Control & Compliance Lead, India and South-Asia

Overview

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every 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. Our business is built on Trust and is mission critical to Microsoft’s success. Microsoft Asia is looking to bring in a senior finance leader to take ownership of our control and compliance responsibilities in India & South Asia. This role is part of the India South Asia Finance Leadership Team and manages a team of professionals located in the Area.

We are seeking a professional who can lead, develop, and inspire a high performing compliance team, fostering a culture of excellence, accountability, and collaboration while prioritizing resources and efforts toward the areas of greatest risk and impact to the business. The successful candidate will bring deep business process knowledge, partner effectively with stakeholders, and leverage AI to enhance compliance operations, drive efficiency, and foster a business-led compliance environment.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

Support efforts to create an environment of compliance and ethics; influences the culture and tone resulting in full adoption of a business led compliance rhythm; coaches and holds people accountable for behaving compliantly and ethically; implements global compliance initiatives

Facilitate and oversee the execution of compliance committee activities; advises the committee and provides oversight as needed; oversees and supports teams focus toward at-issue topics

Partner with business & other key stakeholders to meet local compliance obligations and promptly escalate relevant risks.

Provide directions that safeguard sales deal execution, third party compliance & high-risk spend at the pace of the business demands.

Anticipate risk by staying close to evolving sales motions, org changes, and resource models. Surfaces emerging risks early and collaborate across the MCAPS compliance community to mitigate them locally and globally.

Interpret policies effectively and provide regular feedback to policy owners. Coordinate audits and support investigations

Define the framework (e.g., controls), scope, and definition of the testing, and makes adjustments in coordination with the monitoring program owner; reviews and leverages quarterly testing results and metrics to ensure accuracy; reviews and ensures business accountability for remediation plan and execution.

Facilitate and land key monitoring processes; participates in annual risk assessments and ensures local management and partners are taking appropriate actions and controls are functioning appropriately

Leverage the full spectrum of available training; trains the local business champions

Take ownership and lead initiatives that drive innovation toward our frontier vision.

Shift from reactive to proactive. Experiment with AI within a governed framework to focus on market themes, articulate top risks, and automate repeatable effort.

Culture & Behavior

You have a growth mindset. You have a desire to continuously learn and innovate, and you also support others to do the same.

You cultivate Microsoft’s culture of Respect, Integrity, and Accountability in everything you do.

You fully embrace Microsoft’s leadership principles of Creating Clarity, Generating Energy & Delivering Success.

You nurture a collaborative & diverse culture. You respect and appreciate individuals with different backgrounds and ensure that all voices are heard.

You are action-oriented and able to build and deliver strong results through others.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications;

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 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 equivalent experience

Good compliance understanding / experience for deal structuring and execution

Preferred Qualifications;

8 – 10 years of work experience in audit/ internal controls and/or risk management with overall 15+ years of experience in Finance/Accounting/Business Controls. Experience in the online services and/or technology industries is a bonus.

Business orientated mindset and experience. Capacity for leading change, dealing with ambiguity and providing creative solutions.

Ability to create a culture of compliance through influencing Senior Leaders and ensure you are seen as a Leader, not the sole owner of Compliance

Demonstrated experience in the design, implementation and monitoring of internal controls and compliance programs

Strong communication skills: verbal, written and presentation skills, cross-group collaboration and interpersonal skills.

Risk management experience preferable

Cloud expertise, machine learning/bot experience, and advanced Excel skills preferred

Experience in multinationals with multi-product/multi-segment finance roles is recommended

Experience in managing stakeholders across different regions and areas is expected

Fluent in English

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.