Job Description

Hungry, Humble, Honest, with a Heart. The Opportunity: The Sales Finance team within Nutanix is a small high energy team mapped to the sales org, and providing finance partnership to business leaders across all functions in conjunction with FP&A. This is an excellent opportunity to be a part of a high impact team in a rapidly growing organization. The team provides analysis to support strategic decisions, conduct financial reviews of a wide range of business issues and handle financial processes such as planning, forecasting, reporting and performance tracking. We are seeking a highly motivated professional with impeccable analytical skills to join us as a Finance Analyst. You will analyze and report financial and operational results, monitor performance, and assist with providing key inputs for the strategic planning process for APJ (Asia Pacific & Japan). You will be expected to partner with senior business leaders, and to be able to articulate data-driven insights for consumption and decision-making by the business. Your Role:

• To support the APJ Finance leader as directed to partner with Regional, Functional and Vertical Leads across the Theater.
• To contribute to the APJ strategy and business planning through:
  • Analysis of market dynamics, business trends
  • Co-ordination of inputs from cross-functional groups
  • Leveraging reporting and insights provided by HQ and adjacent functions
• Working with HQ FP&A to provide in-Theater ad hoc support for Channel, Marketing, Services and Customer Success.
• To represent APJ where applicable in Finance projects and programs to ensure the theater\xe2\x80\x99s nuances and specific considerations are addressed.
• Provide detailed financial reporting for the theater (and regions within) to leadership on aspects such as opex, margin, T&E
• Localised granular reporting tailored to APJ needs to supplement centralised views
• Ad-hoc reporting from Netsuite, Tableau, and Salesforce as required
• Assist with building a Headcount and Annual Operating Plan which is robust and consistent with HQ productivity and profitability expectations
• Forecast quarterly discretionary opex for APJ and complete monthly accrual activity for submission to HQ
• Prepare variance analyses to identify and explain significant variances to budget
• Prepare departmental reports with budget to actual comparison for distribution to department leads
• Perform financial analysis, as directed by management, and recommend appropriate courses of action utilizing appropriate financial tools (e.g. NPV, ROI, etc.)
• Assist in preparation of analytics and presentations for APJ and HQ leadership

• Degree educated, with at least 2-3 years of post-qualification related experience in either FP&A, management consulting or other analytical roles
• Fluency in English
• Advanced knowledge of MS Excel, including pivot tables, lookups, and logical functions
• Ability to think creatively and quickly with minimal direction
• Ability to stay organized and prioritize deadlines in a dynamic environment
• Strong relationship building and communication skills
• Experience working in a matrix organization and/or dealing with multiple cross-functional partners
• Experience with ERP/Planning Systems (Adaptive Planning/Netsuite) is a plus
• Experience with Salesforce/Tableau is a plus
• Experience working in a fast-growing IT systems/networking organization is a plus