Title:  Financial Analyst

Job Summary

NetApp is looking for a tenacious Senior Manager to join our BU Finance team. This is a stellar opportunity to get involved in a highly visible area.  The primary role of the Senior Finance Manager, Product Portfolio is to be the Liaison between Product Business Unit, Supply Chain, and GTM Finance and business teams to drive product margin goals.  It is a cross functional role, where you will partner with multiple functions including GTM, Product Business Units, Supply Chain, Legal and their related Finance partners to deliver actionable insights to influence financial results.

Responsibilities:

• Align business and financial assumptions for analytics and decision support
• Contribute to Sales & Operations Plan (S&OP) process, understanding key drivers
• Drive long-term business goals, including cost management and demand steering
• Establish financial framework and ROI assessment for investments and cost avoidance
• Support annual and long-term financial planning, ensuring alignment with strategic roadmap
• Improve cash forecast by ensuring consistent assumptions
• Lead finance activities for strategic priorities like commodity buys and vendor strategies
• Collaborate across teams to drive cost efficiencies
• Partner with stakeholders to make data-driven decisions and influence outcomes
• Maintain budgets and cost control
• Develop relationships with business partners and drive operational initiatives
• Drive accurate forecasting, reporting, and variance analysis
• Propose operational improvements for financial visibility and control
• Track and optimize spend and assist with financial reporting
• Support business review processes
• Utilize financial models for automation and scalability

Qualifications:

• Understand product cost structure and be a thought leader in establishing improved cost targets each year 
• Relevant experience in GTM, Product Life Cycle, Supply Chain/Costing 
• Ability to build complex financial models to do scenario-based planning 
• Relevant FP&A Strategic Finance experience 
• Passionate, accountable, self-motivated and ability to work independently, with general direction and guidance
• Strong organizational, communication, and influencing skills
• High proficiency with analytics and presentation skills 
• Experience in the application of accounting principles to periodic financial reporting, planning and forecasting
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Willingness to learn adapt to the rapid business and organizational changes

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance (MBA or CPA preferred)

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