Segment Controller, ANZ and ASEAN SME&C Corporate

As Segment Controller for ANZ and ASEAN SME&C Corporate, you will be a trusted finance partner to the business unit leaders, providing financial leadership and actionable insights that drive performance and sustainable growth. You will lead the finance rhythm of the business across planning, budgeting, forecasting, performance management, and risk and opportunity assessment, translating business targets into accountable plans and forward-looking financial narratives. You will also play a key role in financial stewardship, controls and compliance, ensuring adherence to Microsoft policies and a strong control environment. 

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Business partnering

• Be the trusted finance partner to ANZ and ASEAN SME&C Corporate leaders, supporting business reviews and key decisions.
• Use independent, data-driven advice to challenge decisions on growth, investment and resources.
• Explain financial results and actions through a strong understanding of customers, partners, sales motions and business context.
• Partner with sales, solution area, partner and operations leaders to grow revenue and manage risk.
• Develop plans to mitigate and respond to economic, geopolitical, regulatory and market risks.

Forecasting and performance management

• Own monthly and quarterly revenue and expense forecasts, including ACR and AI workloads, with sales and solution area leaders.
• Quantify risks and opportunities, track mitigation actions and give leaders a clear forecast outlook.
• Track results against budget and forecast, explain variances and trends, and drive accountability.
• Deliver timely, accurate KPIs, scorecards, close support and leadership reporting.
• Review forecast analysis and research, and develop and test models for preliminary and adjusted forecasts.

Planning and budgeting

• Lead annual planning for both businesses, turning targets into accountable budgets by segment, solution area, workload, channel and subsidiary.
• Support quarterly and monthly target setting, including methods, assumptions and seasonality, and help leaders understand their targets.
• Turn complex results and uncertain, multi-year outlooks into financial plans, weighing alternative views and scenarios.
• Align headcount, programme and partner investments with the highest-return growth priorities.

Driving business insights

• Turn data and results into clear, forward-looking insights and actions.
• Analyse revenue and expenses by customer, partner, workload and market to identify growth, risk and share opportunities, including AI and consumption trends.
• Benchmark ANZ and ASEAN against Asia and worldwide SME&C Corporate units to assess market growth, performance and productivity.
• Develop better data collection methods and financial metrics to improve decisions and outcomes.
• Use insights to shape action plans, support leaders’ goals and near-term commitments, and resolve complex issues.

Collaboration across multiple teams

• Work with Asia SME&C Finance peers, Corporate Segment Controllers, solution area and channel leads, BAM and FRP to provide one integrated business view.
• Align ANZ and ASEAN priorities with worldwide SME&C Corporate Finance objectives, planning and best practices.

Data, automation and AI-led finance transformation

• Simplify and automate reporting, forecasting and analysis with Power BI, Copilot and AI tools to create more time for business partnering.
• Use machine learning and AI-assisted forecasting to improve analysis and forward-looking insights.
• Provide expertise on ANZ and ASEAN Corporate data and operations, and share learning across Asia Finance.

Required Qualifications;

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 6+ years 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 4+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field
  • OR equivalent experience
• You have a growth and an owner mindset, act as an entrepreneur that focuses on business impact, and continuously looks to learn and innovate. You have the capability to actively contribute and build strong collaboration within diverse and virtual teams. You are action oriented and able to build and deliver strong results through others beyond the team as well.

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, read more about requesting accommodations.