Aaron Christophersen
Finance Professional | Cloud Expertise | Mentor
- Role
- Group Finance Manager at Microsoft
- Location
- Bellevue, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Aaron Christophersen
I’m a retired finance professional with an interest in learning, building, and…
Experience
Group Finance Manager
Nov 1995 — Present
Currently I am in the Margin Strategy & Infrastructure Optimization finance group. MSIO helps runs & operates all of the Production Datacenter\'s for MSFT. Currently I lead a highly capable team of finance professionals to drive transparency into the companies Cloud Infrastructure costs via cost models and cost attribution. Prior to this role I PM\'ed the Capital Council process for all Cloud Production and R&D purchases for the entire company.Previous to coming to MSIO- I was part of the WW MCAPs Finance team where I was the WW EPG Controller looking after ECIF spend for our largest compete accounts, controllership and leading a great team of finance professionals- I was in the STB Finance team (now C+AI) where I was the Visual Studio finance lead responsible for Revenue, Controllership and M&A deals- I have also done tours in: Internal Audit, the CFO\'s office and Corporate Real Estate finance.
Education
Central Washington University
Bachelor's degree
1987 — 1992
Skills
- Strategy
- Strategic Planning
- Data Center
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Process Improvement
- Business Process Improvement
- Financial Analysis
- Business Intelligence
- Analytics
- Business Strategy
- Program Management
- Finance
- Product Management
- Financial Modeling
- Management
- Forecasting
- Business Analysis
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