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Proofpoint Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A – Reporting & Consolidations in Sunnyvale, California
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Corporate Overview
Proofpoint is a leading cybersecurity company protecting organizations’ greatest assets and biggest risks: vulnerabilities in people. With an integrated suite of cloud-based solutions, Proofpoint helps companies around the world stop targeted threats, safeguard their data, and make their users more resilient against cyber-attacks. Leading organizations of all sizes, including more than half of the Fortune 1000, rely on Proofpoint for people-centric security and compliance solutions mitigating their most critical risks across email, the cloud, social media, and the web.
We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect their greatest assets and biggest security risk: their people. That’s why we’re a leader in next-generation cybersecurity. Protection Starts with People. Proofpoint.
About the Role
We are looking for a highly motivated Senior Financial Analyst (FP&A) to join our Finance team and support the reporting and consolidations function for our leading Cyber Security SaaS business. This role is pivotal in driving financial insights, supporting strategic decision-making, and ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting across multiple business units. As a key player within the FP&A team, you will be responsible for assisting with financial consolidations, management reporting, variance analysis, forecasting, and key performance metric tracking. You will work closely with stakeholders across Finance, Accounting, and Executive Leadership to enhance visibility into business performance and improve financial processes.
Key Responsibilities Financial Reporting & Consolidation:
Assist with the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting and consolidation process, ensuring accuracy and completeness across all entities and business units.
Maintain management reporting dashboards, KPIs, and variance analysis to provide insights into company performance.
Assist in preparing Board and Executive reports, including P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow consolidations.
Partner with Accounting to bridge GAAP financials to management reporting views, ensuring alignment between financial and operational metrics. Forecasting & Budgeting
Support the annual budgeting and rolling forecast process, ensuring accurate data consolidation and scenario analysis.
Assist in long-term financial planning by modeling revenue growth, expense trends, and cash flow forecasting. Financial Analysis & Process Improvement
Perform variance analysis (actual vs. forecast vs. budget), identifying key trends, risks, and opportunities for business performance improvement.
Develop and automate financial models to support business decision-making and drive efficiency.
Improve reporting systems, tools, and processes, leveraging BI tools and financial planning software.
Support ad hoc financial analysis, including M&A support and scenario modeling.
Qualifications & Skills:
4+ years of experience in FP&A, financial reporting, or corporate finance, preferably in a SaaS or technology company.
Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field (MBA or CPA preferred).
Strong knowledge of financial consolidation, reporting, and forecasting methodologies.
Experience with SaaS financial metrics (ARR, Churn, LTV, CAC, Gross Margins, etc.).
Advanced proficiency in Excel and financial modeling; experience with BI tools (Tableau, Power BI, Looker) and FP&A software (such as Adaptive Insights).
Experience with ERP systems (D365, NetSuite, SAP, or similar) is preferred.
Strong business acumen, problem-solving skills, and ability to present complex financial data in a clear and concise manner.
Ability to work cross-functionally and influence stakeholders across Finance, Accounting, and Operations.
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’re a customer-focused and a driven-to-win organization with leading-edge products. We are an inclusive, diverse, multinational company that believes in culture fit, but more importantly ‘culture-add’, and we strongly encourage people from all walks of life to apply.
We believe in hiring the best and the brightest to help cultivate our culture of collaboration and appreciation. Apply today and explore your future at Proofpoint! #LifeAtProofpoint
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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 compensation and/or equity. We offer a competitive benefits package, including flexible time off, a comprehensive well-being program with two paid Wellbeing Days and two paid Volunteer Days per year, plus a three-week Work from Anywhere option.
Base Pay Ranges:
SF Bay Area, New York City Metro Area:
Base Pay Range: 119,630.00 - 187,990.00 USD
California (excludes SF Bay Area), Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Washington DC Metro, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas, Washington, Virginia, and Alaska:
Base Pay Range: 99,330.00 - 156,090.00 USD
All other cities and states excluding those listed above:
Base Pay Range: 89,390.00 - 140,470.00 USD
Proofpoint has been honored with six Best Places to Work Awards in 2024 by workplace culture leader Comparably, including Best Company Career Growth, Best Company Outlook, Best Global Culture, Best Engineering Teams, Best Sales Teams, and Best HR Teams.
To view additional awards, please visit www.proofpoint.com/us/news#awards
Proofpoint thrives on the invaluable contributions of our diverse workforce, which encompasses a kaleidoscope of lived experiences, thoughts, perspectives, and professional expertise. We attribute much of our success to our people, who are at the core of our organization and embody our people-centric ethos.
We hire the most innovative minds globally to safeguard our customers’ sensitive data and intellectual property. Our talented workforce develops and leverages our advanced technology, combining their expertise to provide comprehensive protection against threat actors and mitigate the risks posed by both malicious and negligent employees.
Cyberattacks have the potential to disrupt access to vital resources such as energy, water, transportation, healthcare, and financial services. At Proofpoint, our dedicated team works tirelessly to ensure world-class cyber resilience, protecting approximately 8,000 enterprise customers worldwide.
We are committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment. We work every day to ensure that our employees feel that they are in a community that celebrates their unique identity, cultivates their sense of belonging, and invests in their professional growth. We have 9 employee-led employee inclusion groups which help support both employees and our organization by providing opportunities to network, discuss career and cultural development and uplift the corporate culture to create a more inclusive workplace.
At Proofpoint, we have a passion for protecting people, data, and brands from today’s advanced threats and compliance risks. We hire the best people in the business to:
Build and enhance our proven security platform
Blend innovation and speed in a constantly evolving cloud architecture
Analyze new threats and offer deep insight through data-driven intel
Collaborate with customers to help solve their toughest security challenges
We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect what matters most. That’s why we’re a leader in next-generation cybersecurity—and why more than half of the Fortune 100 trust us as a security partner.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.