Finance Manager

Cisco•Research Triangle Park, NC

5d•$111,000 - $145,600•Hybrid

About The Position

The Finance Manager is a highly transparent role within the Product support teams. It comes with opportunities to impact the way the business operates and grows. The role has significant exposure to senior Finance and Business leadership and plays a key role in the monthly, quarterly, annual and multi-year forecasting cycles. This role represents an excellent opportunity to support critical groups financially and operationally within the Product organizations. This position is in the FP&A team and will be working with Business Partners and Leaders to get input and update financial outlook. Collaboration with other FP&A, Operations and Accounting teams will be a strong aspect of this role. Look under the hood and express your strength in analyzing details proactively to provide solutions and make an impact. At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Requirements

Superb collaboration and communication skills which enable you to build relationships with key personnel across all levels of the Business and Finance organizations.
Bring a point of view to key issues and can make recommendations based on your business judgment and data and be a trusted advisor.
Proactivity and understanding of the interdependence between business processes and ability to navigate through challenges and ambiguity.
Agility and passion while keeping a positive spin on relationships, willing to learn and develop skills.
Strong financial modeling (excel/gsheets) and analytical skills with attention to transactional details, accuracy and building credibility.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and stay flexible through growth and change.
Prior experience with P&Ls and supporting large engineering teams is a must.
Bachelors degree in Accounting/Finance
5+ years of experience in FP&A including managing P&Ls, OpEx budgets, revenue/cost modeling / Infrastructure Spend
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong Financial modeling experience
Able to dive in details, deliver timely results as well as support senior level engagement
Strong systems skills (Hyperion, Anaplan etc)

Nice To Haves

Cloud Infrastructure Spend
Deals impact to Business
SKU COGs analysis
Tableau / Snowflake / Power BI / Anaplan / Essbase
Masters Degree or equivalent experience in Business/Finance

Responsibilities

Drive financial optimization and growth by working extensively with Finance Management and Product Business Partners.
Play a key role in the monthly, quarterly, annual and multi-year forecasting cycles.
Support critical groups financially and operationally within the Product organizations.
Drive the business by focusing on transactional details and then rolling up into Financials models as needed to support Product P&Ls (Bookings, revenue, COGS and Opex for HC, Cloud Infrastructure Spend, margin analysis, SKU COGs analysis, new product costs) for business entities.
Inform and optimally communicate what the data is relaying.
Prepare monthly and quarterly management reporting for forecast submissions, variance analysis and reporting dashboards.
Analyze results, distill/synthesize business performance indicators/metrics, assess business risk and operating performance, and timely communicate risks and opportunities.
Understand spend types and communicate this understanding.
Work with Business Partners and Leaders to get input and update financial outlook.
Collaborate with other FP&A, Operations and Accounting teams.
Analyze details proactively to provide solutions and make an impact.
Be a driver of results, proactive in approach and deadline conscious.
Keep a positive spin on relationships, willing to learn and develop skills.

Benefits

medical, dental and vision insurance
a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
paid parental leave
short and long-term disability coverage
basic life insurance
grants of Cisco restricted stock units
10 paid holidays per full calendar year
1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
paid year-end holiday shutdown
4 paid days off for personal wellness
16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year (non-exempt employees)
flexible vacation time off program (exempt employees)
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward
Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
annual bonuses (non-sales roles)
performance-based incentive pay (sales roles)