Finance Manager - Webex COGS

Cisco•San Jose, CA

3d•$132,000 - $199,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Finance Manager, you will be part of the Webex Calling Finance team responsible for overseeing the P&L and financial strategy of the Webex Calling business. You will work alongside other highly energized and analytical Financial Analysts and Finance Managers responsible for their respective P&L functions. On a day-to-day basis you will also work with your business partners, which include various operational leaders of the business (i.e. chief of staff, engineering leadership, infrastructure management, etc.) to tackle business challenges, lead budget initiatives and evaluate expense spend. Routine engagement is also encouraged with Collaboration FP&A for recurring and ad-hoc reporting deliverables and HR/Recruiting as part of leading headcount spend. In this role, you will run COGS for Cisco’s rapidly growing Webex Calling software business. You will work as a trusted advisor to product business partners, leading all aspects of expense budgets, reviewing investment plans and driving and tracking cost optimization initiatives. As part of the Webex BE Finance team, you will be responsible for leading day-to-day, monthly and quarterly expense deliverables to various stakeholders. Among other duties, you will report and present financial results and forecasts to senior finance and business leaders and frequently work cross-functionally with various business teams. You will be encouraged to make recommendations to optimize costs and identify operational improvements.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree preferred in Accounting or Finance or related working experience and 5+ years of experience in financial analysis or related field
Excellent communication (verbal and written) and social skills and the ability to build form relationships with excellent time management and planning skills with the ability to shift priorities in a highly fast-paced environment.
Sophisticated in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, with a strong ability to deal with large volumes of data, financial modeling skills
Previous experience in expense management/analysis and budgeting/forecasting is a must.
Validated experience in cross-functional partnership is essential.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in a SaaS business, working with FinBI/Essbase/Hyperion and/or knowledge of Cisco systems and processes all a plus
Technical ability to quickly learn and adopt new tools.

Responsibilities

Own Webex Calling COGS budget management which includes: headcount/expense tracking, program spend forecasting, budget allocations/ cross charges, monthly accrual management, reviewing and approving purchase and headcount requisitions, etc.
Analyze historical expenses (trend analyses and budget vs. actual) and assess potential risks and opportunities
Work closely with business partners in making strategic spend and savings decisions and driving desired results
Calculate, supervise and analyze key expense-driven metrics (margins, per user per month costs, etc.)
Coordinate timely and accurate PO accruals, run department/P&L hierarchies and partner with accounting on various accounting treatment decisions
Consolidate and report total Webex Suite COGS actuals and forecast by category, leader and key investment/savings initiatives and lead month and quarter end financial presentations to Collab FP&A team
Provide input on operational improvements and drive automation of expense reporting processes
Assist with other processes and ad hoc analytics as needed