Sr. Financial Analyst, FP&A Marketing

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Corporate Overview

In today’s cyber threat landscape, protection starts with people. At Proofpoint, that simple truth fuels our passion for protecting users, the data they create, and the systems they rely on from a uniquely people-centric perspective.

And we are just as passionate about finding the right people to help us in that mission. When you join Proofpoint, you are helping to:

• Build and enhance our proven security platform
• Blend innovation and speed in a constantly evolving cloud environment
• Analyze new threats and offer deep insight through data-driven intel
• Collaborate with customers to help solve their toughest security challenges

We are devoted to helping our customers protect their greatest assets and biggest security risk: their people. That is why we are a leader in next-generation cybersecurity—and why more than half of the Fortune 100 trust us as a security partner.

The Role  

We are seeking a highly motivated, results-oriented individual to join our growing FP&A team! The perfect fit will marry strong analytical skills with a broad, strategic view of business performance metrics to drive advanced decision making.

The role itself will partner closely with our world-class Marketing organization – working collaboratively to leverage advanced strategic modeling and performance analysis to help drive meaningful insights around expense planning, marketing investment ROI, pipeline planning and generation, and more.

This exciting, hands-on opportunity reports to the Sr Finance Manager, FP&A, and will have frequent interactions with Senior and Executive Management of the company - supporting and acting quickly based on the business needs and feedback. Additionally, this role will play a key part in preparing our annual/monthly forecasts and budgets based on trends and inputs from the Marketing organization - validating month-end results to ensure financial information has been recorded accurately and forecast is reflective of updates in the business. The leading candidate will also look to identify and implement streamlined business processes – reducing cycle times, allowing for more in-depth analysis of performance and financial trends, and has a solutions based approach.

Why this role should speak to you - This role has a strong emphasis on the “A” in Financial Planning and Analysis, provides a great opportunity to truly own the budget and associated business interactions, and set the true groundwork in the ROI investment realm.

Your day-to- day

• Proactively develop and maintain deep, meaningful business partner relationships within Marketing and broadly across the organization, fostering trust and collaboration to continually win each day
• Maintain constant interactions with Marketing team to stay abreast of current company strategy and executing accordingly
• Partner with the Marketing and Business Analytics teams to develop and implement marketing KPIs to assess the ROI of various marketing campaigns and drive the conversation of pipeline creation and pipeline conversion
• Partner with cross-functional teams to manage marketing programs, tooling and discretionary spend
• Partner with the Marketing HR business partners and recruiters for headcount planning, understanding the needs of the business and the timing of hires and team transfers
• Analyze operating and financial results, including analysis of monthly trends and drivers, using insights to update the forecast, or highlight areas of potential concern with appropriate recommendations
• Demonstrate intellectual curiosity and manage interdependencies on other company processes to recommend scalable long-term processes, architecture and systems
• Work alongside Marketing to prepare monthly and quarterly management reporting as needed – executive presentations, Investor reporting, QBRs, and other ad hoc requests

What you bring to the team

• 3 + years of Finance / FP&A experience – supporting the Marketing and/or Sales GTM teams
• BA/BS degree in appropriate discipline, ie. Finance, Accounting, Economics, Statistics, or other applicable business-related field; or commensurate real-world experience in any of these areas
• Highly inquisitive, analytical thinker with strong attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills a must
• Go-getter attitude
• Experience working in a high-growth, tech environment (SAAS preferred)
• Experience working cross-functionally to develop accurate and efficient operational processes
• History of executing & managing multiple simultaneous projects from multiple stakeholders with competing priorities
• Working knowledge of GAAP (including accruals, account reconciliations, and capitalization versus expense)
• Strong proficiency with Excel (pivot tables, Vlookups, Index/Match, etc.) and the ability to quickly manipulate and analyze large data sets and build reports
• Experience in Salesforce, Adaptive Planning, and Microsoft PowerBI a huge plus

Why Proofpoint 

Protecting people is at the heart of our award-winning lineup of cybersecurity solutions, and the people who work here are the key to our success. We are a customer-focused and driven-to-win organization with leading-edge products—and many exciting reasons to join our team. We believe in hiring the best, the brightest and cultivating a culture of collaboration and appreciation.

We are a diverse, multinational company with opportunities in all functions, and leaders that welcome candidates from all walks of life. Apply today and explore your future #LifeAtPFPT.

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If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

Consistent with Proofpoint values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets as set out below. Pay within these ranges varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate. The range provided may represent a candidate range and may not reflect the full range for an individual tenured employee. This role may be eligible for variable pay and/or equity. We offer a competitive benefits package that includes flexible time off, a robust well-being program that provides for 4 global wellbeing days per year, and a 3-week work from anywhere option.

Base Pay Ranges:

SF Bay Area, New York City Metro Area:

Base Pay Range: 116,690.00 - 183,370.00 USD

California (excludes SF Bay Area), Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Washington DC Metro, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas, Washington, Virginia, and Alaska:

Base Pay Range: 96,880.00 - 152,240.00 USD

All other cities and states excluding those listed above:

Base Pay Range: 87,220.00 - 137,060.00 USD