Fp&a Manager

The Senior Manager, FP&A will be the primary finance partner responsible for managing efforts to support the Fraud & Security Solutions (FSS) business unit, working closely with senior cross-functional business leaders to provide insightful global financial business reporting and analysis to help drive strategic decisions.  Areas of focus include financial reporting and analysis of global results, driving decisions that align with key business initiatives, management of scheduled periodic forecasts and annual budgets, preparation and presentation of monthly financial results to relevant budget owners.   

Principal Duties and Essential Responsibilities: 

• Prepare and submit weekly bookings forecasts supported by active deals throughout the quarter. Present output to FSS senior leadership prior to submission to Verint global leadership team. 

• Prepare annual budget and monthly forecasts for the global FP&A organization. Work directly with FSS budget owners to gain an understanding of business requirements and identify specific recommendations for changes/improvements based on trends and current business initiatives. 

• Analyze actual monthly financial results compared to existing budgets and forecasts and work with global accounting teams to record correcting entries where appropriate. Identify impacts of actual results on future periods and update the forecast appropriately. Present findings directly to FSS budget owners 

• Work closely with the BU leadership teams to understand the product roadmap and ensure appropriate financial processes are in place to implement BU strategy aligned to that roadmap 

• Work closely with the FSS supply chain organization to identify impacts on existing forecasts and future budgets 

• Review inventory on hand and identify required reserves for obsolete and/or slow-moving products. 

• Manage headcount forecast and hiring plan via frequent and consistent communication with HR and business leaders 

• Prepare annual bookings and quota analysis to support commissions plans for all quota-carrying FSS employees.  

• Calculate monthly commissions payments for FSS employees and submit to payroll. 

• Complete various ad hoc analyses as required  

Requirements

• 8+ year of experience in Finance or Accounting, with 4+ years of FP&A experience working directly with key decisions makers within the business 

• Strong understanding of P&L reporting and experience researching/investigating key variances in financial results vs expectations