Asia Mcaps Regional Opex Controller

5 days ago


Singapore Microsoft Full time

In MCAPS Finance, we’re driving shareholder value in 54 subsidiaries & 120 Sales Locations and carry the local accountability for the financials as well as statutory and compliance matters across all Microsoft commercial segments and products. We:

- Land the company vision around the transformation of our business 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 and consumption 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 high performing impactful teams while providing diverse career opportunities.

Microsoft Asia is one of the 3 regions of Microsoft Commercial Business and covers 6 Areas: India, Greater China Region, Japan, APAC, Korea and ANZ (Australia & New Zealand) multi-country region. All 6 areas of Asia have 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. Asia Finance team has the responsibility to partner with sales and marketing teams and be a bridge between corporate functions and 6 Areas. Microsoft Finance is a truly global finance team, and you will be part of the WW FC Community and representing Asia to make each other great and build on each other.

The Asia OPEX (FC) primarily oversees management of Marketing and External Resources (XR) for Asia Region with strong internal controls; as well as the consolidation of other OPEX spend. This role is oversees budget, forecast, closing and reviews of Marketing, XR related Expense lines within Asia regional Management P&L; as well as the consolidation of other opex lines across Asia P&L. This role is vital key member of Asia Regional Financial Controlling team and meaningfully participates in financial controller rhythms. Through partnership and collaboration with Regional and areas SE&O teams and area Finance teams in optimizing the ROI of Marketing and XR resources. The role will also ensuring end to end flow for the region while continuing to drive for standardization and simplification.

Our team leverages the following sets of skills, which this role will help you enhance:

- Analytical
- Deep analytical and reporting capabilities which include leveraging internal Microsoft tools, reporting cubes, BI tools and other financial systems
- Passion to solve problems, working at multiple altitudes, from strategic and high-level framing to detailed analysis
- Cross-Group Collaboration
- Leadership skills, proactively driving and delivering high-impact results through both individual and v-team effort
- Partnering capabilities, influencing others without direct authority and appropriately pushing back when required
- Project management
- Effectively managing and prioritizing multiple inputs, tasks and stakeholders, sometimes under tight deadlines
- Comfort with ambiguity and uncertainty, in a business that evolves at a fast pace

**Responsibilities**:
Manage the budget and forecast process across Marketing and External Resources Opex lines, across Management P&L and Statutory books.
- Work closely with Asia Regional Marketing, Operations and Regional FC team to provide Quarterly business review and actional insights.
- P&L management.
- Provide the required insight for quarterly SOX controls, in particular Opex Trends (CR4).
- Own accuracy of Marketing and External resources.
- Opex month close, forecast, analysis & planning.

Key indicators of success
- Marketing and XR cost forecast accuracy
- Other OPEX expense insights
- Finance Compliance results (SOX) with direct relation to the role
- Standardization and simplification of processes
- Strong community lead btw area and core teams
- Sufficient and accurate SOX Controls.

**Qualifications**:
Required/Minimum Qualifications:

- 10 years of experience in finance
- Experience in Multinationals with multi-product/multi-segment finance roles is recommended.
- Fluent in English
- BA/BS or MBA degree in Finance, Economics
- Exceptional communication skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Strong analytical skills and intellectual curiosity
- Team player
- Ability to influence, establish credibility, trust and partnership at all levels of the organization.
- Presentation of results to senior management on a regular basis
- have a growth and an owner mindset, act as an entrepreneur that focuses on business impact, and continuously learns and innovates. 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.
- drive digital transformation in the finance function towards



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