Job Description

YOUR CAREER 

We are looking for a Finance Business Manager to join our Prisma Cloud Finance team. The ideal candidate enjoys collaborating with others, bringing structure to the unstructured, and approaching problems with an innovative mindset. 

This individual will report to the Senior Finance Manager. 

YOUR IMPACT

• Manage end-to-end GTM and Customer Success Team’s Headcount and Opex management
• Manage day to day sales deal approval- drive financial discipline through data driven analytics, collaboration and leadership
• Process owners of monthly opex close activity, such as accrual, PO approval, forecast, budget vs. actual variance analysis etc.
• Perform various deep dive analysis and communicate findings effectively to senior management team 
• Deliver weekly, monthly, and quarterly executive reporting on headcount, expenses, highlighting key risks and opportunities
• Collaborate cross-functionally (e.g. HR, IT, Sales Ops) to continually improve alignment, consistency, data integrity, and automation
• Meet deliverables and requests from business partners, Finance, Accounting, and other cross-functional teams

Qualifications

YOUR EXPERIENCE

• 5+ years of related Sales Finance, FP&A or business analysis experience with record of strong achievement
• Opex management, including forecast, accrual, PO, BVA analysis is must
• Deal approval, booking analysis or related experience is preferred
• Hands on experience of headcount tracking and reporting
• Able to manage multiple sets of data and streamline process for unstructured data
• Understand drivers and economics of a SaaS business model is preferred

Tools

• Excellent excel modeling skills to solve complex business questions 
• Bonus points for experience merging, enhancing, and analyzing large data sets utilizing technologies (e.g Tableau, SQL)
• SAP experience is a plus

Soft skills

• Go above and beyond. Willing to exceed expectations and be the change catalyst
• Able to work under ambiguity and little supervision
• Detail oriented while not losing the big picture
• Result oriented and able to deliver on time under fast paced environment and pressure
• Effective communicator and able to work with cross functional team
• Team player, self-motivated, proactive, organized, and positive attitude

Additional Information

THE TEAM 

You have a passion for numbers, our organization has a passion for cybersecurity. You’re looking for a career with a more fulfilling mission. We have open positions to top talent seeking a financial challenge. Our finance department deals with numbers daily, supporting infrastructure, dealing in automation, building elegant models and solutions to empower our business lines and solutions. The ideal candidate has exceptional skills in financial modeling and analytics and an innovative mindset to approach finance problems differently. Our innovation doesn’t stay in Research and Development. Within finance, we seek people who are looking to try new things, while solving business critical equations. If you’re seeking a financial challenge but with a world-wide impact — this is it. 

OUR COMMITMENT 

We’re trailblazers who dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: We can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.  

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.

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Disclosure required by sb19-085 (8-5-20) of the minimum compensation (includes on-target earnings = base + on target incentives for sales roles) for this role to be located in the state of Colorado. If hired in Colorado, this position starts at $107,300/yr. Depending on the position offered, restricted stock units and incentive or bonus pay may be provided as part of this compensation package. Additional benefits may be found here.