Lead Financial Analyst - Sales

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OpenText is a global leader in information management, where innovation, creativity, and collaboration are the key components of our corporate culture. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to partner with the most highly regarded companies in the world, tackle complex issues, and contribute to projects that shape the future of digital transformation.

The Opportunity

Together Carbonite and Webroot form the SMB and Consumer Division of OpenText. The mission of our joint offering is to make cyber resilience simple, reliable, and accessible in the connected world.We foster a thriving, dynamic environment rich with inventive minds and entrepreneurial spirit, and our employees are empowered and encouraged to build their careers at OpenText.

As a key member of the FP&A organization, the person in this role will partner with our go-to-market leaders to ensure efficient/effective operations spending. The ideal candidate has experience in go-to-market financial management and business partnering to assist business leaders in making informed operational decisions. This role will also support constituents within the go-to-market area to develop Budgets, Forecasts, Reporting, Analyses, Metrics, Financial Models, and Processes to drive financial transparency.

The Senior Financial Analyst will draw heavily on her or his financial modeling and system skills to provide financial insights to help drive financial decision-making that yields maximum, long-term value for the business. The ideal candidate is a well-rounded performer who thrives in a fast-paced and demanding environment, embraces a collaborative work style, and possesses a clear customer and operations focus, with a passion for business support. If you are a change agent, thought leader, and builder, this is a great role for you!

You Are Great At:

• Core financial budgeting, forecasting, and reporting for expenses and capital expenditures of the business. This includes variance analysis and commentary.
• Recommending actions by analyzing and interpreting financial and operational data. This may include scenario analysis, aggregation of necessary data, development of supporting models, coordination with Business Leaders to determine assumptions, and completion of key metrics, reporting, and benchmarks.
• Partnering with the business for workforce planning.
• Maintaining and driving department structure information, including cost center and line of business structure, etc.
• Close process duties, including expense review, trend analysis, variance analysis
• Gather information and data from various systems, reporting tools, and people. Ability to bring those data points together in a meaningful way to provide granular insight into the various models
• Expense approval
• Perform ad-hoc analysis to support various business initiatives and special projects.

What It Takes:

• A track record of good judgment and decision-making in positions with significant responsibility.
• Highly autonomous and able to independently identify high-value projects and drive them to completion.
• Demonstrated leadership capability in cross-functional team environments.
• A high degree of comfort with complex technical environments.
• Having and being able to articulate/defend an informed opinion on important topics.
• Improvements to key systems.
• Ability to automate reporting

• 4-6 years of progressive experience in a corporate Finance role. FP&A Business partnership experience in the go-to-market area at a public SaaS company is preferred.
• BS in Finance or Accounting. An MBA is a plus.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills. Strong customer focus with the demonstrated ability to build long-term relationships.
• Proven accomplishments in process improvement and financial systems implementation.
• Strong ability to break down and understand financial results and effectively handle multiple deliverables in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines.
• Exceptional computer skills with a range of relevant financial software packages and expert Excel skills.
• Experience working with large data sets.
• Proficiency using Microsoft Excel for advanced formulas and analytics.
• Excellent interpersonal skills including a proven ability to work comfortably with senior executives.
• A high degree of initiative and results-oriented. Eager to adapt to and drive change.

For California, Colorado Washington state, and New York City residents, this job is expected to pay a minimum of $95,000 USD in addition to a comprehensive and competitive group benefit and healthcare plan. Individual compensation will be determined based on skills and experience comparable to the job requirements.

OpenText's commitment to diversity and inclusion surpasses legal requirements, evident in our Equal Employment Opportunity Statement of Policy which promotes a respectful and empowering environment for employees of all backgrounds, culture, national origin, race, color, gender, gender identification, sexual orientation, family status, age, veteran status, disability, religion, or other basis protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please contact us at hr@opentext.com. Our proactive approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and personal growth, enriching OpenText's vibrant workplace.