Remote-Senior Financial Analyst
Job Description
These roles are fully remote and can be done anywhere in California.
VMware is currently seeking several Senior Financial Analysts across multiple business units including Hybrid Cloud, Service Provider and Edge Business, Product and Cloud Services, and Modern Applications. You will be strategically positioned to provide financial advice, planning, and analysis to the product VP and his/her staff that helps the business meet or exceed goals. You will support the BU Director of Finance, along with operational leaders within the BU, in a variety of areas impacting the full P&L, including R&D, marketing and overall strategic direction of our clients and related software solutions. A balanced approach to higher-level market trends, along with deep analysis & modeling (operational & financial) is key to success in this role.
Primary Responsibilities
Ensure accuracy and timeliness in Bookings & Revenue forecasting, reporting, and analysis.
SaaS metrics computation, tracking, reporting and analysis
Collaborate with Revenue teams to provide insight and review Revenue actuals and forecasts for BU products.
Financial owner for pricing & packaging modeling highlighting bookings growth and competitive analysis in collaboration with product marketing team.
Product pricing analysis, deal discounting approval support
Strong communicator, collaborating on business performance evaluations with business leaders to build effective strategies and operating plans, with focus on execution. Strength in succinctly explaining transactions and business impact VMware Senior Executives
Business Unit pro forma statements
Short & long-term planning processes
Collaborate with the Products FP&A team and other parts of VMware Finance to enhance the function’s contribution to the company. Share best practices, identify gaps, drive change and help determine priorities.
Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree in Finance/Economics and MBA (or equivalent experience) required.
5+ years of experience in Finance/Accounting
2+ years of recent experience working for Software companies (experience with SaaS solutions highly desired)
Demonstrated results providing finance business partnering to Sales or Product Management executives
Strong ability to build analytical models that can be driven into standard planning tools
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Experience with Microsoft Excel, SAP reports
Integrity
Desired Skills
Knowledge / experience with software bookings and revenue accounting
Strong and independent thinker and influencer
Track record of showing finance leadership in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
Strong organizational, problem solving and analytical skills
Strong initiative and collaborative work-style
Strength in succinctly explaining complex transactions and business impact
Ability to drive process-based improvement across functions and within Finance
Category : Finance
Subcategory: Finance
Experience: Manager and Professional
Full Time/ Part Time: Full Time
Posted Date: 2022-01-06
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