Deal Desk Manager
Company | Palo Alto Networks |
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Location | Santa Clara, CA, USA |
Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
Type | Full-Time |
Degrees | |
Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- 7+ years experience (in a tech environment, in a Finance/sales operation role)
- Demonstrated capability to build strong working relationships with internal business units
- Ability to work independently in fast paced environment
- Experience of data analysis, modeling and/or financial analysis
- Intermediate/advanced Salesforce.com and MS Excel skills are highly recommended
- Strong communication, organizational and problem-solving skills
Responsibilities
- Effectively work with NAM Sales to work on Majors, Sled and Federal accounts
- Provide Sr. Leadership with financial models and evaluation of deal economics, commercial terms and conditionals and operational requirements to present risk/reward profile for opportunities
- Become expert on Steelbrick quoting tools, reviewing and enforcing revenue recognition compliance for all quoting
- Key resource reviewing and approving all non-standard pricing requests that reach the level of executive manager
- Review will include financial analysis for gross margin, revenue compliance, non standard terms requests on strategic deals including Enterprise Agreements
- Partner with field sales organization to drive large deal closure, including being one-touch resource for field sales; responsible for liaising with all organizations involved in the agreement process (finance, legal, order management, etc.) on behalf of sales. Personally services as a trusted advisor to field sales on deals
- Work with cross-functional stakeholders for decision support deal solutions
- Collaborate with impacted parties to generate acceptable documents to facilitate deal closure
- Ensure required approvals, such as discounts and contractual terms, are obtained and clearly documented.
- Be a sales advocate and partner to internal organizations to understand contract requirements, structure, business terms and identification of potential risks and/or opportunities that can affect performance, growth and strategic positioning
- Responsible for adherence to and compliance with policy and procedures
- Evaluate current processes and offer recommendations for areas of improvement
- Ensure that all transactions adhere to internal revenue recognition policies and operational guidelines
- Excellent customer service, taking charge to meet deadlines by communicating with cross-functional partners through email, phone, meetings, or any other method to deliver on-time
- Understand GAAP Rules
Preferred Qualifications
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No preferred qualifications provided.