Finance Manager

VMware is currently seeking to hire multiple experienced Finance Managers to join the VMware Finance organization to support the continued transformation, growth and development of our Cloud Management, Cloud Platform, Cloud Services, and Modern Application Platform business units. 

As a Finance Manager at VMware, you will work alongside business partners of one of the above-listed business units.

You will be strategically positioned to provide financial advice, planning, and analysis to the product VP and his/her staff that helps the business meet or exceed goals.

You will support the Director of Finance, along with operational leaders within the BU, in a variety of areas impacting the full P&L, including R&D, marketing and overall strategic direction of our clients and related software solutions.

A balanced approach to higher-level market trends, along with deep analysis & modeling (operational & financial) is key to success in this role.

Primary Responsibilities:

– Ensure accuracy and timeliness in Bookings & Revenue forecasting, reporting, and analysis.

– SaaS metrics computation, tracking, reporting and analysis

– Collaborate with Revenue teams to provide insight and review Revenue actuals and forecasts for BU products.

– Financial owner for pricing & packaging modeling highlighting bookings growth and competitive analysis in collaboration with product marketing team.

– Product pricing analysis, deal discounting approval support

– Strong communicator, collaborating on business performance evaluations with business leaders to build effective strategies and operating plans, with focus on execution.

Strength in succinctly explaining transactions and business impact VMware Senior Executives

– COGS, Gross Margins, R&D investments support

– Business Unit pro forma statements

– Short & long-term planning processes

– Collaborate with the Products FP&A team and other parts of VMware Finance to enhance the function’s contribution to the company.

Share best practices, identify gaps, drive change and help determine priorities.

Requirements :

– Bachelor’s Degree in Finance/Economics and MBA (or equivalent experience) required.

– 8+ years of experience in Finance/Accounting

– 2+ years of recent experience working for Software companies (experience with SaaS solutions highly desired)

– Demonstrated results providing finance business partnering to R&D/Product Management executives

– Strong ability to build analytical models that can be driven into standard planning tools

– Excellent communication and presentation skills

– Experience with Microsoft Excel, SAP and Oracle Financials reports

– Integrity

Desired Skills:

– Knowledge / experience with public cloud services, billing and cost optimization

– Strong and independent thinker and influencer

– Track record of showing finance leadership in a fast-paced, high-growth environment

– Strong organizational, problem solving and analytical skills

– Strong initiative and collaborative work-style

– Strength in succinctly explaining complex transactions and business impact

– Ability to drive process-based improvement across functions and within Finance