Finance Manager

Our Mission

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Who We Are

In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption Collaboration Execution Integrity and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest we invite you to join us!

Job Summary

Palo Alto Networks is looking for a highly skilled professional to join its Israeli site Finance team as a Financial Planning & Analysis Manager reporting to the Head of Finance Israel. This role will be instrumental in business partnering driving expense and headcount management forecasting financial modeling monthly and quarterly close and strategic planning. Youll collaborate closely with business leaders to deliver data-driven insights and enable operational excellence across our rapidly growing services organization.

Success in this role requires strong analytical and communication skills financial acumen and a passion for optimizing spend while supporting business growth.

Your Role

• Lead the budget planning forecasting and analysis cycles.

• Business partnership with all relevant stakeholders in Israel US and India during their relevant time zones on all budget related matters and all business support aspects.

• Drive the evaluation and deployment of AI tools within the finance team to automate routine workflows enhance data integrity and maximize operational efficiency.

• Work closely with the accounting team on the month/quarter close process.

• Partner with the procurement team to ensure proper budget utilization and approval of purchase requisitions.

• Partner closely with corporate finance teams to deliver accurate timely financial reports variance analyses and strategic inputs that support executive decision-making.

• Analyze costs and provide recommendations to drive efficiencies in the site spend.

• Work with the site team to analyze and prioritize the R&D portfolio and build business models and financial justifications for new projects.

• Actively manage and provide in-depth analysis of expenses and headcount identifying trends variances and opportunities for optimization to support strategic decision-making.

• Continuously explore enhancements and automation across our portfolio of reports analytics and dashboards to ensure accuracy and increase efficiency

• Partner with cross-functional teams (Tech Services leadership Corporate Finance Accounting IT and Operations) to ensure alignment on goals and accurate financial tracking

Qualifications

Qualifications

• 7 years of experience in FP&A and finance business partnering preferably within high-tech working with large datasets consolidating analyzing and creating data-driven models

• Deep understanding of financial fundamentals including Profit and Loss (P&L) management headcount planning ROI analysis and accounting principles

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify data requirements and interpret complex financial data and metrics

• Strong business acumen and ability to communicate financial concepts clearly to non-financial stakeholders

• Passion for solving complex business problems using a variety of analytics tools

• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally in a highly-matrixed international organizational structure

• Experience with financial systems (e.g. SAP SAC) BI tools (e.g. Tableau Power BI) and G-suite applications.

• Strong communicator and a team player.

• Fluent in English (both written and verbal) is a must.

• Ability to work in a dynamic international fast-moving and demanding environment.

Preferred

• Masters degree in Finance Accounting Economics or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience. MBA preferred.

Our Commitment

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