Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A – Reporting & Consolidations

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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