NetApp Finance Controller 

Japan, Chiyoda 

754689683

• Manages the Japan P&L, provides recommendations and action plans to ensure contribution margin targets are met or overachieved. In case of overachievement, create investment plans to fund further growth, and in case of underachievement establishes savings plans. Manages and monitors progress and execution of those plans.
• Prepares analysis and commentary on variances and trends in the P&L, including Backlog, Revenue, Support waterfall, Cost of Goods Sold, individual product margins, Cloud Revenue, Operating Expenses and headcount.
• Responsible for investment evaluation and prioritization, as well as setting strategies and allocating resources to achieve financial targets. Ensures key financial metrics of the P&L are understood and proactively monitored to drive the business. (revenue, costs, discounts, gross margin & contribution margin). Provides stewardship of Japan based resources and P&L governance.
• Responsible for the financial planning and analysis process for Japan. Formulates appropriate financial strategies and business plans to support sales leaders in profitably growing the business. Supports the identification of market opportunities and determines business and financial strategies to maximize those market opportunities.
• Leads the financial analysis activities for Japan, interprets root causes of financial results, investigates variances, and formulate remediation plans and/or investment plans. Produces actionable insights to drive top-line revenue and optimize contribution margin.
• Collaborates with Business Desk to optimize deal economics and ensure high quality submissions for internal deal review requests. Advises and challenges account team on pricing, configuration, discounting, revenue, and margin implications. Owns revenue allocation tool and deal economics models that estimate margin and profitability.
• Monitors and supports field management’s responsibility to mitigate risk with a focus on ensuring ethical sales, spend management, and discounts in accordance with NetApp’s policies. Ensures that effective internal controls, including robust planning systems and processes to appropriately manage risk, are maintained throughout Japan.
• Mentor, coach and grow one direct report, and also help to foster growth of all of the Finance employees in Asia Pacific as and when required.

• University degree in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration
• 10+ years of experience in business-oriented finance roles with evidence of continuous professional development.
• Proficient in Office 365 applications, especially in Excel
• Experience with Financial Planning, Business Intelligence, ERP and CRM software
• Proficient knowledge of US GAAP
• Advanced quantitative and analytical skills.
• Proficient written and oral skills in both Japanese and English
IC - Typically requires a minimum of 15 years of related experience.Mgr & Exec - Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience.