Finance Manager, FP&A, Cortex and Cloud

Finance Manager, FP&A, Cortex and Cloud

Full-time

Department : Accounting & Finance

Job Country : United States of America

Company Description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks everything starts and ends with our mission :

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life. Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we're looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Who We Are

We believe collaboration thrives in person. That's why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it's needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.

Job Description

Your Career

Palo Alto Networks has an exciting opportunity for an experienced and highly motivated Senior Finance Manager professional to join our team. In this role, you will report directly to the Director, Cortex & Cloud Finance and work with the Cortex & Cloud Finance Team and business partners to help build and deliver on our financial plans, support strategic decision-making, provide financial insight, and help build operational rigor and efficiency.

This individual will also partner with Theater and Central Finance teams, and collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Sales Operations on a regular basis. Being successful in this role requires a strong analytical ability, excellent organization and communication skills, and the ability to support / enable process improvement and insights across all the key FP&A areas.

Your Impact

• Build and develop SaaS metrics : you will continue to refine existing and design new KPIs to make them business relevant and able to analyze the trend, changes versus industry benchmarks
• Own key Cortex & Cloud financial metrics, including ARR, Bookings, Revenue, Margins, Renewal rate, Customer Lifetime Value. You will own the process, build financial models in excel, google sheet, tableau or other systems to set up fully automated models.
• Architect of visual presentation : Your analytical, storytelling and design skills will be very handy for our monthly and quarterly performance review decks, as well as other custom business presentations to senior management
• Be a Strategist : You will have many opportunities to dig deeper into the business to provide actionable insights and recommendations through data analysis.
• Collaborate cross-functionally (e.g. Theater finance, India COE team, IT, Customer Success, Sales Ops, etc) to continually improve metrics alignment, consistency, data integrity, and automation

Qualifications

Your Experience

Additional Information

The Team

You have a passion for numbers, and our organization has a real 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, and building elegant models and solutions to empower our business lines and solutions. If you're 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 non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales / commissioned roles) is expected to be between $150,000 - $175,000 / 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 We're problem solvers that 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 a disability. 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.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.