Hiring: Director, FP&A Company: Palo Alto Networks Location: Santa Clara, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 07:40:30 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords : Machine Learning, SaaS About the job 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. •Demonstrated success in 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. •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. Required Skills: •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. Qualifications: •Deep mastery of SaaS metrics (ARR, NRR, CAC, LTV, Magic Number) and complex multi-tier sales models. Compensation: •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) •The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!