Senior SAP Analytics Cloud Specialist

Company Description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

Job Description

Your Career

We are seeking a highly experienced and dynamic Senior SAP Analytics Cloud Specialist to lead the design, development, testing, and delivery of financial planning in tools like SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC).

As a Senior SAP Analytics Cloud Specialist you will be deeply involved in architectural discussions and decision-making processes, ensuring our solutions are not only innovative but also resilient and scalable. Your passion for continuous learning and collaboration will be essential as you work cross-functionally to deliver high-impact results in a fast-paced environment.In addition, you will be delivering finance initiatives delivering high business value and in the process foster great partnerships. By partnering with key stakeholders across the finance and other cross functional organizations, applying leading practices, help transform the finance business function to adopt new technologies and drive to be the best in class.

Your Impact

• Lead the design, development, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement of SAC application
• Deliver exceptional code with meticulous attention to detail
• Take a lead role in solution design, working closely with architects to create innovative, scalable architectures
• Mentor, coach, and onboard new team members, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous learning
• Influence and guide the engineering team in adopting best practices and new technologies
• Design best in class solution to support analytical/reporting activities utilizing SAC
• Collaborate with the cross-functional team to develop integrated SAC solution to support business processes, executing project deliverables, with an emphasis on quality, productivity, and consistency
• Measure success- Measure everything: A feature release does not indicate success- Define what success means for each feature and each function before it even goes to development- Develop ways to constantly define and monitor success
• Collaborate across teams - We win or lose as a team- Play a critical role in creating alignment across the cross-functional Leadership team
• Enjoy working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, by creating products that will make a profound impact on the user

Qualifications

Your Experience 

• Must have strong 8+ years experience in developing SAC products from concept to launch (SAP Analytical/Reporting work streams) 
• Must be experienced with SAC as a planning tool, creating planning data models and working with categories actual, budget, planning, forecast, rolling forecast
• Strong finance and cross functional business process, focussed on FP&A
• Training experience to business users accelerating the tool adoption
• Successful track record of defining business cases for product roadmap
• Ability to interact and influence variety of users including process stakeholders, drive adoption of SAC tool across the organization
• Highly data-driven with a commitment to drive business outcome and value realization
• Experience in Agile principles - Focus on the business need, Deliver on time, Never compromise quality, Build incrementally from firm foundations, Develop iteratively, Communicate continuously and clearly
• Experience working with SOX systems and other regulatory and compliance frameworks
• Strong Expertise in JavaScript
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent military experience required
• Onsite HQ role, must be local in SF Bay area to be onsite

Additional Information

The Team

Working at a high-tech cybersecurity company in Information Technology is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. You’ll join the brightest minds in technology, creating, building, and supporting tools and enabling our global teams on the front line of defense against cyberattacks.

We’re connected by one mission but driven by the impact of that mission and what it means to protect our way of life in the digital age. Join a dynamic and fast-paced team of people who feel excited by the prospect of a challenge and feel a thrill at resolving technical gaps that inhibit productivity. 

Compensation Disclosure 

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/com-missioned roles) is expected to be between $145000 - $235500/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

Our Commitment
We’re problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at [email protected].

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: Yes