Senior Business Program Manager - Datacenter Lease Finance
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Nov 15, 2024 | |
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OverviewMicrosoft'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. Within that space, Microsoft's Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) team is the engine that powers our cloud services. Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than one hundred datacenters and one million servers. Our foundation is built upon and managed by a team of subject matter experts, who work tirelessly to support digital services for more than one billion customers and twenty million businesses in over ninety countries worldwide. With environmental sustainability and optimization at the forefront of our datacenter design and operations, and the overarching Microsoft mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, we have ambitious plans to grow and evolve as we meet the ever-changing and ever-increasing business demands that position Microsoft as a world-class provider. Underpinning these business imperatives, our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. To help us achieve our objectives, growth, and transformation, we are seeking a Senior Business Program Manager - Datacenter Lease Finance with an understanding of finance, to support the Cloud Infrastructure Acquisition (CIA) | Lease & Land team within CO+I. Within CO+I, we are accountable for the delivery of our cloud infrastructure, which has scaled significantly in the past five years, through building our own data centers and leasing data centers through third parties. Due to the scale and pace of our growth, we are exploring new and exciting opportunities to further develop our growth optionality, which includes looking at hybrid deal structures such as build-to-suit, pre-positioning, phased development and creating longer term strategic partnerships to create a more robust support system for our delivery. As part of this growth, we are seeking a Senior Business Program Manager - Datacenter Lease Finance to build and develop financial models, including investment analysis, discounted cash flow modelling and other analyses. This role will work alongside our finance team, our cost estimating team and the leasing team to develop financial models through benchmarking and assessment of our own costs, enabling us to effectively and efficiently understand if proposed deal structures are favorable.
ResponsibilitiesAbility to analyze complex real estate transactions including but not limited to: Leases, Joint Ventures, Capital Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions and Dispositions.Develop financial models through benchmarking based on known costs.Analyze financial data, including budgets, forecasts, and actual expenses, to provide accurate and timely cost reports to management.Analyze results and/or monthly cost progress reports to understand performance against plan/forecast.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather cost data and develop cost models for accurate assessment of proposed deal structures.Develop and maintain cost estimation tools and methodologies to support accuracy of proposed transactions (analytics incl TCV, ARR, IRR, ROIC etc.).Identify cost drivers and key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure and monitor costs by market/region.Prepare and present cost analysis reports to management, highlighting trends, variances, and opportunities.Conduct cost-benefit analysis for proposed projects, investments, and business initiatives.Stay updated on industry trends and best practices.Contribute to new approaches to data collection, analysis, interpretation, and financial models. Provide advice and direction in evaluating suitability and reliability of data, articulate limitations, and make recommendations. Integrate varied data sources and assimilate the information into a comprehensive, clear narrative. Communicate results in a compelling, timely, and understandable message through storytelling. | |