Senior Deals Desk Analyst

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.

Our Approach to Work

We lead with flexibility and choice in all of our people programs. We have disrupted the traditional view that all employees have the same needs and wants. We offer personalization and offer our employees the opportunity to choose what works best for them as often as possible - from your wellbeing support to your growth and development, and beyond!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work from the office three days per week, leaving two days for choice and flexibility to work where you feel most effective. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. While details may evolve, our goal is to create an environment where innovation thrives, with office-based teams coming together three days a week to collaborate and thrive, together!

Job Description

Your Career 

We are looking for a highly motivated, results oriented Senior Deals Desk Analyst to join our Deals Desk organization. The primary focus of this position will be to help structure profitable and compliant transactions that address the needs of a diverse set of internal corporate customers and increase the effectiveness and productivity of our sales teams. The right person for this job has a team player approach, the ability to work across departments with disparate needs and excels at problem solving through critical analysis and is challenged by process review and continuous improvement. 

Your Impact  

• Provide Sr. Deals Desk Management with financial models and evaluation of deal economics, commercial terms and conditionals and operational requirements to present risk/reward profile for opportunities
• Become expert on Callidus and Steelbrick quoting tool, reviewing and enforcing revenue recognition compliance for all quoting
• Key resource reviewing and approving all non-standard pricing requests that reach the level of executive manager
• Review will include financial analysis for gross margin, revenue compliance, non standard terms requests
• Partner with field sales organization to drive large deal closure, including being one-touch resource for field sales; responsible for liaising with all organizations involved in the agreement process (finance, legal, order management, etc.) on behalf of sales - Personally services as a trusted advisor to field sales on deals
• Work with cross-functional stakeholders for decision support deal solutions
• Collaborate with impacted parties to generate acceptable documents to facilitate deal closure
• Ensure required approvals, such as discounts and contractual terms, are obtained and clearly documented
• Responsible for adherence to and compliance with policy and procedures
• Evaluate current processes and offer recommendations for areas of improvement
• Ensure that all transactions adhere to internal revenue recognition policies and operational guidelines
• Manage side projects, as needed
• Excellent customer service, taking charge to meet deadlines by communicating with cross-functional partners through email, phone, meetings, or any other method to deliver on-time

Qualifications

Your Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Business, Economic or related field or equivalent military experience required 
• 3+ years of relevant experiences around Commercial Finance, Deals Desk / Deals Management, or Sales Finance within the High-Tech industry
• Demonstrated capability to build strong working relationships with internal business units
• Ability to work independently in fast paced environment
• Experience of data analysis, modeling and/or financial analysis
• Intermediate/advanced Salesforce.com and MS Excel skills are highly recommended
• Strong communication, organizational and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated capability to build strong working relationships with internal business units

Additional Information

The Team

You’re looking for a career with a more fulfilling mission. We have open positions to top talent seeking a challenge. Our finance department performs deep analyses to understand the business and inform the strategic direction of the c