Asean Cfo

**ASEAN CFO**:
Singapore (APAC-HQ), Singapore

Date posted

**Jul 22, 2025**
- Job number

**1836392**
- Work site

**Up to 50% work from home**
- Travel

**0-25**%**
- Role type

**People Manager**
- Profession

**Finance**
- Discipline

**Financial Analysis**
- Employment type

**Full-Time**

**Overview**:
In Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions (MCAPS) Finance, we’re driving shareholder value in 54 subsidiaries and 120 Sales Locations and carry the local accountability for the financial as well as statutory and compliance matters across 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’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.

**Qualifications**:
**Required Qualifications**
- Master's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 8+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field
- OR Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 10+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field
- OR equivalent experience
- Seasoned Finance professional with excellent functional finance skills, including P&L management, controllership, tax, compliance, audit.

**Preferred Qualifications**
- 12-15+ years’ experience in Finance with a strong track record of people leadership, business partnering capabilities and controls & compliance culture.
- Fluent in English.
- Education, qualifications, training
- Degree in Economics or Business
- MBA preferable
- Chartered Accountant / CPA optional
- Experience or skills required
- Significant experience in Finance Management at a senior level.
- Seasoned Finance professional with excellent functional finance skills, including P&L management, controllership, tax, compliance, audit.
- Strong oral and writing communication skills, including towards non-finance audience.
- Adaptability to multi-cultural and country-specific circumstances.
- Ability to influence, negotiate, resolve conflicts, and establish credibility, trust and partnership at all levels of the organization.
- Strong external representation skills (local Tax Authorities, independent auditors, lawyers, customers and partners).
- “Can do” and “thinking out of the box” attitude combined with hands on approach.
- Proven track record of achieving results through influence with no direct line authority.
- Strong ethic, integrity and accountability attitude.
- Strong record of people management and people development skills.
- Attributes
- Business acumen
- Thought leadership
- Strong analytical and conceptual abilities
- Well refined technical finance and strategic skills
- Team player
- Cross Cultural sensitivity
- Strong interpersonal awareness and emotional intelligence skills
- Influencing skills and good in ‘holding other people accountable’ (Corporate and Area)

**Responsibilities**:
The CFO is responsible for the MCAPS Finance function in ASEAN, with responsibilities across Financial Planning and Analysis, Commercial Finance, Controls & Compliance and Stat & Tax. This role has responsibility over Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam and the rest of Southeast Asia countries. Reporting directly to the CFO of MCAPS Asia, this role is part of the MCAPS Asia Finance Leadership Team, making key decisions around people, business processes and business impact.

This role is also the key business partner for the ASEAN Area VP and forms part of the ASEAN Leadership Team accountable for delivering business results for ASEAN whilst operating within Microsoft company policies and local laws. You must create a clear financial strategy for the country that aligns to business goals and drive results consistent with the goal.

To be successful in this role, you must be able to attract, hire, develop and retain the very best finance talent from the market as well as internally from within Microsoft. You must ensure that you appropriately prioritize your time a