Corporate Accounting Launch Manager

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As a Corporate Accounting Launch Manager, you will play a critical role in scaling Microsoft's ability to deliver compliant, timely launches in a rapidly evolving environment. New, go to market capabilities are driven by AI compete, regulatory compliance, and new Azure offers and this role ensures that these offers can transact at scale with appropriate revenue accounting compliance.

You will:

• Direct and manage launches across all accounting SMEs, prioritizing and evaluating changes for impacts to recognized revenue, unearned revenue, and RPO.
• Partner with stakeholders to develop scalable processes, mitigate compliance risks, and optimize resource allocation under accelerated timelines.
• Contribute to risk-based prioritization frameworks and leverage AI-driven efficiencies to meet increasing demand.
• Engage US GAAP experts to ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP, SEC reporting, and internal control requirements.

This role is pivotal in maintaining investor confidence and operational excellence while supporting Microsoft's growth in emerging technologies and complex commercial arrangements.

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.

You will ensure acocunting SMEs provide input and signoff on new offers and systems capabilities through the launch process. Your work directly impacts the revenue recognition compliance and timeliness of go to market activities. You also will manage key accounting close processes to ensure revenue accounting over manual activities are aligned with documented controls and procedures.

• You will understand accounting revenue standards and learn about accounting policies and guidelines to conform with those standards.
• You will prepare and review accounting records in compliance with accounting policies and guidelines and interpret reports and records for managers/stakeholders and as needed investigate and resolve business partner inquiries, accounting deviations and other data anomalies. Supports accounting execution process improvements.
• You will prepare analysis to review process performance and report this analysis to management.
• You will review controls and related documentation, and applies to newly created reports to ensure compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) regulations.
• You will help resolve problems, conflicts, or questions by acting as an escalation point for vendors conducting basic functions and under supervision, governs metrics and service level agreements per the business process outsourcing model to ensure accuracy and compliance while adheringto policy and standards while concentrating on accuracy, compliance, and risk management.

Required/minimum qualifications

Accounting IC2 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $67,800 - $122,600 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $92,600 - $139,800 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

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.