Senior Manager, Revenue Operations

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.

We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. These aren’t easy goals to accomplish – but we’re not here for easy. We’re here for better. 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.

Disruption is at the core of our technology and on our way of work to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. We’re changing the nature of work from benefits to learning, location to leadership, we’ve rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks. And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, together.

Job Description

Your Career

The Senior Manager, Revenue Operations will possess strong organizational, communication and management skills. The candidate will be self-motivated with the ability to provide solutions for issues identified. The successful candidate is a competent individual with integrity, accountability, strong interpersonal skills, and a team player. The position requires a “hands-on” person who is flexible, hard-working and able to work well under pressure.

Your Impact 

• Lead and coordinate the worldwide revenue close, including review of monthly journal entries and reconciliations, validation of system data, tracking close status, and reporting close metrics
• Responsible for managing the India Revenue Accounting and Operations team to support worldwide revenue close and any ad hoc transactions
• Leverage comprehensive quote to cash system and process knowledge to timely identify, quantify and resolve issues
• Drive revenue close reporting package for review with CAO and CFO
• Lead and assist with special projects and ad hoc requests as needed
• Partner with Corporate FP&A team and assist with forecast of key metrics
• Partner with cross functional business partners to implement standard methodologies, automation, and continuous process improvements
• Establish and maintain strong SOX controls
• Mentor, develop and lead multiple team members

Qualifications

Your Experience 

• Bachelors in Finance, Accounting or related fields. CPA is preferred.
• 7 ~ 10 years of hands on high-tech revenue recognition experience
• Excellent technical and operational knowledge of ASC 606
• 3 years of Big 4 public accounting experience preferred
• Minimum of 5 years management/supervisory experience, managing & developing diverse teams
• Comprehensive understanding of the quote to cash process
• Strong ability to maintain relationships, think critically and solve problems
• Ability to diplomatically challenge the status quo
• Solid organizational skills with the ability to manage priorities and execute in a dynamic environment with attention to detail
• Standout colleague and effective communicator with all levels of management and cross functional organizations
• High proficiency in MS Office Suite and Google Suite
• Experience with financial systems, SAP ERP S4 Hana & RAR, Blackline, Tableau, and SFDC a plus
• Experience with high technology clients in the Hardware, Software and/or SaaS space a plus

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. Our department works with numbers and large volumes of data daily, building and maintaining 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. 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 teams innovating, together.

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