New 
Group Manager - GL Close & Consolidation
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Mar 16, 2025 | |
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OverviewEmpower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. That's what inspires us, drives our work, and pushes us to challenge the status quo every day. We contribute to our company's mission through delivering excellence in the Corporate Accounting organization. We are hiring a GL Close and Consolidation Group Manager to lead a great team of professionals who drive the month end close and consolidation processes for the company. The General Ledger (GL) Close and Consolidation team orchestrates the month end activities of thousands of Finance employees while also playing a role as the center of excellence for key processes such as fiscal close oversight, foreign exchange accounting, intercompany monitoring and financial statement consolidation. Our team has best in class partnering with Engineering to ensure Microsoft achieves its close standard - each and every month. We are the core of producing Microsoft's monthly financials and we do it with excellence. This people leader role champions a broad vision that drives growth transformation and provides oversight in the review of complex accounting records in compliance with accounting policies and guidelines. Our team is collaborative, supportive, and fun while consistently striving to raise the bar. We work hard on exciting things and are passionate about having a team culture that values diverse perspectives and individuals. We strive to be more today than we were yesterday - every single day.
ResponsibilitiesAccounting Execution: Establishes objectives and procedures for the team while leading them through reviews of complex accounting records in compliance with accounting policies and guidelines. Interprets complex reports and records for managers/stakeholders. Provides escalated support and troubleshooting to the Finance community. Investigates and resolves business partner inquiries, accounting deviations, and other data anomalies. Drives analysis based on data trends. Enablement/Process Improvement: Leads a team in process improvement efforts through soliciting business partner and team feedback and partners with software engineers to redesign systems and processes. Drives gap remediation activities by helping design appropriate controls.. Control and Compliance: Maintains Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) controls and related documentation. Performs governance activities to ensure that the global control activities are executed in compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and SOX regulations. Engages with the Compliance Committee. Leads global end-to-end financial cycle risk assessment activities. Leads SOX/Financial control design and implementation. Collaborates with the SOX State Control's Office (SCO) and acts as the Sub-cycle Location Owner (SCLO) as needed. Ensures financial compliance activities are appropriately discharged. Leads reporting of financial compliance results to management and helps drive appropriate actions. Accounting Policy: Leads team to research industry accounting trends. Stays current with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Fields escalated questions from global business partners on accounting policies. Uses unique knowledge to solve difficult and novel technical problems impacting the broader organization, and proposes and reviews updated policies with the leadership team. | |