Finance Business Manager126.00

Client is looking for a finance professional to join its Cortex team as a Finance Manager. We are seeking a self-starter with strong analytical skills, a passion for driving change in a fast-paced environment, and an effective communicator - all-in-one.

As a Finance Manager, you will partner with GTM (Go-To-Market) and product leadership teams to provide valuable insights, and financial leadership to the Cortex business within Palo Alto Networks. Cortex is a family of products that safeguards organizations with proven endpoint security, detection, response, automation and attack surface management. More information about Cortex products can be found here .

Your Impact

• Financial Analysis and Planning:

• • • Develop and maintain comprehensive long-term financial models for the Cortex business, incorporating analytical, data-driven rigor to support planning and decision-making processes.
    • Evaluate tradeoffs in team planning, investment, and operational strategies to optimize resource allocation.
    • Execute ad-hoc projects related to strategic and financial analyses as required by the business.

• Financial Performance and Reporting:

• • • Monitor and analyze key financial metrics to identify trends, opportunities, and potential areas of concern. Present findings to stakeholders in a clear and concise manner.
    • Deliver monthly and quarterly quantitative and qualitative analyses of financial results, including variances to plan, highlighting key issues, risks, and actionable insights.

• Process Improvement and Systems:

• • • Identify opportunities to enhance financial systems, processes, and controls to optimize efficiency and accuracy in financial reporting and analysis, including SaaS measurement and management.
    • Contribute to and improve the planning and forecasting processes across the corporate finance organization, utilizing internal financial forecast models, systems, and tools.

• Business Partnership:

• • Collaborate closely with Cortex leadership to derive insights, shape strategy, and drive actionable takeaways that align with organizational goals.
  • Provide financial leadership on the pricing strategy of new products and structuring of large enterprise deals, ensuring competitiveness and profitability.

Qualifications

Your Experience

• 5+ years of related experience with evidence of career progression. Prior SaaS experience is highly preferred.
• Strong financial modeling capability; power Excel user comfortable with manipulating large data sets. Experience in financial systems, including Tableau, and other BI tools highly desired. Experience with SQL/ Python is a plus.
• Familiarity with SaaS metrics and subscription-based revenue models.
• Analytical problem-solver with the ability to gather, analyze and synthesize large amounts of data in order to drive effective and efficient executive decision-making.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex financial information to non-financial stakeholders clearly.
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with executive-level business partners
• Go-getter mindset with desire and demonstrated ability to maintain high-performance under tight timelines
• Previous experience in investment banking/management consulting/private equity experience is a plus.

Education:

Bachelor's or master's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics (or similar) preferred