FP&A Analyst

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation. 
 

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

EMEA FP&A Analyst

Hybrid Working - must be able to work from our Addlestone offices 3 days per week

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation. 
 

Everything we do centres around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

F5’s financial planning & analysis job family develops, interprets and implements financial concepts for financial planning and control. Performs technical analysis to determine present and future financial performance. Gathers, analyses, prepares and summarizes recommendations for financial plans, acquisition activity, trended future requirements and operating forecasts.

We are looking for an FP&A III to join our EMEA FP&A team!  This role will support EMEA Sales and Marketing teams (report into Chief Revenue Officer) and G&A teams (Accounting, People & Culture, Real Estate).

FP&A is a critical team in our CFO org supporting the business in delivering F5’s strategic objectives (Promises) that align to the long-term vision including supporting profitable earnings growth.

Responsibilities include :

1. OPEX budget management including headcount, strategic partnership with business owners, and financial analysis to support financial success of the go-to-market organisations 

2. Contribution margin analysis and reporting including sales discount metrics

3. Quarterly reporting for EMEA Theatre level performance drivers

Robust and insightful reporting and forecasting expenses is essential to the Sales team’s success with an emphasis on workforce planning, travel, training & events and third party service providers.  Ensuring effective market coverage, efficiency and productivity of resources is key to both top and bottom-line profit contribution.

Field Marketing holds one of the largest discretionary budgets which is deployed across multiple initiatives, mediums and markets.

The G&A functions are key enablers of F5’s local operations based on a hub support model.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Manage the financial planning process, ensuring accurate and timely completion of forecasts and budgets.
• Develop and enhance financial models to support complex financial analysis and decision-making.
• Lead cross-functional financial projects, collaborating with stakeholders to drive efficiency and effectiveness.
• Prepare presentations for executive leadership, summarizing financial performance and providing operational and strategic recommendations.
• Analyze market trends and competitive positioning to inform strategic planning and investment decisions
• Ensure monthly closing results are complete, accurate and key trends and variances understood with actionable recommendations for the business, processes or forecast
• Produce and communicate relevant standardized and ad-hoc reports and collaborate with key stakeholders (EMEA TVP, RVPs and Field Marketing leadership, P&C) on drivers, risks and opportunities relevant to OPEX and those relevant to productivity and profitability (contribution margin, org efficiency, discounting, revenue mix)
• Process improvements that enhance efficiency or quality of insight delivering business value
• Promote teamwork, collaboration, and FUN!

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: 

• Financial and technical acumen of key terms and how they interact with each other
• Business partnering and stakeholder management driving accountability, transparent communications and change management
• Business and data analysis skills including building reports, complex spreadsheets in excel, and databases to measure business performance
• Ability to derive clear, well supported recommendations based on detailed analysis of the given issue
• Written and verbal communication skills and comfort in communicating to senior leadership with strong presentation design through use of PowerPoint or Dashboards.
• Proficiency in data visualization
• Experience with ERP systems, any BI tools including PowerBI, Excel, SQL and use of AI tools
• Ability to collaborate with colleagues in and outside of Finance across multiple markets

QUALIFICATIONS:   

• Work history sufficient for a FP&A III, and 3+ years' experience in FP&A.
• Potentially in progress study of relevant accounting qualification (CIMA, ACCA)

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• This position requires a flexible hybrid working environment (Addlestone office), where employees are expected to work in the office 30 days per quarter. 

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination.  F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting [email protected].