Our approach to Modern Finance
“Adopting innovative technologies in our finance department drives our entire business forward. Modern Finance benefits the company, our partners, and our customers by streamlining our operations, enhancing our decision-making capabilities, and providing stronger compliance.”
Amy Hood, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Microsoft
Modern Finance innovation
Build capabilities
Self-paced and guided learning
Foster innovation
Partnership with compliance, engineering and product groups
Support citizen developers
Champ community and content catalog
Share best practices
Modern Finance gallery, external benchmarking
Celebrate success
Awards, kudos and recognition
A vision for the future of Finance
In today's increasingly complex business world, CFOs are critical for navigating challenges with clear and confident decisions. At Microsoft, we address those challenges with technology that empowers our people to achieve more.
Modern Finance drives technology adoption across all finance functions, serving as our business engine for innovation and efficiency.
Learn more about how we are thinking about the future of Finance below:
Modern Finance Brief - Prompt Engineering Modern Finance Brief - Generative AI Fundamentals Modern Finance Brief - Data Driven Innovation
Adopting a culture of change
Our culture is underpinned by a growth mindset which empowers our people to be change agents.
This approach allows Finance professionals to take calculated risks, reimagine traditional processes, and
create new solutions. We've achieved a balance between top-down vision and grassroots enthusiasm to
foster essential change