Brian Young
Cloud Finance Leader | Engineering and Operations Partner | Advocate | Mountain Enthusiast
- Role
- General Manager Finance at Microsoft
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Brian Young
Accomplished career leading diverse Financial Planning, Analysis and Operations teams advising global Network, Sales and Product Development organizations in cloud computing and wireless telecom industries.Consistently deliver margin growth through operational expertise, process improvement and performance analysis.MBA / CPA /\"Big 4\" Finance executive
Experience
General Manager Finance
Jun 2025 — Present · Redmond, WA, US
Lead long term margin growth for Azure and CoreAI. Partnering deeply with engineering to drive operational efficiencies at every layer of IT stack across Microsoft\'s core cloud and AI platforms and services. Enabling investments in new platforms, lowest unit-cost of capacity for all MS cloud properties, improved quality, security and resiliency. Coaching and developing the next generation of Finance leaders, analysts and AI/tooling experts. Learning every day.
Education
The Citadel
Bachelor of Science (BS) Business Administration, Accounting
1985 — 1989
The Citadel
Bachelor of Science - BS, Finance and Accounting
Culver Military Academy
HS
1984 — 1985
UW Foster School of Business
MBA, Finance
1999 — 2001
Skills
- Financial Analysis
- Strategic Financial Planning
- Telecommunications
- Forecasting
- Auditing
- Financial Modeling
- Management
- Finance
- Process Improvement
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Financial Reporting
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act
- Budgets
- Capital Budgeting
- Mergers
- Program Management
- Wireless
- Vendor Management
- Acquisition Integration
- Variance Analysis
- Accounting
- Financial Planning
- Managerial Finance
- Financial Forecasting
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Supply Chain Optimization
- Team Building
- Business Process Improvement
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