Sr Financial Analyst - Cloud Delivered Security Solutions

Company Description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

Job Description

Your Career

Palo Alto Networks is looking for an experienced finance leader to provide decision support as the  Senior Financial Analyst - CDSS. Reporting to the Senior Manager of CDSS Finance, this role will serve as a business and finance partner to the CDSS organization and leadership team to ensure that financial, strategic and operational objectives of the business are met. The Senior Analyst will be responsible for providing financial support, controls, decision support and operational know-how to achieve business performance targets.  The ideal candidate has an analytical mind, is a self-starter, is intellectually curious, a great communicator and is passionate about managing change in a dynamic fast-paced environment. The successful candidate will provide day-to-day financial support and business partnership to the CDSS team to ensure both compliance to company Finance procedures and policies as well as ensure optimal investment of resources.  The candidate will leverage data, modeling skills and knowledge of business metrics to recommend ways to optimize investment and drive continued growth.   

Your Impact

• Develop and analyze bookings/revenue trends diving into what is working and what is not with product management and GTM leads to shape growth and profitability initiatives
• Analyze and manage Bookings KPIs - TCV, ACV, Discounts, ARR, and Renewals
• Analyze install base to assess trends, highlight cross sell and expansion opportunities 
• Support new product launches from a pricing and reporting perspective
• Participate in UAT efforts tied to finance transformation initiatives
• Work with Accounting on revenue recognition implications for new launches
• Collaborate within Finance on process and reporting improvements and team deliverables
• Financial planning and forecasting activities that include participating in the annual planning process as well as driving the monthly and quarterly forecasting process
• Generate critical Reporting, leveraging our systems and tools,  that includes variance analysis, metrics and other ad hoc analysis and reports to identify and communicate key trends, risks and opportunities
• Continuously explore enhancements and automation across our portfolio of reports and dashboards to expand knowledge and increase efficiency
• Understand how current tools are integrated and liaison with the appropriate business owners to enhance or fix issues with our existing integrations  
• Partner with process owners to identify, drive, and implement process improvements 
• Educate business partners on what information is necessary to drive ROI and metric reporting with the goal of standardization, data accuracy and repeatability

Qualifications

Your Experience 

• 3~5 years of experience in Finance, prior business partnering experience in software and SaaS environment is a plus 
• Strong fi