Finance Analyst

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Members of the Finance organization at select locations will generally be expected to follow a hybrid work model, which includes two days of in-office attendance each week, with limited exceptions.

Meet the Team 

The Enterprise Networking FP&A team is a fast-paced, high-performing, and collaborative finance team at the heart of Cisco’s core business. We’re passionate about innovation, precision, and driving real business impact through our financial analysis and insights. As part of our team, you’ll work alongside talented individuals who thrive in tackling complex challenges and supporting Cisco’s explosive growth in Networking and Cloud.

Your Impact

In this role, you will serve as the Finance Analyst responsible for OpEx consolidation and HQ budget management within the Workplace Technology Group (WTG) engineering organization. You will act as a critical liaison between central corporate finance and finance controllers, partnering closely with business operations leaders to ensure budget discipline, forecast accuracy, and timely delivery of financial reporting.

• Serve as the primary consolidation point of contact between central finance and WTG business units, translating top-down budget commitments and challenges into actionable plans for internal teams.
• Lead monthly and quarterly OpEx reporting and forecasting for WTGs HQ admin and strategy & planning organizations.
• Manage and maintain detailed headcount cost models. Track and govern all discretionary OpEx spend including contracted services (red badge contractors), software, equipment, travel, training, recruiting, relocation, and intra-company cross-charges.
• Partner with business operations stakeholders on a weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly cadence to provide actuals performance updates and flag risks or favorability against budget commits.
• Identify and manage budget favorability to strategically fund product roadmap acceleration and other organizational priorities across the broader WTG portfolio.
• Drive continuous improvement of reporting processes through automation and AI tooling to increase efficiency and accuracy across the consolidation workflow.
• Adapt budget models and forecasts in response to frequent organizational restructurings, ensuring continuity and accuracy of financial data through transitions.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
• 5+ years of Finance or relative business experience.
• Skills in problem-solving and financial analysis.
• Ability to influence and communicate effectively with senior leadership.
• Basic understanding of OpEx and budget management. 

  Preferred Qualifications

• Intermediate Excel & PowerPoint skills with proficiency in Finance reporting tools (Essbase, Business Objects, Power Query)
• Track record of previous process improvement and project completion.
• Solid communication and storytelling skills to convey insights clearly to both finance and non-finance partners.
• Previous OpEx or COGS experience is preferred.

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. 

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks.  Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees

• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco

• Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees

• Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)

• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next

• 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

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

• .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

• 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

• 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and

• Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.