Senior Manager Program Management
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Job Description
Your Career
Palo Alto Networks has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Manager Program Management to join our finance accounting and operations organization.
Our finance accounting and operations groups deal with everything touching the CFO organization covering the numbers supporting infrastructure automation building solutions and providing accurate insightful financial information to empower our business lines. Your efforts will directly impact the overall transformation and success of a worldleading cybersecurity business.
Youll collaborate on complex business financial and technology problems that are topofmind for our executives. You possess a unique blend of business insight bigpicture thinking deep understanding of endtoend financial processes and related systems strong project management skills ability to influence and collaborate with a large number of constituents within Palo Alto Networks. In this role youll lead initiatives across finance accounting and operations groups at Palo Alto Networks. The role will partner closely with our Center of Excellence (COE) and other subject matter experts and leaders within the finance accounting and operations organization.
A successful candidate for this role will be proactive confident and solutionoriented have a broad set of work experiences within a finance organization will provide a strong voice to represent finance across the portfolio of initiatives and will work collaboratively with finance accounting and operations leaders and outside of Finance (IT etc.). Additionally they will support Finance COE initiatives and oversee enablement teams as they are stood up (e.g. change management value / budgeting transition etc.). This will be an individual contributor role reporting directly to the Head of CFO Program Ops.
Your Impact
Drive change across the CFO organization and be willing to wear multiple hats (strategy development project management and execution) to do what it takes to move the needle
Assess current processes and use first principles to design future state business processes to create operational efficiencies
Work collaboratively across a crossfunctional set of stakeholders to gather the right information pressure test hypotheses articulate complex business problems mobilize a project team implement solutions and drive accountability
Structure and size large complex projects into an executable plan
Conduct financial analysis of a project to ensure it is viable and drives the appropriate return on investment
Develop longterm roadmaps detailed project plans project success criteria and key metrics change management strategies communication plans and conduct post implementation reviews to ensure the value of a project was successfully unlocked
Create deliverables (business case memos key decision documents presentations etc.) for executive level consumption
Support Service Management Director with Service management transition execution and knowledge management as part of Finance COE initiative
Qualifications :
Your Experience
MBA or similar Accounting / Finance degree (or equivalent experience or equivalent military experience) required CPA or equivalent a plus
810 overall years of experience within tech with a combination of consulting (McKinsey Bain BCG Big 4 etc.) and industry experience in PMO and COE functions at a toptier tech company
Extensive project management skills including system implementations and largescale transformations
Ability to manage projects across multiple functional areas influencing stakeholders and driving results
Understanding of endtoend financial processes (QuotetoCash RecordtoReport SourcetoPay HiretoRetire etc.) financial systems and internal controls for a large scale global technology company
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Handson and results oriented leader with problem solving and action oriented mindset
Intellectual curiosity selfstarter and critical thinker
Ability to work in a fast paced environment
Ability to deal with ambiguity deal with changing priorities and drive accountability
Passion for continuous improvement of systems and processes
Additional Information :
The Team
You have a passion for numbers; our organization has a real passion for cybersecurity. Youre 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 and building elegant models and solutions to empower our business lines and solutions. If youre seeking a financial challenge but with a worldwide impact this is it.
You will be part of a growing passionate and dynamic team with an opportunity to work on challenging and exciting projects centered on what we believe is one of the most significant mission statements in the world.
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 nonsales roles) or base salary commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $146000 $236500/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
Were problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecuritys status quo. Its simple: we cant 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 .
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.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
