About Us
Sophos is a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions that defeat cyberattacks, including Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and incident response services and a broad portfolio of endpoint, network, email, and cloud security technologies. As one of the largest pure-play cybersecurity providers, Sophos defends more than 600,000 organizations and more than 100 million users worldwide from active adversaries, ransomware, phishing, malware, and more. Sophos’ services and products connect through the Sophos Central management console and are powered by Sophos X-Ops, the company’s cross-domain threat intelligence unit. Sophos X-Ops intelligence optimizes the entire Sophos Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem, which includes a centralized data lake that leverages a rich set of open APIs available to customers, partners, developers, and other cybersecurity and information technology vendors. Sophos provides cybersecurity-as-a-service to organizations needing fully managed security solutions. Customers can also manage their cybersecurity directly with Sophos’ security operations platform or use a hybrid approach by supplementing their in-house teams with Sophos’ services, including threat hunting and remediation. Sophos sells through reseller partners and managed service providers (MSPs) worldwide. Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at
www.sophos.com.
Role Summary
Reporting to the Senior Manager Finance Sales Support, this role will focus on providing Business Partner support to the Americas Sales region on a day-to-day basis, contributing to Group-level reporting and delivering accurate budgets and forecasts.
As a member of the FP&A team you will provide Finance support to the Senior Management Team and will prepare financial analysis to support understanding of Sophos results and to aid strategic decision-making.
The role will work very closely with the Americas leadership team, as well as the wider Sales team, Sales Operations, Product teams, and other areas of Finance.
What You Will Do
- Provide insight to the Senior Management team and the Board of Directors to facilitate deep understanding of key trends and variances to budget/forecast
- Assist with month-end FP&A processes, undertaking detailed variance analysis which is fed into monthly board reporting
- Own the Americas monthly rolling expense forecast using Anaplan
- Support the centralized sales functions
- Act as Business Partner to the Americas management team:
- Management of Americas P&L
- Support monthly Americas operating expense and headcount reviews
- Create monthly channel rebate forecasts for the Americas
- Produce quarter-end analysis to be presented in Americas quarterly business reviews
- Ownership of forecasting for the Americas region, providing an accurate and stress-tested quarterly forecast, along with rolling monthly forecast updates
- Enhance reporting on key metrics, including customer trends and top-line indicators
- Assist with deal desk quote approvals
- Ad hoc financial projects, reporting and analysis
- Financial modelling to support Commercial decision-making
What You Will Bring
- Degree-educated
- Experience of working in the FP&A team of a publicly listed or private equity-owned company
- Strong analytics and financial skills
- Attention to detail
- Problem-solver with an appetite to understand complex business areas and a continuous improvement mindset
- Advanced Microsoft Excel user
- Comfortable working with Big Data
- Able to handle conflicting priorities and work to tight deadlines
- Strong communication skills required; able to develop strong working relationships outside of Finance
- Working pattern flexibility
Desirable
- Eastern US time zone preferred
- Experience of working in a software or subscription company
- Salesforce experience
- Business Intelligence experience (preferably Power BI)
- Anaplan experience
In the United States, the base salary for this role ranges from $98,000 to $163,000. In addition to base salary, we offer additional compensation including bonus eligibility and a comprehensive benefits package. A candidate’s specific pay within this range will depend on a variety of factors, including job-related skills, training, location, experience, relevant education, certifications, and other business and organizational needs.
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At Sophos, we believe in the power of diverse perspectives to fuel innovation. Research shows that candidates sometimes hesitate to apply if they don't check every box in a job description. We challenge that notion. Your unique experiences and skills might be exactly what we need to enhance our team. Don't let a checklist hold you back – we encourage you to apply.
What's Great About Sophos?
· Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees. However, some roles may necessitate a hybrid approach. Please refer to the location details in our job postings for further information.
· Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit
· Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy
· Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities
· Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint
· Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp
· Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge
· Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing
Our Commitment To You
We’re proud of the diverse and inclusive environment we have at Sophos, and we’re committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We believe that diversity, combined with excellence, builds a better Sophos, so we encourage applicants who can contribute to the diversity of our team. All applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, sex, gender reassignment, marital status, race, religion or belief, color, age, military veteran status, disability, pregnancy, maternity or sexual orientation. We want to give you every opportunity to show us your best self, so if there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know.
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