Senior Financial Analyst, Commissions Finance

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.

FLEXWORK is an employee-centric reimagining of how we work. We built FLEXWORK based on employee feedback – it is about flexibility, trust, and choice whenever possible. It’s been a journey of disruption that has yielded the best of our values. We offer as much flexibility as possible, and choices that enable you to be most productive, including benefits that meet your needs and learning opportunities that you feel passionate about.

Our Approach to Work

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

Palo Alto Networks is looking for a finance professional to join its Sales Finance team as a Sr. Financial Analyst, Commissions Finance. We’re looking for a self-starter with strong analytical skills, an effective communicator, and a passionate leader looking to drive change in a dynamic fast-paced environment.

This will be a fast-paced and highly visible role that touches on multiple aspects of our incentive compensation forecast design, close, and reporting processes.  As the Sr. Financial Analyst, Commissions Finance, you will play a pivotal role in managing the monthly commissions forecasting and close processes.

This individual will report to the Finance Business Manager

Your Impact

• Design, maintain, and improve financial models to refine short and long-term commissions forecasting capabilities focusing on speed, accuracy and efficiency 
• Develop a deep understanding of key drivers of PANW bookings and commissions deferrals in order to communicate how these drivers impact P&L expenses
• Partner with Compensation Design Team, Accounting, and other internal Finance teams to manage and fulfill monthly close processes related to Commissions
• Participate in various system / automation efforts for Commissions, partnering closely with IT, Ops, Accounting, and other stakeholder
• Fulfill ad-hoc requests to support executive decision-making 

Qualifications

Your Experience

• Bachelors in Business, Finance, or Accounting or equivalent military experience required
• MBA, CPA is a plus
• 3+ years of Finance experience 
• Experience within a fast-paced SaaS organization, and/or Big 4 Accounting is preferred 
• Familiarity with Accounting Standard ASC 606 highly preferred  
• High proficiency with Excel is a must including experience building financial models
• Experience with Financial systems, data visualization tools and commission platforms (e.g. SAC, SFDC, Tableau, Callidus..etc)
• Deadline-driven, organized, and able to prioritize with the willingness to adapt to the rapid business and organizational demands that result from a high-growth environment
• Strong team player, and independent thinker, with high intellectual and emotional intelligence

Additional Information

The Team

You have a passion for numbers, our organization has a passion for cybersecurity. You’re looking for a career with a more fulfilling mission. We have open positions to top talent seeking a financial challenge. Our finance department deals with numbers daily, supporting infrastructure, dealing in automation, building elegant models and solutions to empower our business lines and solutions. The ideal candidate has exceptional skills in financial modeling and analytics and an innovative mindset to approach finance problems differently. Our innovation doesn’t stay in Research and Development. Within finance, we seek people who are looking to try new things, while solving business critical equations. If you’re seeking a financial challenge but with a world-wide impact – this is it.

Our Commitment

We’re trailblazers who dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: We can’t accomplish our mission without diverse t