Nutanix

Senior Manager, Worldwide Sales Finance

Nutanix$202K — $302K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or related fields; MBA, CPA, or CFA is highly preferred.
  • 8-10+ years of progressive FP&A or Sales Finance experience in a high-growth SaaS or enterprise software company.
  • Expert-level financial modeling in Microsoft Excel.
  • Strong experience with Aviso, Tableau is highly desired.
  • Deep conceptual understanding of recurring revenue dynamics and SaaS KPIs (ARR, NRR, GRR).
  • Proven ability to distill complex financial datasets into concise executive narratives.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and thrive in a global, matrixed organization.

Responsibilities

  • Lead global top-line forecasting consolidation and financial modeling infrastructure.
  • Develop scalable driver-based forecast models for bookings metrics.
  • Create executive summaries on multi-layered sales performance for board presentations.
  • Track and analyze core SaaS metrics including ARR, GRR, NRR.
  • Manage key strategic finance projects ensuring cross-functional alignment.
  • Act as the primary contact for ad-hoc finance queries and strategic initiatives.
  • Lead alignment projects across Sales, Finance, Legal, and Tax.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work arrangement providing flexibility between remote and in-office work.
  • Full range of medical benefits including health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) eligibility with company policy.
  • Various paid time off benefits, including vacation, sick time, and parental leave.
  • Potential for sign-on bonus and restricted stock units.
Full Job Description
We are looking for a highly motivated Senior Manager, Worldwide Sales Finance to lead our global top-line forecasting consolidation and financial modeling infrastructure. In this role, you will own the end-to-end global roll-up of bookings metrics, design scalable driver-based forecast models, and translate multi-layered sales performance into clean, board-ready executive summaries. You will challenge the status quo, streamline manual processes, and act as a trusted strategic advisor on top-line trends.

About the Team

You will join the WW Sales Finance team, a tight-knit, fast-moving, and highly collaborative group. We partner across Theater Finance (AMER, EMEA, APAC), Corporate FP&A, Deal Desk, and Revenue Operations to deliver strategic insights that drive company growth. Our team culture is high-energy, hardworking, and focused on enabling business growth through financial excellence.

Your Role

Advanced Financial Modeling & Analytics
  • Maintain long-range planning models with clear articulation of risks, opportunities, and top-line drivers.
  • Capacity Planning: Model sales headcount requirements, ramp times, territory alignments to support decision-making.
  • GTM Consolidations
  • Core Metric Tracking: Track and analyze key recurring SaaS metrics, including Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR), Gross Revenue Retention (GRR), Net Revenue Retention (NRR), and Run Rate ACV.
  • Model Governance: Serve as the ultimate "modeling wizard" on the team, ensuring all Excel-based models are formulaically sound, auditable, and easily scalable.

QBR & Executive Reporting
  • Executive Packages: Develop and compile high-impact summaries and slides for close, forecast, actuals and strategic reviews with the CRO.
  • QBR KPI Management: Extract and synthesize quarterly business metrics, such as Land, Expand, portfolio bookings splits
  • Variance Analysis: Provide deep-dive variance commentary comparing actual bookings performance to the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and intra-quarter updates.

Special Projects & Ad-Hoc Support
  • Hiring Manager's Go-To: Act as the first point of contact for the GTM Finance Sr. Director on all ad-hoc requests, strategic queries, and cross-functional deep-dives.
  • Project Management: Project manage key strategic initiatives and high-priority finance projects across the team, ensuring cross-functional alignment and timely delivery of deliverables.
  • Cross-Functional Bridge: Lead cross-functional alignment projects across Sales, Finance, Legal, and Tax to unblock strategic programs.

What You Will Bring
  • Education: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or related fields; MBA, CPA, or CFA is highly preferred.
  • Experience: 8-10+ years of progressive FP&A or Sales Finance experience, ideally within a high-growth SaaS or enterprise software company.
  • Technical Mastery: Expert-level financial modeling in Microsoft Excel. Strong experience with Aviso, Tableau is highly desired.
  • SaaS Metrics Acumen: Deep conceptual understanding of recurring revenue dynamics, and SaaS KPIs (ARR, NRR, GRR).
  • Communication Excellence: Proven ability to distill complex, multi-million-dollar datasets into concise executive-level narratives and presentations.
  • Priority Management: Ability to manage multiple priority timelines, iterate models rapidly, and thrive within a matrixed, global organization.

Work Arrangement Hybrid:

This role operates in a hybrid capacity, blending the benefits of remote work with the advantages of in-person collaboration, Located in San Jose, CA. For most roles, that will mean coming into an office a minimum of 2 - 3 days per week, however certain roles and/or teams may require more frequent in-office presence. Additional team-specific guidance and norms will be provided by your manager.

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between USD $202,000 and USD $302,000 per year.

However, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a sign-on bonus, restricted stock units, and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired, employee will be in an "at-will position" and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors. Our application deadline is 40 days from the date of posting. In good faith, the posting may be removed prior to this date if the position is filled or extended in good faith.

About Nutanix

Nutanix is a cloud computing software company that sells what it calls hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) appliances and software-defined storage. Nutanix's software delivers a full infrastructure stack that integrates compute, virtualization, storage, networking, and security to power any application, at any scale. Nutanix software runs across different cloud environments to harmonize IT operations and bring frictionless mobility to all applications. Nutanix solutions are used by companies in a wide range of industries, including healthcare, manufacturing, education, and financial services.
Learn more about Nutanix
Size
6,080 employees
Market Cap
$6.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$978.4 million
Founded
2009
5 Year Trend
+13.3%
Revenue
$1.3 billion
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