Senior Manager - Financial Planning and Analysis

About Zscaler

Serving thousands of enterprise customers around the world including 40% of Fortune 500 companies, Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) was founded in 2007 with a mission to make the cloud a safe place to do business and a more enjoyable experience for enterprise users. As the operator of the world’s largest security cloud, Zscaler accelerates digital transformation so enterprises can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. The pioneering, AI-powered Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange™ platform protects thousands of enterprise customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location. 

Named a Best Workplace in Technology by Fortune and others, Zscaler fosters an inclusive and supportive culture that is home to some of the brightest minds in the industry. If you thrive in an environment that is fast-paced and collaborative, and you are passionate about building and innovating for the greater good, come make your next move with Zscaler. 

Our General and Administrative teams help to support and scale our great company. Whether striving to grow our workforce, nurture an amazing culture and work environment, support our financial and legal operations, or maintain our global infrastructure, the G&A team provides a strong foundation for growth. Put your passion, expertise to work with the world's cloud security leader.

We're looking for an experienced Senior Manager, FP&A to be part of our FP&A Business finance team, which is responsible for business/finance insights & analytics and financial modelling for all the Go-to-Market (GTM) functions (Location: Mohali/Bangalore). You will be working closely with our Global FP&A team, GTM Operations and finance team to target the right pain point, gain business context, unearth problems, and create data backed programs to positively impact business performance. Reporting to the Associate Director - FP&A, you'll be responsible for:

• Provide and present meaningful and concise financial analysis, including variance analysis to senior management on financial issues and performance (actual versus budget/forecast/prior quarter/prior year).
• Support the Sales team with financials and important metrics, including sales efficiency, sales productivity, pricing and discounting, sales pipeline, headcount ratios.
• Build detailed, scenario-based, financial models to track investment priorities and evaluate potential alternatives and their impact on our overall performance.
• Develop business modelling, operational and financial processes, partnering with the business systems team, to identify areas of improvement for maximum efficiency.
• Lead projects related to QBRs and Annual Business Planning for the different GTM functions/GEOs.
• Understand detailed data and create a cohesive story based on key performance drivers.
• Coach & guide the analysts in their projects and build a career development plan for the team.
• Present complex data in an easy-to-understand way to lead action & Improve efficiency in all FP&A important processes and forecast accuracy improvement.
• Collaborate with leadership on important issues related to establishing financial strategies, reporting for the business.

What We're Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• Master's degree in finance, Economics, Strategy, Business or related field.
• 10+ yearsof relevant work experience in HiTech Industry or in SaaS/Technology field.
• Knowledge of Tableau and Structured Query Language or other comparable visualization tool.
• Experience leading a team of 5+ analysts.

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualification):

• Proficient in salesforce, Adaptive insights, NetSuite, Exactly, Clari and/or other comparable software systems.
• Flexibility to work U.S. time for business/team meetings and during the peak days of the quarterly reporting process.

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Our Benefits program is one of the most important ways we support our employees. Zscaler proudly offers comprehensive and inclusive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families throughout their life stages, including:

• Various health plans
• Time off plans for vacation and sick time
• Parental leave options
• Retirement options
• Education reimbursement
• In-office perks, and more!

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