Job SummaryPalo Alto Networks is seeking a strategic, results-driven Director of FP&A to own the end to end financial consolidation and reporting for Idira. Lead the monthly and quarterly close process ensuring accurate, timely and insightful reporting of the BU's financial performance while driving strong financial controls, operating rigor and accountability across the organization. Partner closely with GTM teams to translate financial results into business insights, identify key drivers and risks and support strategic decision making. Establish a scalable, efficient consolidation and reporting framework that improves forecast accuracy, strengthens financial governance, and enables leadership to quickly understand performance against plan and make informed investment decisions.
Key responsibilities
- Own NAM sales monthly and quarterly financial consolidation, ensuring completeness, accuracy, timeliness, and adherence to corporate policies and controls.
- Lead the end-to-end close process, including Bookings, headcount, operating expenses, ARR, and other Key financial KPIs.
- Lead the end-to-end NAM theater annual planning process, aligning GTM strategy, sales capacity, and resource allocation with corporate growth and financial targets
- Partner with Accounting, FP&A, and business finance teams to resolve complex accounting and reporting issues and ensure a consistent view of financial performance.
- Drive variance analysis and provide executive-level insights into actuals versus plan, forecast, and prior year, highlighting key drivers, risks, and opportunities.
- Lead quarterly business reviews and financial reporting for NAM sales leadership, providing a clear narrative around performance and outlook.
- Establish and improve financial processes, systems, controls, and reporting infrastructure to increase scalability, automation, and efficiency.
- Serve as a trusted finance advisor to the NAM sales leadership team, challenging assumptions and helping translate business strategy into financial outcomes.
- Lead and develop a high-performing finance team while driving a culture of ownership, analytical rigor, and continuous improvement.
- Drive the evaluation and integration of AI, machine learning, and advanced analytics into financial systems to automate routine consolidation, accelerate close timelines, and enhance reporting scalability.
Qualifications Required Experience
- 10+ years of progressive finance experience, with a focus on FP&A, BU/Sales Finance, or Corporate Finance within the enterprise software/SaaS industry.
- Deep mastery of SaaS metrics (ARR, NRR, CAC, LTV, Magic Number) and complex multi-tier sales models.
- Proven track record of influencing executive leadership and translating complex financial data into business strategy.
- Demonstrated experience leading and developing high-caliber finance teams in fast-paced, high-growth environments.
Compensation DisclosureThe 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.
$214,200.00 - $294,000.00/yr
