Job Description

Your Career

Palo Alto Networks is looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to join its G&A Finance team. We are looking for a self-starter with excellent quantitative skills, a passion for advanced data analytics and automation, and a team-player with a collaborative mindset.

This role will be responsible for monthly forecasting/close, annual planning, business partnering, and providing optimization opportunities to budget management.

Your Impact

Managing the monthly close process including PO accruals, reclasses and meeting SOX compliance requirements

Financial planning and forecasting activities that include participating in the annual planning process as well as driving the monthly and quarterly forecasting process - This would include OPEX, CAPEX, and headcount planning

Partner closely with the business partners to understand timing of spend and resource requirements to drive accurate monthly forecast of expense and headcount

Generate critical reporting, leveraging our systems and tools,  that includes variance analysis, audit reports, metrics and other ad hoc analysis and reports to identify and communicate key trends, risks and opportunities

Continuously explore enhancements and automation across our portfolio of reports and dashboards to expand knowledge and increase efficiency

Regular review of contractors and other operating expenses for optimization opportunities