Job Description

YOUR CAREER

The Chief of Staff role will act as a senior-level partner to the CFO to help drive activities, projects and strategies across the CFO organization and cross-functionally across the company. The successful candidate will create, develop and execute strategic, cross-functional projects, representing the CFO in many situations. 

We’re looking for an individual who is highly organized, proactive, and possesses both a strategic mindset and strong attention to detail. The role involves supporting the CFO, to run the cadence of the CFO organization and drive through most day-to-day decision making. This is a strategic role (not administrative) for someone who wants exposure and direct impact to executive decision-making, cross-functional problem solving and mission critical projects that will impact the trajectory of the whole company.

YOUR IMPACT

• Partner with CFO on a range of critical, highly visible topics for the company in building our business, building the CFO organization, and building stewardship and processes 
• Help run the cadence for strategic decision-making including supporting quarter kick-offs (QKOs), strategic forums, major decision meetings, etc. while making sure key actions and decisions are being driven by the right stakeholders to achieve targeted outcomes
• Drive semi-annual/annual goal setting, drive alignment on goals for the organization, and institute the monitoring needed 
• Support the creation of critical presentations for the CFO including but not limited to Board and Audit Committee Decks, All-Hands materials, etc
• Support the CFO in building out our process infrastructure (documentation, templates, decision-making models, action item capture, etc.) and provide leadership to ensure we're running smoothly
• Partner with internal constituents including company executives as well as cross functional teams across the company
• Help leadership understand and respond to strategic, organizational, cultural and operational blind spots, by bringing an outside-in view
• Orchestrate and manage an effective rhythm of the CFO organization and optimize continuously in pursuit of leanness, agility and impact

Qualifications

YOUR EXPERIENCE

• 10~15 years of relevant work experience 
• Bachelor degree in Economics/Finance or related field and a history of career success 
• MBA is a plus  
• Effective verbal and written communication ability and comfortable with both business and technical discussions with senior audiences
• Successful track record of Project or Program Management and comfort independently driving the process for multi-faceted efforts with many stakeholders
• Collaborative team player willing to go beyond strategy in order to support execution and realization
• Fluency in developing executive ready slides, leading analysis and data-driven insight generation efforts is critical
• Self-starter who thrives in fast-paced, high-growth environments with minimal supervision
• Experience in managing confidential and private information with discretion, judgment and diplomacy
• Expertise in the enterprise technology and knowledge of the market is a plus but not required
• Additional relevant experience with large transformations including PMO is a plus
• Experience partnering effectively with cross-functional teams and leaders up to the C-level
• Ability to work across multiple functions - including Communications, PR, Sales, Marketing, Finance, People, Legal and Operations
• Ability to effectively influence and communicate cross-functionally with all levels of management with exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Effective Program Management skills, with demonstrated ability to lead complex strategic and operational initiatives
• Excellent judgment and critical thinking skills, and drive for results

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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