Senior Director, Corporate Finance and Planning

Company Description

At ServiceNow, our technology makes the world work for everyone, and our people make it possible. We move fast because the world can’t wait, and we innovate in ways no one else can for our customers and communities. By joining ServiceNow, you are part of an ambitious team of change makers who have a restless curiosity and a drive for ingenuity. We know that your best work happens when you live your best life and share your unique talents, so we do everything we can to make that possible. We dream big together, supporting each other to make our individual and collective dreams come true. The future is ours, and it starts with you. 

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Job Description

The Role

The Senior Director, Strategic Finance and Corporate Planning is a critical leadership role responsible for company-wide strategic planning, including the ongoing development and coordination of all annual and long-term financial plans for ServiceNow. The role will also be responsible for supporting mergers and acquisitions related activities from a finance perspective (analysis, diligence, execution, etc)

Reporting to the VP, Corporate Finance, this person will lead a business-critical team providing financial visibility and business insights to Servicenow leadership, and enable a cross functional connected planning process for the company in collaboration with Corporate Strategy and line of business leadership.

What You Get to Do in This Role

• Manage the company-wide annual budget and long range planning processes to provide reliable, metric-based, and internally consistent plans which drive resource allocations to deliver our multi-year financial targets and margins
• Lead a team to coordinate and drive long-range financial planning and annual budgeting process including target setting and tracking​
• Manage, inspire, and develop a high-performing team that collaborates with existing organizations including but not limited to Corporate Strategy, Corporate Development, Line of Business Strategic Finance, Corp Strategic Finance, and Finance leadership
• Partner with the VP of Corporate Finance, SVP of Strategic Finance, and CFO to develop solutions and execute against all aspects of global finance strategies, initiatives, and key investments
• Partner with the Finance teams to lead continuous improvement initiatives for key financial systems, infrastructure, and reports
• Drive automation and improve existing planning and reporting processes

Qualifications

To be successful in this role you have:

• 15+ years of experience within the Finance function or with relevant experience in strategy/management consulting, investment banking, or corporate finance with a focus in software preferred
• 5+ years of people management experience
• Significant Experience driving long-range financial planning and annual budgeting processes including individual responsibilities for the strategy and execution of dedicated planning cycles
• Strategic mindsight with demonstrated ability to articulate high-level plans while also having an orientation to action and driving detailed execution plans.
• Deep understanding of the company’s strategic objectives and execution plans
• Demonstrated ability to translate strategic objectives to tactical execution connected and measured through planning processes
• Highly analytical, fact driven, process orientated, but comfortable challenging the status quo and setting new strategic/operational direction
• Experience supporting Enterprise Planning Processes (planning calendar, cross functional alignment, communication, etc.)​
• Deep understanding of corporate finance, financial accounting, and financial analysis
• Experience with Mergers and Acquisitions analysis and execution
• Functional Understanding of data modeling and analysis
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