Sr. Finance Manager - Engineering

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Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) accelerates digital transformation so that customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange is the company’s cloud-native platform that protects thousands of customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location. 

With more than 10 years of experience developing, operating, and scaling the cloud, Zscaler serves thousands of enterprise customers around the world, including 450 of the Forbes Global 2000 organizations. In addition to protecting customers from damaging threats, such as ransomware and data exfiltration, it helps them slash costs, reduce complexity, and improve the user experience by eliminating stacks of latency-creating gateway appliances. 

Zscaler was founded in 2007 with a mission to make the cloud a safe place to do business and a more enjoyable experience for enterprise users. Zscaler’s purpose-built security platform puts a company’s defenses and controls where the connections occur—the internet—so that every connection is fast and secure, no matter how or where users connect or where their applications and workloads reside.

Job Description:

As the Sr. Finance Manager you will work directly with leadership in driving and evolving the financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting for the Engineering organization, while also leading process improvement and change initiatives to drive efficiency. As we continue to invest in Engineering to support growth in the business, the Engineering Finance leader will play a critical role in developing the frameworks and models to optimize investment decisions. The Sr. Manager will also partner with the CTO organization to develop and measure key operational KPIs. The ideal candidate will have high-growth Enterprise Software/SaaS experience, with a demonstrated track record of success as a finance leader in managing and guiding Engineering organizations.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary finance business partner to Engineering leadership
• Own the roll up of R&D for Forecasting, Planning and Close analysis
• Drive the annual and long-range planning process for Engineering teams, including monthly forecasting and quarterly-close 
• Lead quarterly review presentations for the CTO and Engineering leadership
• Partner closely with Engineering leaders, Talent Acquisition and People & Culture to develop and accurately forecast resource planning
• Drive improvements in process, automation, and governance to aid in scale and efficiency of managing Engineering budgets  
• Collaborate with the Engineering team to ensure business performance drivers are analyzed and well understood to inform opportunities and risks
• Develop strategic insights and deliver analysis on ROI of investment decisions and make recommendations to senior management 
• Partner and train India based FP&A Analyst dedicated to Product/Engineering Finance
• Work with Engineering leadership to develop and assess new strategies to optimize and/or reallocate spend against various initiatives of Engineering investment 

Minimum Qualifications:

• 8+ years of relevant experience in finance or consulting; background in FP&A, investment banking, or similar experience that understands both financial and operational metrics
• Experience partnering with Software Engineering teams including understanding of key SaaS and Product Development KPIs and metrics
• Ability to think strategically and translate strategic directives into tactical initiatives
• Comfortable presenting to C-level leadership
• Effective at building relationships, partnering within Finance and cross-functionally
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Analytical mindset, strong financial modeling and reporting capabilities 
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills (or Google Sheets and Slides)
• System knowledge of Adaptive Insights (or similar forecasting tools)

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The base salary range listed for this full-time position excludes commission/ bonus/ equity (if applicable) + benefits.

Base Pay Range$147,000—$180,000 USD

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