Palo Alto Sr Finance Manager Cortex & Cloud 

United States, California 

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Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Your Career

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 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

Your Experience

• 9+ years related experience showing strong career progression - prior Corporate FP&A experience and/or familiarity with US GAAP revenue standards for technology companies/SAAS companies is a plus
• Strong knowledge of ASC-606 required
• Ability to link big picture to details with ease
• Experience with a combination of the following: ARR, MRR, SaaS Metrics, Bookings, Renewals
• Familiarity in managing large datasets, applying relevant statistical frameworks and concepts, and deriving executive-level insights
• Strong team player with excellent communication and presentation skills
• Willingness and ability to adapt to rapid business and organizational changes that accompany a high-growth environment
• Independent with enthusiasm for solving unstructured questions and providing thought leadership
• Strong experience with Excel, PowerPoint, G Suite, SAP, and Tableau - Pigment experience is a plus
• Bachelor degree in Economics/Business/Finance or related field or equivalent military experience required

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 $185,000 - $210,000/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found .

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