matrix-based organization.
• Proven work experience in the technology or software industry.

Financial Analysis IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across Netherlands is € 65,100.00 - € 129,500.00 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

Find additional benefits and pay information here:

https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/corporate-pay/netherlands-corporate-pay.html

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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**.**