Meet the Team
You will work collaboratively with other staff members within the team, contributing to the financial health and operational efficiency of Cisco's businesses. Our team is dedicated to maintaining high standards of financial reporting and proactively seeking improvements. Join us!
Your Impact
As an Accountant, you will be a critical contributor to Cisco's financial and accounting functions, gaining comprehensive experience across general ledger, treasury, and monthly billing. You will directly impact financial accuracy and operational efficiency by leading GL and Treasury accounting, completing monthly billing and close activities, analyzing trends, and reconciling accounts. This role empowers you to identify inconsistencies, propose solutions, and ensure strict adherence to SOX policies, making a tangible difference in our financial processes.
Responsibilities
- Tax Compliance between SAT reports and GL analysis.
- Actively participate in the monthly close process, including preparing journal entries and account reconciliations
- Record intercompany transactions, settlements and maintain intercompany reconciliations.
- Prepare, review and analyze monthly and quarterly financial statement transactions and variances
- Coordinate with various departments, including Treasury, AR, FP&A, Tax, and Accounts Payable teams for proper recording of transactions within the general ledger
- Assist in maintenance and adherence to internal controls under SOX and ensuring compliance with US GAAP
- Ensure accuracy of financial statements in accordance with Local GAAP and compliance to internal policies
- Participate in the implementation of process improvements in all accounting related areas
- Assist in the preparation of schedules for our external auditors during annual audits
- Ad hoc reporting and special projects, as requested
- Perform back up coverage in other accounting areas
- Adapt to new tasks and responsibilities as the business changes
- Prepare Local Financial Statements.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting or equivalent combination of skills and experience
- 3+ years of related experience, preferably in accounting
- Experience with Oracle a plus; ability to quickly learn new systems
- Experience in local GAAP / IFRS.
- Experience in dual ledger architecture.
Preferred Qualifications
- Positive, team-player attitude.
- Strong communication and presentation skills, adaptable to all levels.
- AI Usage.
- Conflict Resolution, Prioritizing, Adaptability & Resilience.
- Relationship Building
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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting or equivalent combination of skills and experience
- 3+ years of related experience, preferably in accounting
- Experience in Local GAAP / IFRS
- Experience in dual ledger architecture
- Ability to quickly learn new systems
- Experience with Oracle
- Positive, team-player attitude
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- AI usage experience
- Conflict resolution, prioritizing, adaptability and resilience
- Relationship building
Cisco Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cisco and has not been reviewed or approved by Cisco.
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Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, mental health support via an EAP, and access to on-site or virtual health centers indicate robust healthcare offerings. Wellness programs, fitness resources, and specialized services further reinforce coverage depth.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO, a global minimum for paid parental leave, and unique programs like company-wide recharge days and paid volunteer time expand time-away options. Additional offerings such as Critical Time Off and adoption assistance add flexibility for life events.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Restricted stock units and a discounted employee stock purchase plan are meaningful elements of total compensation. The prominence of equity can materially augment overall pay packages alongside salary and bonuses.
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What We Do
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) enables people to make powerful connections--whether in business, education, philanthropy, or creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible--providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time. Cisco was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University. Since the company's inception, Cisco engineers have been leaders in the development of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking technologies. Today, with more than 71,000 employees worldwide, this tradition of innovation continues with industry-leading products and solutions in the company's core development areas of routing and switching, as well as in advanced technologies such as home networking, IP telephony, optical networking, security, storage area networking, and wireless technology. In addition to its products, Cisco provides a broad range of service offerings, including technical support and advanced services. Cisco sells its products and services, both directly through its own sales force as well as through its channel partners, to large enterprises, commercial businesses, service providers, and consumers.
