Director of Financial Planning & Analysis

Who is Tenable?

Tenable® is the Exposure Management company. 44,000 organizations around the globe rely on Tenable to understand and reduce cyber risk. Our global employees support 65 percent of the Fortune 500, 45 percent of the Global 2000, and large government agencies. Come be part of our journey!

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Your Role:

Tenable is seeking an experienced Finance professional for Director of Financial Planning & Analysis. The position will report to the VP, FP&A and play a pivotal role in leading our corporate planning function, including developing our consolidated model to support robust analysis and dynamic scenario reporting. 

You will manage a small team to help build the annual operating plan, maintain a rolling operating forecast, and work across the FP&A team to update a long-range financial plan supporting Tenable’s strategic goals. Being a public company, a keen focus on accurate and timely analysis is key so that strategic decisions can be made quickly across the organization and quarterly targets can be achieved. 

This role has wide exposure to all levels of finance management, senior executives, and diverse areas of the company.  You will also be collaborating closely with Procurement, Accounting, IT, R&D, and directly supporting all G&A business leaders, to name a few. Technical finance/accounting expertise will be invaluable as we craft consolidated 3-statement models and the bottoms-up entity forecasts to support them.  A mix of strategic thinking and roll-up-your-sleeves, hands-on modeling and analysis will position you and the team well for success and growth. 

Your Opportunity:

• Develop detailed cash flow forecasts based on global balance sheet and income statement modeling.  Present trends, consider ranges of outcomes, and recommend actions to hit targets to management
• Lead monthly budget vs. actual reviews with department heads; partner with the FP&A team on all monthly/quarterly financial reviews to present concise variance analysis, highlight risks and opportunities, and deliver insightful trend analysis
• Lead the modeling of a bottom’s-up entity forecast view to support detailed tax planning; collaborate closely with the tax team to review and present tax forecasts to the CFO to support long-range planning
• Manage a small team to support all regular reporting and analysis.  Direct support and overview of all G&A functions is a primary focus (Legal, HR, IT, Real Estate, Finance, etc.)
• Collaborate across the team to dovetail our consolidated financial forecasts with long-range planning assumptions, including product level forecasting.  This will overlap with and provide exposure to our go-to-market Sales and Marketing teams
• Work across multiple systems to ensure data integrity and craft efficient and insightful reporting.  At Tenable these will include Adaptive Planning (forecasting), NetSuite (GL reporting), Tableau (reporting and dashboarding), Coupa (Procurement and vendor management), etc.
• Serve as a technical expert and mentor to the team on financial matters and operations; Own the consolidated financial model to ensure consistency of reporting to the Board and the Street w/r/t all forecasts
• Lead the charge to define opportunities to re-engineer processes and automate reporting within FP&A
• Lead the development of cost models that support scenario analysis, which could include M&A activity.
• Evaluate opportunities for cost-savings through financial analysis
• Recommend appropriate KPIs to help drive performance across the business; Focus on insights that are actionable and have a measurable impact on the bottom-line
• Assist the DevOps team and FP&A partners in incorporating Cloud costs and R&D investment into our consolidated model

What You'll Need:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting preferred; other business backgrounds with relevant hand-on finance experience also considered.  An MBA or other advanced business degree or certification (i.e. CPA) is a plus
• 10+ years of relevant professional experience that has encompassed the fields of finance and accounting
• Strong quantitative anal