Senior Director - Mergers & Acquisitions

About Zscaler Zscaler accelerates digital transformation to ensure our customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. As an AI-forward enterprise , we are constantly pushing the envelope, leveraging the world’s largest security data lake to power our cloud-native Zero Trust Exchange platform. This innovation protects our customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location. Here, impact in your role matters more than title and trust is built on results. We say, impact over activity. We seek innovators who actively use AI to amplify their impact and who thrive in an environment where we leverage intelligent systems to stay ahead of evolving threats. We believe in transparency and value constructive, honest debate —we’re focused on getting to the best ideas, faster. We build high-performing teams that can make an impact quickly and with high quality. To do this, we are building a culture of execution centered on customer obsession , collaboration, ownership, and accountability. We value high-impact, high-accountability with a sense of urgency where you’re enabled to do your best work and embrace your potential. If you’re driven by purpose, thrive on solving complex challenges, and want to be part of the team that’s helping to secure the AI age, we invite you to bring your talents to Zscaler and help shape the future of cybersecurity. Role We are looking for a Senior Director - Mergers & Acquisitions to join our team. This is a Hybrid role reporting to the VP of Finance Business Transformation in the Finance department. In this key role, you will lead post-merger finance integration strategy, cut-over planning, and system standardization across end-to-end global finance operations to accelerate revenue growth and unlock strategic business synergies. You will also be responsible for building playbooks and artifacts for M&As and new market expansion. What you’ll do (Role Expectations) Work cross functionally to architect and execute end-to-end Finance M&A integration strategies, Day 1 readiness and post-close transition plans Establish and govern the overall Finance M&A integration operational cadence, facilitating steering committees, managing cross-functional handoffs, and driving executive risk mitigation Lead the long-term standardization, technology rationalization, and process harmonization of global financial systems and workflows in partnership with IT, Corporate Development, GTM and People and culture Define strategic target operating models, retained staff organization structures, and knowledge capture capabilities to minimize operational disruption and target company attrition Oversee integration dashboarding, financial close critical path alignment, and change management initiatives to ensure seamless metric reporting across all global finance functions Support in establishing Finance and other business processes when Zscaler expands into new regions and countries Who You Are (Success Profile) You connect your day-to-day work to the larger company mission and build finance solutions, governance frameworks, and executive teams designed to sustain long-term enterprise growth. You operate with high integrity and a strategic bias for action, seamlessly navigating between high-level executive steering committees and operational integration execution. You excel at distilling complex M&A integration challenges, enterprise processes, and financial architecture into clear, actionable transformation roadmaps. You cultivate high-trust cross-functional partnerships, leveraging continuous candid feedback and transparent communication to guide matrixed teams through complex change. You view dynamic organizational shifts as strategic opportunities, maintaining executive composure and momentum while steering critical path integrations to success. You take ownership, deal with ambiguity and develop a data driven approach to solve a complex business problem Wha…