Sr. Manager, Cortex Finance - Palo Alto Networks

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.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.  

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few! 

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision. 

Your Career 

Palo Alto Networks is looking for a finance professional to join its Cortex team as a Finance Manager. We are seeking a self-starter with strong analytical skills, a passion for driving change in a fast-paced environment, and an effective communicator – all-in-one.

As a Finance Manager, you will partner with GTM (Go-To-Market) and product leadership teams to provide valuable insights, and financial leadership to the Cortex business within Palo Alto Networks.  Cortex is a family of products that safeguards organizations with proven endpoint security, detection, response, automation and attack surface management.  More information about Cortex products can be found here.

Your Impact

• Financial Analysis and Planning
  • Develop and maintain comprehensive long-term financial models for the Cortex business, incorporating analytical, data-driven rigor to support planning and decision-making processes
  • Evaluate tradeoffs in team planning, investment, and operational strategies to optimize resource allocation
  • Execute ad-hoc projects related to strategic and financial analyses as required by the business
• Business Partnership
  • Collaborate closely with Cortex leadership to derive insights, shape strategy, and drive actionable takeaways that align with organizational goals
• Financial Performance and Reporting
  • Monitor and analyze key financial metrics to identify trends, opportunities, and potential areas of concern - Present findings to stakeholders in a clear and concise manner
  • Deliver monthly and quarterly quantitative and qualitative analyses of financial results, including variances to plan, highlighting key issues, risks, and actionable insights
• Process Improvement and Systems
  • Identify opportunities to enhance financial systems, processes, and controls to optimize efficiency and accuracy in financial reporting and analysis, including SaaS measurement and management
  • Contribute to and improve the planning and forecasting processes across the corporate finance organization, utilizing internal financial forecast models, systems, and tools

Your Experience

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics (or similar) preferred
• 7+ years of related experience with evidence of career progression - Prior SaaS experience is highly preferred
• Familiarity with SaaS metrics and subscription-based revenue models
• Analytical problem-solver with the ability to gather, analyze and synthesize large amounts of data in order to drive effective and efficient executive decision-making
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex financial information to non-financial stakeholders clearly
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with executive-level business partners
• Go-getter mindset with desire and demonstrated ability to maintain high-performance under tight timelines
• Strong financial modeling capability - power Excel user comfortable with manipulating large data sets - Experience in (or a willingness to learn) financial systems, including SAP, BPC, Tableau, and other BI tools. Experience with SQL/ Python is a plus
• Previous experience in investment banking/management consulting/private equity experience is a plus

Education

• Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university or equivalent training or equivalent military experience required

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. 

We hope to meet you soon!

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $151000 - $244000/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

Our Commitment

We’re problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at  accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.