Sr. Revenue Analyst

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.

Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. 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.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

Job Description

Your Career

As a Senior Revenue Analyst, supporting our Professional Services organization, you’ll bring strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills to a fast-paced, high-impact team. You’re a self-starter with a passion for numbers, a sharp attention to detail, and the drive to find solutions and improve processes.You value integrity, accountability, and collaboration—and you’re ready to make a global impact.

You will deal with numbers daily, supporting infrastructure, dealing in automation, building elegant models and solutions to empower our business lines and solutions. Our innovation doesn’t stay in Research and Development. Within finance, you will be trying new things, while solving business critical equations. If you’re seeking a financial challenge but with a world-wide impact – this is it.

Your Impact

• Responsible for Professional Service end-to-end revenue processes
• Own monthly revenue close procedures, including preparation of revenue and deferred revenue related journal entries, and reconciliations
• Partner with Unit42 Operation team to maintain accurate data in Clarizen
• Drive new initiatives and implementation system for Professional Service transactions
• Drive improvement, efficiency, and effectiveness into the Revenue Close and Professional Service
• 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
• Ensure compliance with SOX 404 key controls
• Assist with external audit requests and special projects and ad hoc requests as needed
• Proactively identify and implement GenAI-driven solutions to achieve measurable improvements in the accuracy of financial forecasts or optimize data analysis within this role, is a nice-to-have.

Qualifications

Your Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, CPA a plus or equivalent military experience required
• 5+ years of progressive experience in revenue accounting and operation in the technology industry supporting Professional Service org
• Experience with financial systems, SAP S4/HANA RAR, Blackline, Tableau, Clarizen and SFDC a plus
• Experience in Professional Service revenue recognition
• Intermediate to advanced Excel skills required
• Familiarity with close processes, account reconciliations, and journal entry preparation
• Team player and effective communicator with all levels of management and cross functional organizations
• Solid organizational skills with the ability to manage priorities and execute in a fast-paced environment with attention to details
• Motivated self-starter who takes initiative
• Proficiency in Google Suite a plus
• Demonstrated readiness and aptitude to potentially take on leveraging GenAI tools and methodologies to enhance efficiency or quality within the financial reporting workflows, is a nice-to-have.
• Must be local in SF bay area to be onsite

Additional Information

The Team

You have a passion for numbers, our organization has a passion for cybersecurity. You’re looking for a

career with a more fulfilling mission. We have open positions to top talent seeking a financial challenge.

Our accounting department deals with numbers daily, supporting infrastructure, dealing in automation,

building solutions and providing accurate, insightful financial information to empower our business lines.

The ideal candidate has exceptional skills in accounting and analytics and an innovative mindset to

approach finance problems differently. Our innovation doesn’t stay in Research and Development. Within

finance and accounting, we seek people who are looking to try new things, while solving business critical

equations. If you’re seeking a financial challenge but with a world-wide impact – this, is it.

Our Commitment

We’re problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, 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.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.