Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Microsoft is seeking a highly experienced and strategic Business Analyst to support a globally distributed marketing operations organization. The role drives the Rhythm of Business, enables senior leadership effectiveness, coordinates operational planning, and manages budgets, contracts, processes, and executive communications across a complex matrixed environment.
Responsibilities
- Own and maintain the master Rhythm of Business calendar, forum inventory, and Standard Meeting Charters to ensure leadership alignment and operational continuity
- Maintain the Leadership Team Staff Meeting agenda, ensuring every agenda item is clearly tagged as a Decision, Risk, Help, or FYI item
- Own Pre-Operating Excellence narrative alignment embedded into the final week of the Leadership Team Staff Meeting cycle
- Prepare and coordinate Quarterly Budget Reviews in partnership with the Budget Owner
- Review and approve contracts, cost proposals, and contract supplements in support of operational priorities
- Approve project and work breakdown structures, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and timelines
- Review and approve documentation of business processes to maintain accuracy and compliance
- Approve project budgets and expenditures, monitor transaction controls, and track costs against approved budgets
- Predict potential budget overruns and proactively offer actionable solutions
- Consult with project managers, auditors, and cross-functional stakeholders regarding proposals and operational planning
- Prepare sub-agreements and review sub-consultant invoices to ensure contractual compliance
- Support ad hoc projects, quarterly business reviews, transformation initiatives, and status reporting as needed
- Coordinate leadership meetings, agendas, and action items to support the team's operational cadence
Skills
- Consulting experience or demonstrated ability to develop and deliver leadership-ready presentations and executive communications
- Previous experience with enterprise applications and Microsoft productivity tools required
- Bachelor's degree in business management, economics, finance, accounting, or a relevant field required
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to craft executive-level memos, narratives, decision briefs, agenda frameworks, and leadership-ready summaries
- Strong ability to build polished communication artifacts including PowerPoint presentations and professional email communications
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft 365 tools including Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Planner, and SharePoint
- Strong ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and exercise sound judgment with minimal oversight
- Deep knowledge of business and management principles including strategic planning, resource allocation, and operational methods
- Ability to apply accounting and mathematical principles to budget tracking and financial analysis
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify business trends and project future revenues and expenses
- Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in large, matrixed, and globally distributed organizations
- Flexibility to adjust working hours as needed to support global team members across multiple time zones
- Strong interpersonal skills with a customer-service orientation and high attention to detail
- 6 or more years of experience preferred in business operations, business management, program management, or strategy operations roles
- Prior experience supporting a large, globally dispersed organization in a Business Manager, Chief of Staff, or closely related capacity strongly preferred
Benefits
- Medical, dental & vision
- Hospital plans
- 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
- Life Insurance (Company paid Basic Life and AD&D as well as voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
- Company paid short and long-term disability
- Health & Dependent Care Spending Accounts (HSA & DCFSA)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Time Off/Leave (PTO, Allegis Group Paid Family Leave, Parental Leave)
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