Commercial Finance Manager

Company Description
**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.

We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. These aren’t easy goals to accomplish - but we’re not here for easy. We’re here for better. 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.

Disruption is at the core of our technology and on our way of work to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. We’re changing the nature of work from benefits to learning, location to leadership, we’ve rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks. And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, together.

**Job Description**:
**Your Career**

**Impact**
- Deal Review and Support. Engage on JAPAC Finance deal exception review / approval process. Develop an understanding of the products, offerings, and go-to market motions, provide financial analysis on deal economics, partner with Deal Desk and Palo Alto Networks Financial Services (PANFS) team to enable the field when appropriate.
- Business Partnering. Finance partner to product teams within JAPAC. Develop an understanding of their business and support operational and financial requirements. Help report various metrics to monitor the health of the business on a regular basis.
- Quarterly / Monthly Close, Forecast and Reporting. Participate in JAPAC Sales financial close and forecast process. Provide monthly and quarterly financial reporting, analysis and key metrics that enable business decision making. Establish regular discounting & pricing reporting and analytics to support future pricing decisions.

**Qualifications**:
**Your Experience**
- Bachelor's degree in Finance/Economics or related field
- 5~7 years of experience in Finance or Sales Operations
- In depth knowledge on commercial strategies, deal structuring & pricing
- Experience with SAAS/subscription-based models preferred
- Strong team player with the ability to engage and influence across multiple teams
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Willingness and ability to adapt to rapid business and organizational changes
- Ability to meet timelines, prioritize business needs, and manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Passionate, curious, high-energy, impactful team-player

Additional Information
**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.

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