Deal Desk Analyst - Remote

Are you passionate about ensuring business success?

Do you relish the opportunity to take ownership and make an impact?

Join our Finance-Deal Desk Team!

The Deal Desk is a cross-functional team responsible for providing pricing, product and deal structure guidance to sales. We maximize the value of the products sold while maximizing the related revenue associated to those sales. The group serves as a key authority for all contract approvals when pricing and margins drop below sales management discounting thresholds.

Partner with the best

As a Deal Desk Analyst, you will be a trusted advisor to our Sales and Finance functions. Providing guidance, advice and proactively supporting all commercial aspects of our offering.

As a Deal Desk Analyst, you will be responsible for:

• Assisting Sales in structuring and pricing deals.
• Providing deal analysis support for all deals requiring escalations; including analyzing, pricing, and financial performance , and custom contract structures.
• Ensuring Deal Desk policies and procedures are properly followed, and approvals are well documented.
• Acting as a liaison between Sales and other key stakeholders involved in the deal structuring process.
• Identifying and suggesting changes to published pricing and deal structure definitions for existing products.
• Developing and delivering financial reports on market trends to improve communication and future decision making.
• Participating in team projects to drive process improvement.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 2 years of experience in finance or supporting product pricing, contract structures, and developing proposals and a Bachelor's degree
• Demonstrate good analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Possess the ability to collect, visualize and analyze information in detail
• Use good judgement to provide recommendations to Sales and propose creative solutions to drive deal closure.
• Possess exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to negotiate with Sales.
• Demonstrate intermediate level Microsoft Excel skills - formulas, formatting, Pivot tables.

Work in a way that works for you

FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.

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Working for you

At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:

• Your health
• Your finances
• Your family
• Your time at work
• Your time pursuing other endeavors

Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.

About us

Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.

Join us

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!

Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.

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Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary for this position ranges from $63,845 - $96,138/year; a candidate's salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.