Sr Finance Manager, North America Sales Finance
Sr Finance Manager, North America Sales Finance
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Job Description
Your Career
Palo Alto Networks has an exciting opportunity for an experienced and highly motivated Senior Finance Manager Sales FP&A professional to join our team. In this role you will work closely with the Director of North America Finance and business partners in North America Sales to help drive strategic decisionmaking provide financial insight and build operational rigor and efficiency.
This individual will also partner with Speedboat and Central Finance teams and collaborate crossfunctionally with Sales Sales Operations on a regular basis. Being successful in this role requires a large degree of analytical thought leadership excellent organization and communication skills and the ability to drive process improvement and actionable insights across all the key FP&A areas
Your Impact
Business Partnering Trusted advisor and Finance partner to key Sales leadership within North America Develop an understanding of their business and translate that into operational and financial information Help develop various metrics and reports to monitor the health of the business on a regular basis including identification of areas of P&L risk and opportunities Deliver insights of data to help grow and drive profitability of the NAM business Unlock growth opportunities through deep data analysis and implementation of effective analytical frameworks Support the analysis approval and execution of key operational activities such as headcount requisitions program spend purchase requisitions and time and expenses Able and willing to champion difficult but necessary tradeoffs in the business
Planning for North America Theater Translate Gotomarket strategy and company goals into annual Bookings OPEX and HC plans Actively engaged in the planning processes for North America including driving runrate analysis topline and investment modeling affordability analysis and budget allocation
Quarterly / Monthly Close Forecast and Reporting Guide and drive the Segment Sales financial close and forecast process for headcount and OPEX Provide monthly and quarterly financial reporting analysis and key metrics that enable business decision making Incorporate best practices and create a more streamlined methodical and datadriven approach to drive forecasting accuracy and drive a more efficient close process
Lead Projects to evaluate investments and GTM strategy optimize resource allocation and drive efficiency and process improvement Upholding a mindset of continuous improvement to enable the NAM to scale the business and deliver high impact analysis for decision making
Mentor and Coach to junior team members As one of the senior members on the team it is critical to have a growth mindset a cando/rollup your sleeves attitude and a willingness to teach and support other junior team members in their growth and professional development Understand the importance of collaboration team success and building a valuesdriven team culture
Qualifications :
Your Experience
8 years FP&A experience including recent (within past 3 years) strategic business partnership with Sales leadership at Manager level or above; or prior experience in strategy consulting focused on gotomarket strategy
Ability to demonstrate effective leadership in ambiguous and frequently changing situations. Thrives in ambiguity with ability to deliver strong business outcomes
Strong project management planning and organization skills including ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously in a fastpaced environment
Takes charge of complex issues and develop new ways of approaching business challenges independently and proactively
Superior analytical and problemsolving skills with demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigor
Ability to lead by example with a growth mindset willingness to listen receive feedback and embrace change and a natural hunger to continuously learn and improve
Executionfocused
Excellent verbal written communication and business partnership skills
Selfstarter with unquestionable integrity
Passionate highenergy impactful teamplayer
Bachelors in Business Finance or Accounting or equivalent military experience MBA or equivalent experience a plus
Additional Information :
The Team
You have a passion for numbers our organization has a passion for cybersecurity. Youre looking for a career with a more fulfilling mission. We have open positions to top talent seeking a financial challenge.
Our finance department brings insight to numbers to drive action. Finance builds elegant models and solutions to understand what happened why it happened and what it means to the future to empower and guide our business leaders. The ideal candidate has exceptional financial acumen and ability to guide the team in financial modeling analytics and innovation resulting in finance influence and consulting. Within finance we seek people who are looking to try new things while solving business critical issues with credibility and integrity. If youre seeking a financial challenge but with a worldwide impact this is it.
Compensation Disclosure
The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications experience and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level the starting base salary (for nonsales roles) or base salary commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $0 $0/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.
Our Commitment
Were problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecuritys status quo. Its simple: we cant accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating together.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need please contact us at .
Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age ancestry color family or medical care leave gender identity or expression genetic information marital status medical condition national origin physical or mental disability political affiliation protected veteran status race religion sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation or other legally protected characteristics.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
