Worldwide Payment Solutions makes it easier to buy Microsoft products and services. The team also provides financing solutions for our vendors through supply-chain-financing program. We manage over $7B in business per year and operate in 21 major countries. We are looking for a technically savvy and operationally disciplined Finance Manager to be responsible for delivering machine learning and other capabilities in support of our payment solution functions. As part of the team, this role will provide Product Owner responsibilities in partnership with WPS Operations, Financing Desk and Product and Solution teams.
The successful candidate will be a Finance Manager with an understanding of data science capabilities and a track record of successfully delivering complex, cross discipline projects. This role's responsibilities include: Working collaboratively across disciplines and engaging with key stakeholders to frame, structure and prioritize business problems where data science-based solutions can have a big impact The definition of project scope. Schedule management and issue, risk, assumption and dependency mitigation. Presentation of program status and issues to senior management on a regular and consistent
Prior experience building/designing financial services tools and systems Prior experience with implementing and enhancing machine learning models. Demonstrated ability to collaborate across multiple teams to launch new solutions across different regions Proven ability to drive projects with high collaboration and leadership Understanding of statistical analysis including R or Python programming languages Excellent written and oral communications Excellent judgment, decision making skills, and the ability to work under continual deadline pressure Excellent presentation skills and experience of presenting