What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr FP&A Finance Manager position at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42?
Santa Clara, California, United States FP&A Ref ID: JR-019136
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Our Mission
At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place.
Who We Are
In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!
We believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it’s needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.
Job Summary
Your Career
Palo Alto Networks is looking for an experienced finance leader to join our FP&A team as the Senior Manager of Finance for GTM. This role will serve as the financial architect for our Sales organizations. You will play a critical role in driving the financial strategy and analysis for these functions, acting as a trusted advisor to leadership. You will drive financial planning, reporting, forecasting, and budgeting processes while helping shape strategic decisions to optimize business performance, customer satisfaction, and profitability.
Your Impact:
Required Experience
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/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here (opens in new window) (opens in new window).
$140,000.00 - $226,500.00/yr
Our Commitment
We’re trailblazers that dream big, 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 (opens in new window) (opens in new window).
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.
Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.
Apply
Current Employees, apply here
Our Mission
At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place.
Your Impact:
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/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here (opens in new window) (opens in new window).
$140,000.00 - $226,500.00/yr
Our Commitment
We’re trailblazers that dream big, 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 (opens in new window) (opens in new window).
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.
Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.
Apply
Current Employees, apply here
Our Mission
At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place.
Who We Are
In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!
We believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it’s needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.
Job Summary
Your Career
Palo Alto Networks is looking for an experienced finance leader to join our FP&A team as the Senior Manager of Finance for GTM. This role will serve as the financial architect for our Sales organizations. You will play a critical role in driving the financial strategy and analysis for these functions, acting as a trusted advisor to leadership. You will drive financial planning, reporting, forecasting, and budgeting processes while helping shape strategic decisions to optimize business performance, customer satisfaction, and profitability.
Your Impact:
- Serve as the GTM finance partner to the Business Unit leadership team, providing financial leadership and strategic decision support across new customer acquisition, renewals, expansion, customer retention, and overall revenue growth
- Own the GTM operating and financial model, including bookings, revenue, ARR, renewals, expansion, churn, headcount, and commission expense, to enable accurate planning, forecasting, and scenario analysis
- Develop analytical frameworks and lead analysis to evaluate GTM investments and performance, including sales productivity, pipeline conversion, customer acquisition cost (CAC), retention and expansion economics, and commission effectiveness
- Establish scalable processes to proactively collect, validate, and analyze business performance data, while driving automation, standardization, and continuous improvement
- Define, track, and report key GTM financial and operational performance metrics, translating data into insights and recommendations for business leaders
Required Experience
- 6 years of experience across strategic finance, FP&A, investment banking, private equity, or growth-stage tech startups, preferably with time spent partnering with or analyzing GTM organizations
- Experience in a high-growth SaaS or technology company
- Advanced Excel modeling skills
- Strong understanding of SaaS metrics, GTM strategies, and customer acquisition, retention and expansion economics
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights and recommendations for executive decision-making
- Bachelors in an analytical field (e.g. Finance, Economics, Accounting, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field); advanced degree/MBA preferred
- Knowledge of subscription-based and consumption-based pricing strategies
- Experience supporting GTM teams in a high-growth SaaS or technology company
- Experience with planning, ERP, and business intelligence platforms such as SAP, Netsuite, SAP SAC, Tableau, Pigment and other BI tools
- An AI-first builder mentality: you reach for automation before manual work; you want to land in the cohort of finance professionals who define what the function looks like five years from now
- “Systems-level thinker”
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/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here (opens in new window) (opens in new window).
$140,000.00 - $226,500.00/yr
Our Commitment
We’re trailblazers that dream big, 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 (opens in new window) (opens in new window).
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.
Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.
Apply
Current Employees, apply here
Our Mission
At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place.
Your Impact:
- Serve as the GTM finance partner to the Business Unit leadership team, providing financial leadership and strategic decision support across new customer acquisition, renewals, expansion, customer retention, and overall revenue growth
- Own the GTM operating and financial model, including bookings, revenue, ARR, renewals, expansion, churn, headcount, and commission expense, to enable accurate planning, forecasting, and scenario analysis
- Develop analytical frameworks and lead analysis to evaluate GTM investments and performance, including sales productivity, pipeline conversion, customer acquisition cost (CAC), retention and expansion economics, and commission effectiveness
- Establish scalable processes to proactively collect, validate, and analyze business performance data, while driving automation, standardization, and continuous improvement
- Define, track, and report key GTM financial and operational performance metrics, translating data into insights and recommendations for business leaders
- 6 years of experience across strategic finance, FP&A, investment banking, private equity, or growth-stage tech startups, preferably with time spent partnering with or analyzing GTM organizations
- Experience in a high-growth SaaS or technology company
- Advanced Excel modeling skills
- Strong understanding of SaaS metrics, GTM strategies, and customer acquisition, retention and expansion economics
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights and recommendations for executive decision-making
- Bachelors in an analytical field (e.g. Finance, Economics, Accounting, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field); advanced degree/MBA preferred
- Knowledge of subscription-based and consumption-based pricing strategies
- Experience supporting GTM teams in a high-growth SaaS or technology company
- Experience with planning, ERP, and business intelligence platforms such as SAP, Netsuite, SAP SAC, Tableau, Pigment and other BI tools
- An AI-first builder mentality: you reach for automation before manual work; you want to land in the cohort of finance professionals who define what the function looks like five years from now
- “Systems-level thinker”
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/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here (opens in new window) (opens in new window).
$140,000.00 - $226,500.00/yr
Our Commitment
We’re trailblazers that dream big, 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 (opens in new window) (opens in new window).
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.
Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.
Salary : $140,000 - $226,500