Senior Financial Analyst
Our Mission
At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place.
Who We Are
In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!
We believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it’s needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.Job Summary
Palo Alto Networks is looking for a highly skilled professional to join its Israeli site Finance team as a Senior Financial Analyst reporting to the Head of Finance Israel. This role will be instrumental in business partnering, driving expense and headcount management, forecasting, financial modeling, monthly and quarterly close, and strategic planning. You’ll collaborate closely with business leaders to deliver data-driven insights and enable operational excellence across our rapidly growing services organization.
Success in this role requires strong analytical and communication skills, financial acumen, and a passion for optimizing spend while supporting business growth.
Key Responsibilities
Work in a fast-paced team environment to drive top-line growth and deliver bottom-line profitability with a focus on maximizing shareholder value
Improve business performance by providing insightful reports, dashboards, analyses, and models. Drive accountability for business results utilizing operational and financial metrics
Actively manage and provide in-depth analysis of expenses and headcount, identifying trends, variances, and opportunities for optimization to support strategic decision-making.
Ongoing focus on efficiency gains with models to optimize global resource allocation to meet customer and growth requirements
HC analysis and reports for entire Israel sites by function and be the go to person for all of HC actuals and forecasts in Israel.
Continuously explore enhancements and automation across our portfolio of reports, analytics and dashboards to ensure accuracy and increase efficiency
Drive key projects and engage in AI related initiatives to improve business and financial results. Analyze and report the drivers and outcomes.
Work closely with the Sr. Finance manager to support several functional executives to scale with company growth and ensure achievement of business and financial objectives
Partner with cross-functional teams (Tech Services leadership, Corporate Finance, Accounting, IT, and Operations) to ensure alignment on goals and accurate financial tracking
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
5+ years of experience in FP&A and finance business partnering preferably within high-tech working with large datasets, consolidating, analyzing and creating data-driven models
Deep understanding of financial fundamentals including Profit and Loss (P&L) management, headcount planning, ROI analysis and accounting principles
Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify data requirements and interpret complex financial data and metrics
Strong business acumen and ability to communicate financial concepts clearly to non-financial stakeholders
Passion for solving complex business problems using a variety of analytics tools
Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally in a highly-matrixed international organizational structure
Experience with financial systems (e.g. SAP, SAC), BI tools (e.g. Tableau, Power BI), and G-suite applications.
Preferred Qualfications
Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience. MBA preferred.
Experience providing Finance support to a Customer Services delivery organization (e.g. Technical Support, Professional Services, Customer Success or Customer Services Operations team) is a plus.
Our Commitment
We’re trailblazers that dream big, 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 accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.
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.
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