Manager, Sales Finance (Strata)

Job Description

Do you have strong financial analysis experience supporting a software sales team and the ability to drive strategic insights? Looking to make a difference in a high growth business environment?

Working with the Strata Sales leadership team you will be responsible for the business reporting, identifying actionable trends and opportunities. You will support business reviews and the sales planning process. In addition, you will be responsible for the shaping and reporting on the key growth metrics including profitability.

• Develop and report on discount trends diving into what is working and what is not with theater and speedboat finance leads. Partner with Sales, Finance, and Operations to shape growth and profitability initiatives.
• Develop and report on the bookings trends. Support the bookings forecasting process. Provide business updates based on financial analysis with recommendations.
• Partner with sales leadership on go to market planning, resolving execution issues and making investment decisions.
• Collaborate within Finance on process and reporting improvements, team deliverables and sharing business insights.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in business administration, Finance, Economics, or equivalent.
• 3-5 years of experience in financial analysis and developing business cases
• 2-3 years experience in data reporting with BI tools such as Tableau
• Strong understanding of SAAS metrics, sales processes and supporting functions.
• Advanced skills in Excel or Google Sheets & PowerPoint or Google Slides
• Self-starter, ability to collaborative in a fast paced environment to drive closure
• Strong communication and presentation skills

Additional Information

You have a passion for numbers, our organization has a 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 number daily, supporting infrastructure, dealing in automation, building elegant models and solutions to empower our business lines and solutions. The ideal candidate has exceptional skills in financial modeling and analytics and an innovative mindset to approach finance problems differently. Our innovation doesn’t stay in Research and Development. Within finance, we seek people who are looking to try new things, while solving business critical equations. If you’re seeking a financial challenge but with a world-wide impact — this is it.

We’re trailblazers who dream big, 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 disabilities. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at [emailprotected].

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.

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