Finance Manager - Partner Sales

About Us

Join us as we pursue our disruptive new vision to make machine data accessible, usable and valuable to everyone. We are a company filled with people who are passionate about our product and seek to deliver the best experience for our customers. At Splunk, were committed to our work, customers, having fun and most importantly to each others success. Learn more about Splunk careers and how you can become a part of our journey!

Role

We are seeking a high caliber, hardworking and self-motivated Finance Manager with experience in the software industry, preferably at a SaaS-based company. In this role, you will partner closely with the Partner Sale leadership team to meet their strategic financial objectives. The position reports to the Sr. Director of Partner and Customer Success Finance.

This position requires focus on both existing and developing financial metrics consistent with Splunks overall business model transition. It is an outstanding and exciting opportunity for an exceptional leader to collaborate with the Partner Sales leadership team and influence strategic decisions via sound data-driven strategic analysis.

Responsibilities: I want to and can do that!

• Develop collaborative partnerships with key partners (Partner Sales VP, Sales Finance Director, Finance Business Partners) to deliver analytical support and enable insights into business performance

• You will roll up your sleeves and help drive annual operating plans, quarterly and monthly financial reporting and ongoing analysis for actuals versus plan and/or forecast.

• Build smart, sustainable, robust financial models for forecasting, planning, and ad hoc analyses

• Drive complex partner discounting and profitability analysis to drive investment and trade off decision making.

• Lead quarter-end executive reporting and presentations, support monthly and quarterly operations review, and quarterly business reviews

• Be responsible for the monthly and quarterly financial close process for contra revenue to ensure accurate reporting within the period.

• Provide strategic and tactical support on annual budgeting and planning process

• Communicate effectively to key customers around process updates, key deliverables, and timelines

• Streamline procedures and drive process change with business applications to improve effectiveness

• Work cross-functionally to drive efficient processes and demonstrate standard methodologies

• Collaborate closely with Sales Finance HQ, Revenue Accounting, Corporate FP&A and other cross functional teams as required

Requirements: Ive already done that or have that!

• Bachelors in Accounting or Finance; CPA, CFA or MBA preferred

• Minimum 5+ years of related experience

• Superior knowledge of excel with advanced knowledge of pivot tables, lookups, and logical functions a must and must be proficient in PowerPoint

• Highly energetic and self-motivated; ability to think creatively and quickly with minimal direction and information

• Strong business and analytical skills; ability to multi-task, stay organized and prioritize deadlines in a continually evolving environment

• Strong relationship building and communication skills, experience and desire to work cross-functionally and be a contributing team member

• Strong skills for and experience with financial software (e.g., SAP, Anaplan, Qlikview, SFDC)

• Consistent track record of managing large datasets with the ability to take on complex issues using financial models and quantitative analysis

Preferred Qualifications: Got it!

• Prior experience in a software/SaaS company

• Experience with Partner and Channel sales models

• Financial planning & analysis experience

• Exposure to contra revenue and channel incentives

We value diversity at our company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying. For job positions in San Francisco, CA, and other locations where required, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

(Colorado only) Minimum base salary of $90,000.00. You may also be eligible for incentive pay + equity + benefits.Note: Disclosure per sb19-085 (8-5-201 et seq).

About Splunk

Splunk was founded to pursue a disruptive new vision: make machine data accessible, usable and valuable to everyone. Machine data is one of the fastest growing and most complex areas of big datagenerated by every component of IT infrastructures, applications, mobile phone location data, website clickstreams, social data, sensors, RFID and much more.

Splunk is focused specifically on the challenges and opportunity of taking massive amounts of machine data, and providing powerful insights from that data. IT insights. Security insights. Business insights. Its what we call Operational Intelligence.

Since shipping its software in 2006, Splunk now has over 13,000 customers in more than 110 countries around the world. These organizations are using Splunk to harness the power of their machine data to deepen business and customer understanding, mitigate cybersecurity risk, prevent fraud, improve service performance and reduce costs. Innovation is in our DNA from technology to the way we do business. Splunk is the platform for Operational Intelligence!

Splunk has more than 2,700 global employees, with headquarters in San Francisco, an office in San Jose, CA and regional headquarters in London and Hong Kong.

Weve built a phenomenal foundation for success with a proven leadership team, highly passionate employees and unique patented software. We invite you to help us continue our drive to define a new industry and become part of an innovative, and disruptive software company.

Benefits & Perks: Wow! This is really cool!

SF Only

Medical, full company paid Dental, Vision and Life Insurance, Flexible Spending and Dependent Care Accounts, Commuter Accounts, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), 401(k), 3 weeks of PTO, sick leave, stocked micro kitchens in Splunk offices, catered lunches on Mondays, catered breakfast on Fridays, basketball hoops, ping pong, arcade games, BBQs, soccer, Fun Fridays.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Non SF

Medical, full company paid Dental, Vision and Life Insurance, Flexible Spending and Dependent Care Accounts, Commuter Accounts, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), 401(k), 3 weeks of PTO and sick leave. Our work environments vary by location however we believe in hosting amenities and fun activities to fuel our energy. You may find fully stocked micro kitchens, catered lunches on Mondays and breakfast on Fridays, basketball hoops, ping pong, arcade games, BBQs, soccer and Fun Fridays.

This isnt a job its a life changer are you ready?

Individuals seeking employment at Splunk are considered without regards to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, physical or mental disability or medical condition (except where physical fitness is a valid occupational qualification), genetic information, veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws. Click here to review the US Department of Labors EEO is The Law notice. Please click here to review Splunks Affirmative Action Policy Statement.

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