Sr Sales Finance Analyst

Posted:
5/14/2024, 5:00:00 PM

Location(s):
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan ⋅ Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Finance & Banking ⋅ Sales & Account Management

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Review contracts for consistency with deal structure and deal-approval requirements.
  • Engage in business partnering with Account Sales team to provide advice on deal structure and business models for commercial agreements in Japan.
  • Support Account Sales team to drive deal-approval matrix and manage different dynamics to strive for better deal quality while wining customers.
  • Review VAR orders and handle VAR licensing requests to support local VAR business.
  • Perform different kinds of financial analysis and simulations relating to ad-hoc requests.
  • Provide presentation materials and supporting analysis required for booking/ revenue/ cash forecast and quarterly business review meeting with ad-hoc requests.
  • Drive standardization and simplification of analysis processes to make forecast more reliable and visible.
  • Participate in cross sector finance projects to improve the current quote-to-cash processes.
  • Work with different functional teams throughout the quote-to-cash process to support deal closing and ensure compliance with company’s booking policy.
  • Develop subject matter expertise in different quote-to-cash processes and disciplines with a view to establishing best practices and in-depth knowledge.
  • Collaborate with revenue accounting team to deep dive deal background and help on scheduling revenue recognition and help on MEA assessment in accordance with ASC606.

Position Requirements:

  • 4-to-6-year experience in FP&A / Financial Analyst role
  • Native level Japanese and fluent in English (written and verbal)
  • Minimum Bachelor's Degree (major in Accounting / Finance preferred)
  • Advanced Excel skills such as building and applying advanced formulas, like VLOOKUP, INDEX, and MATCH, being familiar with Macro-enabled Excel, and knowing what Pivot Table is and how to build one
  • Ability to multi-task in a result driven business environment, meeting the deadline and work under pressure
  • Must be a strong team player

Competency Requirements:

  • Experience in supporting Sales organization
  • Working experience in MNC or regional role
  • Positive, with a can-do attitude, but realistic and not afraid to say no
  • Always looking for opportunities to do things better, smarter and faster

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