NetApp Financial Analyst 

United States, Oregon 

881067390

As a leader, you will play a critical role including but not limited to follow areas:• Drive financial framework and an ROI assessment for decision support for key investment or cost avoidance activities across the company.
• Support annual and long-term financial planning cycle; ensure budget alignment with strategic roadmap and profitability targets, including cost assumptions and targets.
• Ensure consistent assumptions across the company to improve direct cash forecast method.
• Understand product cost structure and be a thought leader in establishing improved cost targets each year
• Participate and lead finance activities for key priorities such as strategic commodity buys, de-risk vendor strategies, etc.
• Work closely with BU, Supply Chain and related Finance team along with other stakeholders to drive cost efficiencies each year.• Business partner cross functionally to drive data driven decisions.
• Collaborate with business partners to influence business outcomes, forecast activity, update departmental budgets, and maintain overall cost control of the organizations you support.
• Develop strong relationships with business partners by understanding organizational priorities and drive operational initiatives to support those priorities.• Support annual financial planning cycle; ensure budget alignment with strategic roadmap and profitability targets.
• Drive monthly/quarterly financial forecast cycle, ensuring accurate projections, appropriate level of reporting, variance analysis and proactive communication.
• Review financials related to close activities
• Propose business operational improvements to enhance financial visibility, control and planning effectiveness.
• Drive accurate spend forecasting and tracking against targets
• Support ad-hoc spend optimization requests and help hold business teams accountable to spend commitments.• Assist with the reporting of financial results to internal and external audiences.
• Support Monthly and Qtrly business review process
• Use financial models to automate and scale current processes.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance (MBA or CPA preferred)
• Relevant experience in GTM, Product Life Cycle, Supply Chain/Costing
• Ability to build complex financial models to do scenario based planning
• Relevant FP&A/Strategic Finance experience
• Passionate, accountable, self-motivated and ability to work independently, with general direction and guidance
• Strong organizational, communication, and influencing skills
• High proficiency with analytics and presentation skills
• Experience in the application of accounting principles to periodic financial reporting, planning and forecasting
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Willingness to learn adapt to the rapid business and organizational changes

A minimum of 15 years of related experience with Bachelor's Degree pref'd and Advanced Degree desired but not required.