Job Description

Your Career

Become a member of our accounting organization at Palo Alto Networks! We are seeking a highly motivated and collaborative Senior Manager of Accounting who is excited to join a team with an eye for continuous improvement. The ideal candidate would possess strong critical thinking skills in addition to communication and collaboration skills. This person will partner closely with cross-functional teams to understand business transactions and ensure the proper accounting and reflection of transactions in addition to working on process optimization and high impact projects. The position requires a hands-on person who is flexible, solutions-oriented and works well in a fast paced environment. 

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 accounting department deals with numbers daily, supporting infrastructure, dealing in automation, building solutions and providing accurate, insightful financial information to empower our business lines. The ideal candidate has exceptional skills in accounting and analytics and an innovative mindset to approach finance problems differently. Our innovation doesn’t stay in Research and Development. Within finance and accounting, 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.

Your Impact

Drive change across the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) organization and be willing to wear multiple hats (process optimization, accounting, project management and execution) to do what it takes to “move the needle”.

Pressure test current processes and use first principles to design future state business processes to create operational efficiencies.

Work collaboratively across a cross-functional set of stakeholders to gather the right information, pressure test hypotheses, articulate problems clearly, mobilize a project team, implement solutions and drive accountability.

Structure and bite-size large complex projects into an executable plan.

Conduct financial analysis and be able to evaluate explanations and or unusual trends or relationships on the financial statements. 

Create deliverables (business case memos, key decision documents, presentations, etc.) that are clear and support processes or conclusions reached. 

Have an ownership mindset and take an interest in accounting results and understanding underlying processes and inputs for respective areas. 

Ensure compliance with SOX 404 key controls and support the financial audit where appropriate.