Business Program Manager - Finance & Cost Analyst
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Nov 20, 2024 | |
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OverviewMicrosoft'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. Within that space, Microsoft's Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) team is the engine that powers our cloud services. Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than one hundred datacenters and one million servers. Our foundation is built upon and managed by a team of subject matter experts, who work tirelessly to support digital services for more than one billion customers and twenty million businesses in over ninety countries worldwide. With environmental sustainability and optimization at the forefront of our datacenter design and operations, and the overarching Microsoft mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, we have ambitious plans to grow and evolve as we meet the ever-changing and ever-increasing business demands that position Microsoft as a world-class provider. Underpinning these business imperatives, 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. To help us achieve our objectives, growth, and transformation, we are seeking a Business Program Manager - Finance & Cost Analyst with an understanding of finance, to support the CIA | Lease & Land team within CO+I. Within CO+I, we are accountable for the delivery of our cloud infrastructure, which has scaled significantly in the past five years, through building our own data centers and leasing data centers through third parties. Due to the scale and pace of our growth, we are exploring new and exciting opportunities to further develop our growth optionality, which includes looking at hybrid deal structures such as build-to-suit, pre-positioning, phased development and creating longer term strategic partnerships to create a more robust support system for our delivery. As part of this growth, we are seeking a program manager and commercial analyst to support the building, development and enhancement of financial models, including investment analysis, discounted cash flow modelling and other analyses. This role will work alongside other business program managers, finance team, cost management team, cost estimating team and the leasing team to support develop financial models through benchmarking and assessment of our own costs, enabling us to effectively and efficiently understand if proposed deal structures are favorable.
ResponsibilitiesSupport analysis of complex real estate transactions including but not limited to: Leases, Joint Ventures, Capital Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions and Dispositions.Support development of financial models through benchmarking based on known costs.Analyze financial data, including budgets, forecasts, and actual expenses, to provide accurate and timely cost reports to management.Analyze results and/or monthly cost progress reports to understand performance against plan/forecast.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather cost data and support development of cost models for accurate assessment of proposed deal structures.Conduct cost analysis to evaluate project and operational expenses, identifying cost-saving opportunities and areas for financial optimization.Support development and maintenance of cost estimation tools and methodologies to support accuracy of proposed transactions.Support identifying cost drivers and key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure and monitor costs by market/region.Prepare and present cost analysis reports to management, highlighting trends, variances, and opportunities.Conduct cost-benefit analysis for proposed projects, investments, and business initiatives.Drive continuous improvement initiatives by identifying inefficiencies in financial processes and implementing solutions to enhance accuracy and efficiency.Integrate varied data sources and assimilate the information into a comprehensive, clear narrative. Communicate results in a compelling, timely, and understandable message through storytelling. | |