Jie Chen

Finance Business Partner in Tech, Microsoft Switzerland, Cloud and Gen AI focus | Revenue Recognition | helping business stakeholders make great decisions

Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

About

As an experienced Finance Business Partner in Tech industry, I help business stakeholders make critical decisions. Proven track of high performance, adaptable in multiple cultures and complex organizational structure. Positive team influencing, calm and caring, yet goal focused and productive.

Experience

  • Microsoft (Full-time · 4 yrs 5 mos)
    • Enterprise Finance Manager - Switzerland
      Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

    • Sr. Finance Manager | Modern Work, Security, Copilot (Gen AI) - Switzerland
      Jul 2024 - Mar 2025 · 9 mos

    • Sr. Finance Manager | Security - Switzerland & Netherlands
      Jul 2023 - Jun 2024 · 1 yr

      - Drive pure solution area focuses for Security, by providing pure Security Performance insights, Security Planning and landing security-centric execution - Building an optimal Finance Collaboration for Switzerland & Netherlands Hub CSA Team, with local Finance functions - Be the functional lead for BizApps FMs in CH & NL, and On-board early Finance Talents for solution area focus in BizApps

  • SAP (6 yrs 4 mos)
    • Sales Controlling Switzerland
      Dec 2018 - Jan 2022 · 3 yrs 2 mos

      - Full accountability for the controlling cycle of budgeting, forecasting and closing for Customer Success of market unit Switzerland; - Project Lead for regional cloud optimization, with focus on operationalizing Cloud KPI validation and review in a new organizational set up; - Key business partner for E2E process, for CFO and COO

    • Revenue Recognition Specialist - Group HQ
      Nov 2016 - Nov 2018 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      - Researched on IFRS, writing the Global Revenue Recognition Guideline for various business models, and implemented IFRS 15 to the entire group; - Advised accounting treatment for challenging business models; - Led the new SOX control design and testing for global Cloud selling price.

    • Global Partner Organization Controlling
      Oct 2015 - Oct 2016 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Project owner: Identified the world-wide human resources that dedicated to Global Channels and General Business (GCGB) and built up an reporting hierarchy in SAP ISP system. Worked closely with the HR business partner and regional controllers to validate the resources.

  • Finance Business Partner at Nippon Paint China Holding Company
    Aug 2013 - Aug 2014 · 1 yr 1 mo

    As finance go-to person for the business unit, with focus on budget, forecast and expenses management

  • Senior Auditor at PwC
    Sep 2010 - Aug 2013 · 3 yrs

    - Full coverage audit of financial accounts in Balance Sheet and Income Statement - Preparation of statutory and IFRS financial statements, tax and cash flow reconciliation