Senior Finance Manager

Senior Finance Manager

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 Senior Director of North America Finance and business partners in North America Sales to help drive strategic decision-making, provide financial insight, and build operational rigor and efficiency. This individual will also partner with Speedboat and Central Finance teams, and collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Sales Operations and HR teams 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.

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 trade-offs in the business

Planning for North America Theater

Quarterly / Monthly Close, Forecast and Reporting

Lead Projects to evaluate investments and GTM strategy, optimize resource allocation and drive efficiency and process improvement

Mentor and Coach to junior team members

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 go-to-market 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 fast-paced environment

Takes charge of complex issues and develop new ways of approaching business challenges independently and proactively

Superior analytical and problem-solving 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

Execution-focused

Excellent verbal, written communication and business partnership skills

Self-starter with unquestionable integrity

Passionate, high-energy, impactful team-player

Bachelors in Business, Finance, or Accounting or equivalent military experience - MBA or equivalent experience a plus