We are hiring Finance Manager for Business Applications + Copilots to be the finance partner of the Western Europe business leaders across Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success units, as well as an active member of a global community of corporate and regional Finance experts. The successful candidate will develop deep subject matter expertise on Business Applications products, including AI and Copilots, across revenue and consumption to drive strong performance and sustainable growth for the business. Microsoft Western Europe is a multi-country region and is part of EMEA. Microsoft Western Europe is present in the region for over 30 years and has been a key enabler of the market IT growth through solid partnership with Governments, Enterprise, small and medium as well as IT partners and consumer partners of the region. Western Europe Finance team has the responsibility to partner with sales and marketing teams with the incremental complexity of supporting 12 different countries. Microsoft Finance is a truly global finance team and you will be part of the WW community of Business Applications Finance Managers to make each other great and build on each other. Microsoft Customers & Partners Solutions (MCAPS) Finance is driving shareholder value in 60 subsidiaries and carries the local accountability for the financials as well as statutory and compliance matters across all segments and products. We: + Land the company vision around the transformation of our business, consumption, and customer orientation in the subsidiaries and externally. + Drive strategic resource allocation and investments through local insights, ensuring optimal returns aligned with our worldwide strategy. Key focus is on New Business with an industry and workload perspective. + Build trust to lay the foundation of long-term growth from a customer and shareholder point of view in a compliant way. + Empower and inspire our people to lead and be part of top performing teams while providing diverse career opportunities. Business Applications is one of the fastest-growing Microsoft cloud services. The Business Applications portfolio enables the digital transformation of organizations with its world-class Customer Experience, Service, Finance, Supply Chain, Power Platform, and AI business Copilots, including Copilot Studio. The market is evolving at a rapid pace, and Microsoft continues to invest in the Business Applications portfolio, enhancing each offering with AI capabilities through copilots and agents to remain best in class. 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** **Business Partnership** + Drive theWestern Europe business conversation through insightful and actionable analytics around Business Applications and Copilots.Supporting the teamsin capturing short term growth opportunities, while building for sustainable long-term growth; through value realization of our products (usage) andcross-sell of oursolutions, empowering the business partners to drive the right business outcomes for sustainable growth. + Build a deep external perspective of the market and the competitive landscape to provide thought leadership to the business partners and navigate them through new business opportunities,product innovation and growth road map for the area. + This role will also focus on driving whitespace opportunities with Business Application Copilots and leveraging agents to unlock new growth areas. **Finance Partnership** + Work closely with the rest of the Western Europe finance team members and build a joint sense of ownership and accountability behind investments and business actions to drive equitable growth across all customer segments. + Understand local business blockers, leverage the WW & EMEA communities& play a leading role in the Western Europe Community to exchange learnings and best practices to drive resolution. + Partner with the MCAPS Core & Corporate Engineering Finance teams to get a holistic view of the business strategy, trends and the product roadmap. **Financ** **e** **Excellence** + Lead the outlook, forecast and budget processes for Business Applications, with focus on accuracy and business accountability. **Qualifications** **Required Qualifications (RQs)** + Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND extensive 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 extensive experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field + OR equivalent experience + Fluent in English **Preferred Qualifications (PQs)** + Finance Business development or Solutions delivery experience preferred + Industry experience preferred, but not limited to technology Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .