Compliance Manager

Drive business-led compliance across India and South Asia and help enable responsible growth through effective risk management, collaboration, and innovation.

Compliance Manager will help foster a culture of compliance across MCAPS India and South Asia by promoting a business-led approach through strong business process knowledge, collaboration, and effective communication. A key aspect of this role is identifying and managing risk while partnering closely with Sales, Finance, and cross-functional stakeholders across Microsoft.

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

Supports the adoption of a Business Trust & Accountability framework and helps implement global compliance initiatives.

• Establishes and maintains the monitoring and testing framework, including controls, scope, and methodology, in partnership with program stakeholders. Reviews testing results and metrics to assess effectiveness, supports continuous improvement efforts, and promotes accountability for remediation planning and execution.
• Facilitates key monitoring processes, contributes to risk assessments, and helps ensure that appropriate controls and risk mitigation activities are implemented and operating effectively.
• Identifies and evaluates risks related to sales deal execution across customer and partner engagements and collaborates with stakeholders to implement appropriate risk management measures and controls.
• Partners with the business to support effective due diligence and oversight of third parties. Helps determine risk-based and practical control requirements and supports the timely completion of required controls in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
• Act as the compliance manager for the EPS and GCPS segments in India & SA. Own the processes and controls that keep the partner ecosystem compliant, and give guidance on partner escalations, including offboarding partners who don't comply.
• Work with Partner Engagement Managers, Asia Partner Compliance experts and leadership to shape decisions. Make sure regional and global decisions fit India's strategy, and that India's priorities and lessons feed back into Asia and global decisions.
• Help EPS and GCPS teams own compliance themselves through the compliance champ network, partner training, and regular reviews of partner risks with senior leaders.
• Utilizes and promotes available compliance learning resources and supports the development of local compliance champions.
• Supports the implementation of compliance policies and processes through the review, development, and delivery of compliance training and awareness programs.
• Leverages AI and automation tools, where appropriate, to perform data analysis and generate actionable insights that help prioritize compliance efforts in higher-risk areas.
• Simplifies, automates, or streamlines processes to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness.
• Identifies, assesses, and addresses emerging or region-specific compliance risks.
• Supports internal audit activities and collaborates with management to develop, implement, and track remediation plans through issue resolution.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business, or a related field AND 6+ years of experience in accounting, finance, audit, internal controls, risk management, financial compliance, or a related area OR equivalent experience.

• Experience collaborating with stakeholders across multiple geographic regions and cross-functional teams.

• Good verbal, written, and presentation communication skills, with demonstrated ability to build effective working relationships and collaborate across teams. Professional proficiency in English.

• Working knowledge of compliance, internal controls, and risk management principles.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field AND 10+ years of experience in accounting, finance, audit, internal controls, risk management, financial compliance, or a related area

OR Master's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field AND 8+ years of experience in accounting, finance, audit, internal controls, risk management, financial compliance, or a related area

• OR equivalent experience.

• Professional certification such as Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Chartered Accountant (CA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), or an equivalent credential.

• Experience in the technology industry, online services industry, or other similarly complex and regulated environments.

• Demonstrated experience developing, implementing, and evaluating internal controls, compliance programs, and enterprise risk management frameworks.

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

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.