Sr. Financial Analyst, FP&A Marketing

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Company Overview

At Proofpoint, we have a passion for protecting people, data, and brands from today's advanced threats and compliance risks. We hire the best people in the business to:

• Build and enhance our proven security platform
• Blend innovation and speed in a constantly evolving cloud architecture
• Analyze new threats and offer deep insight through data-driven intel
• Collaborate with customers to help solve their toughest security challenges

We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect what matters most. That's why we're a leader in next-generation cybersecurity—and why more than half of the Fortune 100 trust us as a security partner.

The Role

We are seeking a highly motivated, results-oriented individual to join our growing FP&A team The perfect fit will marry strong analytical skills with a broad, strategic view of business performance metrics to drive advanced decision making. The role itself will partner closely with our world-class Marketing organization – working collaboratively to leverage advanced strategic modeling and performance analysis to help drive meaningful insights around expense planning, marketing investment ROI, pipeline planning and generation, and more.

This exciting, hands-on opportunity reports to the Sr Finance Manager, FP&A, and will have frequent interactions with Senior Management of the company - supporting and acting quickly based on the business needs and feedback. Additionally, this role will play a key part in preparing our annual/monthly forecasts and budgets based on trends and inputs from the Marketing organization - validating month-end results to ensure financial information has been recorded accurately. The leading candidate will also look to identify and implement streamlined business processes – reducing cycle times, allowing for more in-depth analysis of performance and financial trends, and has a solutions based approach.

Your day-to-day

• Proactively develop and maintain deep, meaningful business partner relationships within Marketing and broadly across the organization, fostering trust and collaboration to continually win each day
• Partner with the Marketing and Business Analytics teams to develop and implement marketing KPIs to assess the ROI of various marketing campaigns and drive the conversation of pipeline creation
• Maintain constant interactions with Marketing team to stay abreast of current company strategy and executing accordingly
• Partner with cross-functional teams to manage headcount, marketing programs, and discretionary spend
• Analyze operating and financial results, including analysis of monthly trends and drivers, using insights to update the forecast, or highlight areas of potential concern with appropriate recommendations
• Partner with the Marketing HR business partners and recruiters for headcount planning, understanding the needs of the business and the timing of hires and team transfers
• Demonstrate intellectual curiosity and manage interdependencies on other company processes to recommend scalable long-term processes, architecture and systems
• Work alongside Marketing to prepare monthly and quarterly management reporting as needed – executive presentations, Investor reporting, QBRs, and other ad hoc requests

What you bring to the team

• 2 to 3+ years of Finance / FP&A experience – preferably supporting GTM teams such as Marketing and Sales
• BA/BS degree in appropriate discipline, ie. Finance, Accounting, Economics, Statistics, or other applicable business-related field; or commensurate real-world experience in any of these areas
• Highly inquisitive, analytics thinker with attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills a must
• Experience working in a high-growth, tech environment (SAAS preferable)
• Experience working cross-functionally to develop accurate and efficient operational processes
• History of executing & managing multiple simultaneous projects from multiple stakeholders with competing priorities
• Working knowledge of GAAP (including accruals, account reconciliations, and capitalization versus expense)
• Strong proficiency with Excel (pivot tables, Vlookups, Index/Match, etc.) and the ability to quickly manipulate and analyze large data sets and build reports
• Experience in Salesforce, Adaptive Planning, and Microsoft PowerBI a plus

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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 pay and/or equity. We offer a competitive benefits package that includes flexible time off, a robust well-being program that provides for 4 global wellbeing days per year, and a 3-week work from anywhere option.

Base Pay Ranges:

SF Bay Area, New York City Metro Area:

Base Pay Range: 116, ,370.00 USD

California (excludes SF Bay Area), Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Washington DC Metro, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas, Washington, Virginia, and Alaska:

Base Pay Range: 96, ,240.00 USD

All other cities and states excluding those listed above:

Base Pay Range: 87, ,060.00 USD

Proofpoint was honored with 9 Best Places to Work Awards in 2023 by workplace culture leader, Comparably. To view additional awards, visit

Proofpoint thrives on the invaluable contributions of our diverse workforce, which encompasses a kaleidoscope of lived experiences, thoughts, perspectives, and professional expertise. We attribute much of our success to our people, who are at the core of our organization and embody our people-centric ethos.

We hire the most innovative minds globally to safeguard our customers' sensitive data and intellectual property. Our talented workforce develops and leverages our advanced technology, combining their expertise to provide comprehensive protection against threat actors and mitigate the risks posed by both malicious and negligent employees.

Cyberattacks have the potential to disrupt access to vital resources such as energy, water, transportation, healthcare, and financial services. At Proofpoint, our dedicated team works tirelessly to ensure world-class cyber resilience, protecting approximately 8,000 enterprise customers worldwide.

We are committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment. We work every day to ensure that our employees feel that they are in a community that celebrates their unique identity, cultivates their sense of belonging, and invests in their professional growth. We have 9 employee-led employee inclusion groups which help support both employees and our organization by providing opportunities to network, discuss career and cultural development and uplift the corporate culture to create a more inclusive workplace.

At Proofpoint, we have a passion for protecting people, data, and brands from today's advanced threats and compliance risks. We hire the best people in the business to:

• Build and enhance our proven security platform
• Blend innovation and speed in a constantly evolving cloud architecture
• Analyze new threats and offer deep insight through data-driven intel
• Collaborate with customers to help solve their toughest security challenges

We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect what matters most. That's why we're a leader in next-generation cybersecurity—and why more than half of the Fortune 100 trust us as a security partner.

Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.

Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.