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We are seeking a high caliber, enthusiastic Finance Manager with experience in the software industry, preferably at a SaaS-based company! In this role, you will partner closely with the Customer Success Manager (CSM) leadership team to meet their strategic financial objectives in addition to owning Customer Success consolidated reporting and modeling. The position reports to the Sr. Director of Customer Success & Marketing Finance.
This position requires focus on both existing and evolving financial metrics consistent with Splunk’s overall business model transition. It is a unique and exciting opportunity for an outstanding leader to collaborate with the Customer Success leadership team and influence strategic decisions via sound data-driven strategic analysis.
Responsibilities: I want to and can do that!
- You will establish collaborative partnerships with key partners (CSM SVP, CS Theater VP’s,, Finance Business Partners) to deliver analytical support and enable insights into business performance
- You will roll up your sleeves and help drive annual operating plans, quarterly and monthly financial reporting and ongoing analysis for actuals versus plan and/or forecast.
- Build new smart, sustainable, robust financial models for forecasting, planning, and ad hoc analyses and maintain existing models.
- Manage quarter-end executive reporting and presentations, support monthly and quarterly operations review, and quarterly business reviews
- Own the monthly and quarterly financial close process for the CSM org to ensure accurate reporting within the period.
- Provide strategic and tactical support on annual budgeting and planning process
- Communicate effectively to key stakeholders around process updates, key deliverables, and timelines
- Streamline procedures and drive process change with business applications to improve overall effectiveness
- Work cross-functionally to drive efficient processes and leverage best practices
- Liaise with Sales Finance HQ, Revenue Accounting, Corporate FP&A and other cross functional teams as required
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s in Accounting or Finance; CPA, CFA or MBA preferred
- Minimum 8+ years of related experience
- Superior knowledge of excel with advanced knowledge of pivot tables, lookups, and logical functions a must and must be proficient in PowerPoint
- Highly energetic and self-motivated; ability to think creatively and quickly with minimal direction and information
- Strong business and analytical skills; ability to multi-task, stay organized and prioritize deadlines in a continually evolving environment
- Strong relationship building and communication skills, experience and desire to work cross-functionally and be a contributing team member
- Strong aptitude for and experience with financial software (e.g., SAP, Anaplan, Qlikview, SFDC)
- Proven track record of managing large datasets with the ability to tackle complex issues using financial models and quantitative analysis
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior experience in a software/SaaS company
- Complex model creation
- Financial planning & analysis experience
- Experience with Tableau, Power BI or Alteryx
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