What are the responsibilities and job description for the Finance Manager position at Forcepoint?
Forcepoint is the global cybersecurity leader for user and data protection. Forcepoint’s behavior-based solutions adapt to risk in real-time and are delivered through a converged security platform that protects network users and cloud access, prevents confidential data from leaving the corporate network, and eliminates breaches caused by insiders. Based in Austin, Texas, Forcepoint creates safe, trusted environments for thousands of enterprise and government customers and their employees in more than 150 countries.
J ob Description
Forcepoint is seeking a Finance Business partner for the Chief Customer Officer, to join our Global Finance Team. Reporting to Sr. Director, the Manager will be responsible for all expenses that impact the Gross Margin - supporting the Customer Success/Technical support, Professional services, Renewals & Hosting organizations. – this includes, maintaining an internal forecasting and budgeting cadence, margin analysis, critical financial spend controls, as well as preparing key business metrics for stakeholder briefings, QBR and Board reporting.
The candidate will work closely with other Finance functions to align overlapping business elements such as revenue forecasting and cash flow. In addition to working within Finance, this position will partner closely with accounting to ensure alignment throughout the accounting cycle.
This role will be highly visible across the business, assisting the VP of FP&A as well as the CFO in coordinating and assembling key deliverables from across the Finance department. As a result, successful candidates will be able summarize and distill highly complex information for communication to executive leadership.
This position requires a motivated candidate looking for a challenging role that requires initiative and an ability to balance competing priorities.
Essential Functions
- Manage COGS and OPEX spend management & forecasting for the business, leading a group of analyst/business partners in support of functional business units
- Build dashboards to report and track financial metrics
- Develop and present full year & long term spend strategy, clearly and effectively present in person or written format
- Prepare analysis and interpret complex financial information and reports to provide accurate and timely financial recommendations to management for decision making purposes.
- Financial model development, maintenance and modification for changes.
- Develop, maintain and improve budgeting and financial modeling tools.
- Work on special projects to support the functional teams with their financial analysis, including financial analysis and key assumption development for business case/key initiatives.
- Functional stakeholder partnership; demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively, influence decisions and direction using sound business strategy
- Spend controls & administration
Education, Experience, and Skills
- BA/BS degree in Finance, Economics, or applicable field
- 5 years of Finance, Accounting, or applicable experience
- Advanced analytical skills
- Excellent communication skills, ability to set direction, give verbal and written feedback
- Ability to communicate effectively to all levels of management, small and large groups
- Exceptional Excel ability, BI experience a plus
- Financial modeling experience
- Experience implementing business process improvements
US Covid-19 Vaccination Policy
In compliance with Executive Order 14042, all Forcepoint US jobs require employees to be fully vaccinated and provide proof of vaccination as a condition of employment. If you are unable to receive the COVID-19 vaccine due to a medical condition or sincerely held religious belief, Forcepoint offers reasonable accommodations unless the accommodation causes Forcepoint or its customers undue hardship or poses a direct threat to the health and safety of others.
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*Other duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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