Sr. Compliance Manager, India

Job Description Microsoft is built on Trust and is mission critical to Microsoft's success. The Senior Compliance Manager role is central to this as it leads our Controls and Compliance initiatives, reporting to the India South Asia Compliance Lead. The successful candidate will be part of the India South Asia Controls and Compliance (C&C) team within the India Finance organization. This position has the responsiblity in educating, training and evangelizing risk management and control requirements across all Segments in MCAPS India. This is an individual contributor role and will work very closely with the respective Finance, Business and SME leads in each Segment and manage through impact and influence. The successful candidate will help facilitate the right culture to drive a Business-Led Compliance environment through deep business process understanding and communication skills. Key to this role will be the ability to manage risk, working closely across the Sales team, Microsoft Corporation and Finance. 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. Responsibilities - Be the main point of contact on Compliance for the business Lead and support the them in driving a strong tone from the top and running their compliance committee meetings. - Create value by providing compliance insights to help business achieve its business objectives compliantly by proactively identifying and mitigating risks to protect Microsoft's interests. - Review automated and manual processes and related system controls and guide/approve on the remediation effort of control gaps identified. - Support finance and the business to resolve operational compliance related issues during the normal course of business, policy interpretation or controls verification. - Partner with the appropriate resources to drive controls improvements in the areas of Spend Management, Entity level controls, Anti-corruption risk mitigation, Financial Management. - Interface and partner with the different business units in Microsoft India & South Asia to proactively drive specific internal control-related improvements to systems and processes. - Continuously monitor emerging internal control risks and update existing controls and processes to respond to these risks. - Support and engage with Internal Audit and help management develop issue remediation plans and facilitate closing issues. - Guide/approve on remediation effort of risks/audit issues identified by risk management and/or internal/external auditors. - Leveraging AI and automation tools where possible to: - Perform data analytics and actionable insights to focus compliance efforts on the highest risk areas. - Simplify, automate or eliminate activities to help the business achieve greater efficiency. - Identify and address emerging or geo-specific risks. Qualifications Required Qualifications: - This person should have a CA or an MBA - Finance or a Cost Accountancy degree or a combination of these qualifications with 10+ years of experience in business finance and audit. - This person should possess strong leadership skills, business partnering capabilities and controls & compliance culture. Preffered Qualifications - This person should be able to articulate his/her thoughts coherently. - Ability to thrive in complex environments and work through cross group collaboration. - Ability to step up and handle special projects/ provide leadership in specific areas as and when needed. - Relevant experience with statutory laws, accounting policies, tax laws, etc. - Experience in handling outsourced partners and working in an outsourced model. - Ability to get into details; operational experience and at same time provide strategic and thought leadership. - Open mind with ability and willingness to learn. - Embody our culture and values. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.