Group Collections Manager, LATAM Finance

** Overview*
* Treasury supports the digital transformation journey of Microsoft's customers, partners & vendors by providing competitive credit and payment solutions to support revenue growth while managing credit risk. We are a compliance first organization with customer obsession and deal economics focus, while managing our large Accounts Receivable portfolio.

The LATAM Treasury team is looking for a Group Finance Manager to lead regional Collections for the Latam market and partner with business leaders to accelerate profitable growth across Latin America. If you have a passion for data-driven decision making, operational excellence, and leading diverse teams across geographies, this is a role for you. We are leading the AI initiatives and your role will require adopting to new automation.

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. That's what inspires us, drives our work and pushes us to challenge the status quo every day. Through our Cloud-first strategy, we strive to deliver solutions that are optimized for the world and enable customers to drive their business more successfully.

** Responsibilities*
* Leadership & People:

+ Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing LATAM finance team; set clear expectations, encourage accountability, and create an inclusive, growth-mindset culture.

+ Model Microsoft leadership principles by communicating with clarity, generating positive energy, and delivering results through others.

+ Invest in capability building across the region and support career development and succession planning.

Prioritization:

+ Own the LATAM financial rhythm of the business: monthly close for cash collections, reporting, ensure accuracy, timeliness, and clear storytelling.

+ Drive performance to accelerate cash collections and working capital; identify risks/opportunities and recommend actions to improve outcomes.

+ Standardize and simplify reporting and planning processes across countries; leverage automation and analytics to increase insight and reduce manual effort.

Partnership:

+ Collaborate with Sales, MCAPS, Operations, and Engineering to improve business health metrics, and find solutions for our customers when help is needed to pay.

+ Ensure consistent policy application, strong controllership, and alignment to global finance priorities.

Protect:

+ Ensure strong controllership and compliance across LATAM, including adherence to Microsoft policies, internal controls, and local statutory requirements.

+ Champion privacy, security, and ethical standards; promote a compliance-first culture through decisions, communications, and coaching.

Other:

+ Embody Microsoft's  culture  and  values

** Qualifications*
* ** Required/minimum qualifications*
* + Master's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 4+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field OR Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 6+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership or finance, or related field OR equivalent experience.

** Additional or preferred qualifications*
* + Master's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 8+ years of post-graduate financial analysis, accounting, controllership, or finance work experience OR Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science or related field AND 12+ years of post-graduate financial analysis, accounting, controllership, or finance work experience OR equivalent experience.

+ 2+ years experience managing direct reports.

+ 3+ years experience in multinationals with multi-product/multi-segment finance roles.

+ 3+ years work experience in matrix-based organization.

+ 3+ years work experience in the technology or software industry.

+ 8+ years of progressive finance experience with demonstrated ownership of Accounts Receivable and Collections

+ Bilingual in Spanish and/or Portuguese is a plus

+ People leadership experience, including managing…