Senior Corporate FP&A Planning Lead

Senior Corporate FP&A Planning Lead

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Job Summary:

The Senior Corporate FP&A Planning Lead heads the enterprise-wide profit and loss statement forecast process as part of NetApp’s short-term and long-term planning. In that capacity, this position is responsible for working with business unit and functional organizations to derive financial outlooks, to communicate risks and opportunities, and to make operational recommendations to executive leadership. This role is also responsible for scenario modeling to support the development of the company’s external financial guidance, the company’s long-term strategic plans, and ad hoc analyses related to critical business initiatives. This role offers an exciting view of the entire enterprise, exposure to all facets of NetApp’s growth strategy, and engagement with multiple business unit and functional organizations. As such, it requires a mix of executive-level engagement, data analysis, process optimization, and business partnering.

This role is part of a high-performance, results-oriented team that is centered on providing world-class decision support to drive profitable growth and exceptional shareholder value. Job responsibilities range from the strategic to the operational, including execution of short-term and long-term planning cycles, development of new and enhanced analytics, support of post-mortem processes to drive process improvements, and the standardization of information to enhance executive messaging. You will need to collaborate effectively with multiple teams to analyze forecast variances, to understand and mitigate variance drivers, and to identify opportunities to improve operational outlooks. You should be able to apply a breadth of tools, data sources, and analytical techniques to answer a wide range of high-impact business questions and be able to present the insights concisely and effectively. Additionally, you should be capable of independently driving issues to resolution, excel at extracting insights from data, and converting ideas to action. This is a high-impact role that directly affects executive-level decision-making, execution of the company’s strategy, and achievement of the company’s financial objectives.

Responsibilities:

•    Execution of short-term and long-term planning cycles, including cross-business and cross-functional communication of deadlines and deliverables and system data loading and consolidation responsibilities
•    Creation of executive-level presentations that summarize profit and loss statement forecasts—including year-over-year compares, key dependencies, and risks and opportunities—for the CFO, the CEO, the board of directors, and external security analyst meetings
•    Provision of company, business segment, product family, and market financial and non-financial metrics in support of earnings calls hosted by the CEO, CFO, and Investor Relations
•    Creation and maintenance of financial models to support external guidance, multi-year P&L scenario modeling, and ad-hoc analyses in support of executive decision-making
•    Drive financial model, system, and process improvement initiatives that impact profit and loss planning globally

Job Requirements:

•   8+ years of experience as a Financial Analyst or Finance Lead 
•    Previous business finance and / or financial planning and analysis experience
•    Previous experience building financial forecast models (e.g. pricing models, revenue forecast models, new product investment models, and / or headcount planning models, etc.)
•    Foundational knowledge of accounting principles and financial statements
•    Strong presentation skills, especially related to the creation and communication of executive-level content in PowerPoint 
•    Excellent business acumen—with an understanding of operational drivers of revenue, gross margin dollars, and operating expenses
•    Detail-orientation with the ability to self-correct and to identify opportunities for process improvements and enhanced analytics with minimal oversight
•    Experience with Cloud Hyperion Planning and / or the utilization of other business intelligence / data warehouse / planning applications

Education::

• Bachelor's degree with a focus on business or economics; advanced degree or accounting certification (e.g. CPA or MBA) preferred

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