Position Overview
Autodesk is looking for a trusted finance business partner to join our AMER Sales Finance team. This person reports directly to the Finance Leader of AMER Expansion Sales but is the primary business partner to the Senior Director of North America Expansion Sales. The candidate must demonstrate independence, excellence and integrity in decision making and business judgment. A strong knowledge of information systems, financial planning, accounting, strategic planning, risk assessment, and business development is required, preferably in a software company.
The right candidate for this role will demonstrate strong collaboration skills, financial aptitude, excellent business intuition, and the capability to work at multiple levels, including high level strategy and day-to-day financial details.
This finance business partner will have frequent interactions and collaborate with the sales teams, cross-functional teams and finance teams and enable optimal informed business decisions through strong, effective analysis and key business insights.
Responsibilities
Actively participate in the annual business planning cycle, including allocating sales targets among individual portfolios and territories
Support individual target sheet definition and review and approve monthly commission attainment for the sales team
Develop, maintain, and monitor the reporting process on daily, weekly, and quarterly business performance for North America Expansion Sales
Build Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) for sales and finance senior management and present quarterly finance deck to North America Expansion Sales to review performance and key metrics
Support sales pipeline management and forecasting for North America Expansion Sales
Collaborate with the broader sales finance community to facilitate and drive the evolution of our systems and processes to support planning, forecasting, reporting and analysis of the business
Perform regular analysis of portfolios or territories including trends by industry or customer segment
Manage the planning and forecast process for OpEx supported by the Spend Analyst team
Establish relationships with other groups such as Client Services, Sales Operations, Legal, and Revenue Accounting to support the sales team
Reinforce internal controls with particular emphasis on training and effective communication of revenue recognition policies
Act as fiduciary in the best interest of the company, free of conflicts of interest and with objectivity, integrity, and truthfulness
Monitor effectiveness of Finance policies, practices, and processes to determine efficiency and effectiveness. Recommend improvements to achieve and deliver improved results. Implement and follow standards and policies as defined by corporate and division senior management; escalate exceptions or questionable practices to direct manager or senior management staff
May lead or actively contribute to cross industry or cross geography projects within Finance, especially projects related to streamlining and/or improving processes and systems
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree (finance, business, or accounting)
CPA or MBA is desired but not required
Minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible business & finance experience
Minimum of 3 years of experience providing financial, operational, and administrative support to high tech sales organizations
Articulate and concise with effective communication skills, both written and verbal
Influencing skills at various levels (staff, peers, superiors) are very important
Ability to stay abreast of key details as well as distill knowledge into an easily communicable message is critical
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage tight deadlines
Ambitious and ability to learn quickly
Strong team player and leadership potential
Ability to work on cross-functional teams across the globe
Strong skills in Microsoft Excel
Anaplan, Salesforce, and Power BI experience a plus
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