Responsible for accurate financial reporting for all consumer products sold through Microsoft's 1st party online storefronts. Project lead for onboarding new products and selling models to the Microsoft Commerce Platform influencing E2E financial system design, management reporting, and SOX compliance. Drive month and quarter close ROB. Manage a $2B+ balance sheet and $15B+ of annual revenues across multiple LOBs.Expertise in GAAP, SAP, Online Payments, Virtual Currencies, Management Reporting, and Project Management

Drive strategic programs and projects to improve the financial reporting functionality and capabilities of Microsoft’s Universal Store billing engine with a focus on creating a unified purchase experience for customers and partners across all channels.Partner with Engineering LT on roadmap planning and project prioritization. Lead v-teams across multiple disciplines and divisions to ensure new features and system behavior meet all business requirements and are compliant with GAAP, SOX, and corporate accounting policies.Lead finance User Acceptance Testing (UAT) on all new features and functionality. Design and implement financial controls to mitigate all risks of data/revenue leakage and reporting errors.Provide subject matter expertise on all aspects of financial reporting scenarios supported by the Universal Store billing engine, including Currency Stored Value, Revenue Recognition, 3rd Party Royalties and Payouts, and Subledger and G/L management.

Drive programs and projects to improve the financial reporting functionality and capabilities of Microsoft’s Universal Store billing engine which processes over 700M online transactions and over $10B in gross revenue annually. The Universal Store billing engine supports all online transactions for Microsoft properties, including O365, XBOX, Azure, Skype for Business, Microsoft Store, Windows App Store, and Bing Ads while ensuring the accurate reporting of revenue, taxes, expenses, and liabilities.Partner with stakeholders across multiple disciplines and divisions to ensure new features and system behavior meet all business requirements and are compliant with GAAP, SOX, and corporate accounting policies. Work closely with policy makers to provide guidance on how financial policy changes impact downstream systems and processes and the cost/effort needed to implement a change.Perform User Acceptance Testing (UAT) on all new features and functionality. Identify system bugs and work with engineering teams to properly resolve issues. Design and enhance financial controls (both SOX and Corp) to mitigate all risks of data/revenue leakage and errors.Lead training sessions to educate financial analysis and accounting teams on changes to financial reporting, system design, accounting processes, and financial controls and policies.Prepare and present a monthly business review of revenue and transaction volumes with insights on trends and projections to senior leadership within the engineering and finance divisions.Subject matter expert on all financial reporting scenarios supported by the Universal Store billing engine, including Currency Stored Value, Agency and Reseller Model, Unearned Revenue, App Dev Royalties, Physical Goods Fulfillment, Cash Operations, Accounts Receivables and Payables, and Subledger and G/L management.

Drive the planning, forecasting and reporting for a $400MM operating budget and a 2,000+ employee organization within the Online Advertising R&D and Commerce group. Present monthly P&L results to executive leaders, provide analysis and recommend steps to increase cost efficacy.Track, analyze and report business metrics and KPI's; provide insights and comments to executive leaders regarding key business drivers.Identify areas to improve operational efficiencies and develop best practices, take initiative to implement improved processes and procedures.Provide dotted-line leadership and mentorship to 15+ person business support team

Oversaw internal business operations, including procurement, contract management, facilities management, head count and budget reporting for the Online Advertising R&D group.Identified areas to improve operational efficiencies and develop best practices.Served as interim Business Analyst for executive leadership team, provided reporting and analysis on key business metrics and KPI's.

Provided administrative and operational assistance to the Premier Services Sales team for U.S. Public Sector.Created and maintained weekly sales reports.Processed customer contracts and purchase orders.

Provided administrative and operational assistance to the Premier Services Sales team for U.S. Public Sector.Provided calendar support for two General Managers

Monitored industry prices on wholesale apparel and suggested price changes to product management team.Responded to requests for special pricing from sales team. Incorporated multiple factors into special pricing decisions such as profit margin, product inventory and customer's purchase history.Monitored daily sales record data for inconsistencies and errors.