Senior Manager Finance - Enterprise Division Job

Akamai(R) is the leading content delivery network (CDN) providing cloud services that help deliver, optimize, and secure online content and business applications. At the foundation of Akamai solutions, the Akamai Intelligent Platform™ enables unmatched speed, reliability, and security–backed by expertise and relentless innovation–to improve reach and invisibility across the web.

The Senior Finance Manager- Enterprise Business Unit, will report to the Enterprise & Carrier Division CFO, and will be responsible for providing business support and financial analysis for Akamai’s Enterprise business. The Enterprise Business Unit is a dynamic product innovation team focused on enabling enterprises to operate more effectively in the cloud by delivering instant performance, on-demand capacity, and enterprise quality of service to corporate network users securely. Given the rapidly evolving cloud services and security requirements within the enterprise market, the product development leadership team seeks robust financial support that ensures accurate insight into the economic analysis, potential profitability, and feasibility of existing and new product ideas. The Senior Manager Finance will be responsible for partnering with the product line leaders to help them measure all aspects of their business for enhanced decision-making and improved profitability. The Senior Manager will be responsible for: developing revenue and expense models for new and existing products; driving data-based discussions with the product line leadership on billing models, pricing strategy, market opportunity estimates; overseeing “budget versus actuals” analysis on direct and indirect P&Ls; establishing business models for the strategic planning needs of the product line managers including merger & acquisition proposals; and establishing a robust cadence of interactive, data-driven dialogue around financial metrics that enhances the objective standards that the company can use to measure success within the Enterprise Products Portfolio. In addition to the Senior Manager Finance role, the successful candidate will recruit for a Financial Analyst to add to the Enterprise BU team. This team will be responsible for the development of all divisional product line revenue forecasts and models; defining or driving Network/COGS requirements and plans; and analyzing and reporting Divisional profitability results, in addition to other strategic and M&A support. Akamai has three other product divisions that are supported by similarly structured FP&A teams. While the role is dedicated to the Enterprise Business Unit, there will be opportunities for cross-divisional interaction, sharing of best practices and a broader financial team to lean on for debate and idea-sharing. This position is led by a Senior Director of Finance & Operations to the Enterprise & Carrier Division, supporting all functions within the Division.

* Work with Enterprise Products Business Unit product line leaders to analyze financial results, understand key business metrics, and forecast annual and long-term financial plans. * Help ensure that financial results are effectively interpreted by cross-functional teams and assist the product line leaders by making potentially complex financial analysis consumable for decision-making. * Analyze Product Profitability results, plans, and trends against targets, including product revenue and profitability targets by sales territory/geography. * Perform in-depth financial analysis around specific areas of the business, such as new product development or the profitability and growth drivers of the current portfolio. * Work with the product line managers to pull together cross-functional teams for consumption and communication of the analysis to ensure operational understanding of the impact. * Understand P&L direct and indirect cost drivers of the business and work back with centralized functions and other Divisions on cost assignment, direct costs and allocations. * Assist the cross-functional product divisions at arriving at rational and operationally supportable allocation models. * Support the product and go-to-market teams with pricing strategy and plans. Coordinate with cross-functional constituents such as network COGS team, billing system team, and Deal Desk for alignment. * Analyze and create key metrics and business factors, providing operational and financial measurement tools for the Business Unit. Balance complexity and detailed accuracy with operational manageability and timeliness. * Drive models and develop assumptions with cross-functional deal teams in support of Product Launch and/pr Corporate Development activities, outputting standard financial models including Discounted Cash Flows, Income Statement, Accretion/Dilution analysis as well as resource planning requirements. * Work with Product Divisional, Finance and Corporate Development leadership on evaluating new strategic business opportunities or investments for growth. Develop detailed business cases with well-defined strategies and assumptions, summarizing the investment required and future profitability, as well as key financial metrics such as ROIC and NPV.

**Basic Qualifications** * Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or related field. * 10+ years of progressive, overall finance experience. * 3+ years of experience as a financial business partner involving Revenue and Expense planning, forecasting and analysis of business results. * 3+ years of experience managing a team. * Experience with Hyperion Essbase, Oracle’s ABI or similar enterprise applications. **Desired Qualifications** * Experience with complex quantitative business analysis and business case development is highly desired, preferably in a high-tech, recurring revenue environment. * Ability to interpret data, develops quantitative business assumptions, and provides logical and measured conclusions, forecasts, and recommendations. * Strong communication skills at all levels (both spoken and written). * Prior experience supporting company Division with P&L accountability, partnering with Product or R&D Organizations. * Demonstrated ability to manage tight deadlines and prioritize workloads with a high degree of accuracy and minimal supervision in a fast paced environment. * Ability to simplify high-amount of complex data and isolate the key financial/business issue and help cross-functional teams stay focused on resolving the same. * Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with all levels of the organization, working cross-functionality on projects and ability to drive consensus across groups. * Self-starter with acute understanding and creativity of business modeling, ability to question, learn, and tease out the underlying economics of new ideas and opportunities. * MBA or Masters in Finance a plus.