EMEA 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.

SUMMARY:  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.

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