Finance Manager – NetSec Opex (R&D/DevOps/Ops)

Your Career

Palo Alto Networks is looking for an experienced finance professional to join its NetSec Opex Finance team as a Finance Manager supporting Product and Operations. Were looking for a self-starter with strong analytical skills an effective communicator and a leader passionate for driving change in a dynamic fast-paced environment.

In this role you will collaborate with executive business partners in Product Engineering and Operations to facilitate strategic decision-making offer financial insights and establish operational discipline and efficiency. You will assume responsibility for the financial planning forecasting reporting and month-end close processes for these teams. Furthermore you will be accountable for essential financial deliverables and ad hoc analyses.

Your Impact

• Lead budgeting forecasting and long-range planning for various Product and Ops teams.

• Lead the consolidations of various reporting packages to the Business and Finance Leadership.

• Develop an in-depth understanding of key business drivers of the functions in order to communicate how these drivers impact the strategic and financial future of the company.

• Help define and implement scalable financial processes related to month-end/quarter-end close and forecasting including business drivers and reporting.

• Provide advanced analytics and develop new processes and tools to deliver impactful and actionable insights that drive decision making and foster scalability.

• Build manage and maintain various financial models for headcount and spend.

• Create self-serve dashboards for headcount and spend.

• Partner with cross functional teams on ad hoc optimization projects for internal tools processes and/or P&L reporting metrics.

Qualifications :

Your Experience 

• 57 years related experience showing strong career progression; prior R&D / Product /Operations Finance experience strongly preferred.

• Excellent analytical and financial modeling skills with understanding of software appliances and/or internet industry business models.

• Capable of seamlessly moving from the big picture to the details and back. Effective presentation skills with the ability to communicate complex topics in a distilled manner.

• Strong team player and independent thinker with high intellectual and emotional intelligence.

• Deadline-driven organized and able to multi-task with the willingness to adapt to the rapid business and organizational demands that result from a high-growth environment.

• Experience with and/or a willingness to master various financial systems including SAP SAC Tableau GSuite and other BI tools.

• Bachelor degree in Economics/Finance MBA from top tier institution or equivalent-experience preferred.

Additional Information :

The Team

You have a passion for numbers; our organization has a real passion for cybersecurity. Youre looking for a career with a more fulfilling mission. Our finance department supports infrastructure leverages automation and builds elegant models and solutions to empower our business lines. We are seeking an ideal candidate with exceptional skills in financial modeling and analytics and an innovative mindset to approach finance problems differently.

Innovation isnt confined to Research and Development. Within finance we look for individuals eager to explore new approaches while solving business-critical equations. We are constantly striving to scale and improve our processes and optimize investment decisions to maximize ROI. If youre seeking a financial challenge 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 non-sales roles) is expected to be between $127000 - $205500/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 :

Full-time