Job Description

Company Description
Our Mission At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission: Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life. We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. These aren’t easy goals to accomplish – but we’re not here for easy. We’re here for better. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are. Disruption is at the core of our technology and on our way of work to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. We’re changing the nature of work from benefits to learning, location to leadership, we’ve rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks. And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, together.


Your Career Become a member of the Revenue Accounting team at Palo Alto Networks! We are seeking a highly motivated Revenue Supervisor who is excited to join a high growth Company. The ideal candidate must possess strong critical thinking and communication skills. This person will perform revenue close accounting activities while working with key stakeholders, lead projects, develop new processes and improve on the month-end close process. The position requires a hands-on person who is flexible, solutions-oriented and works well under pressure. Your Impact

• Own monthly revenue close procedures, including review of revenue and deferred revenue related journal entries, reconciliations, uploading transactions to SAP, and close presentations
• Perform revenue and deferred revenue analytics and trends to provide visibility into relationships and drive revenue optimization initiatives
• Partner with cross-functional business partners and third parties to implement best practices, automation, and continuous process improvements
• Support revenue related system implementations and perform user acceptance testing
• Manage projects, action items, and creation of procedural documentation and training materials
• Ensure compliance with SOX 404 key controls
• Assist with external audit requests and special projects and ad hoc requests as needed

Qualifications
Your Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance, CA/CPA preferred
• 5+ years of progressive relevant experience required and 2+ years of public accounting experience with relevant revenue experience (ASC 606)
• Review experience while handling the close processes, account reconciliations and journal entries
• Critical thinker with a risk-based approach mindset and strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to build relationships across multiple functions and implement new processes
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and execute with accuracy and efficiency
• Intermediate to advanced Excel skills required
• Proficiency in Google Suite a plus
• Experience with financial systems, SAP ERP ECC & RAR, BI, Blackline, Tableau, and SFDC a plus
• Experience with high technology clients in the Hardware, Software and/or SaaS space a plus

Additional Information
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. Palo Alto Networks is evolving and changing the nature of work to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. From benefits to learning, location to leadership, we’ve rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks. And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, 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 I'm interested
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