Lead Financial Analyst

Our Company

Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe’s all about. We give everyone—from emerging artists to global brands—everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! We’re passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen. 

We’re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours!

 

Lead Financial Analyst

Our Company

Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe’s all about. We give everyone—from emerging artists to global brands—everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences. We’re passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.

We’re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours!

The Challenge

This is an exciting opportunity to join the enterprise sales finance team and help Adobe achieve its strategic objectives and financial targets for its Americas enterprise business. You will play an instrumental role in providing insights into the business and offering recommendations to drive profitable growth. Reporting to the director of Americas enterprise sales FP&A, your responsibilities will include maturing and streamlining financial frameworks to enable increased management rigor across the various dimensions of the business.

What You'll Do
 

• Seek a deep understanding of data and metrics and establish/scale high standards for accuracy
• Improve existing financial frameworks and flow of information through innovation and optimization and establish consistent use across the business – planning/budgeting, weekly forecasting, and reporting/analysis for bookings/revenue, headcount, and expenses
• Utilize data to identify trends, opportunities, and risks in the business and present recommendations to leadership
• Support quarterly business reviews with crisp, succinct analysis and storytelling across a complex business covering a wide surface area
• Build financial scenario models to evaluate business cases for profitable growth
• Conduct ad hoc financial analysis to support key initiatives and manage expense
• Collaborate with leadership, sales, finance peers, sales operations, and employee experience on improving data-based run-the-business routines and ways of working
   

What You Need to Succeed
 

• 10+ years professional experience in finance, business intelligence, or related field – software industry and sales finance experience preferred
• Advanced analytical abilities with large/complex data sets with high standards for accuracy
• Strong Excel, SQL, and PowerPoint skills; experience with SFDC, PowerBI, and Anaplan a plus
• Self-starter with an inquisitive mind, eager to challenge the status quo and provide recommendation
• Ability to sort through high complexity and present upshots in easily digestible formats
• Effective communicator – strong verbal/written communications
• Ability to multi-task in a highly matrixed, fast-paced environment
• Comfortable in a fluid environment that changes as the business evolves
• Strong collaborator
• Bachelor's degree in business, finance or related field or equivalent practical experience
   

 

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several  U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this position is $121,700 -- $228,600 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.

At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans.  Non-sales roles starting salaries are exp