Meet the Team
At Cisco, we are transforming the way people connect, communicate, and collaborate. We are driven by the goal of powering an inclusive future for all through technology. Our finance organization plays a critical strategic role in fueling this mission, acting as trusted advisors to business leaders, driving focused capital allocation, and ensuring excellence across the enterprise.
Join us!
Your Impact
Cisco is seeking a dynamic and strategic Finance Leader to join our IT-Operations Finance organization. In this high-impact role, you will be responsible for leading a dedicated team of three financial analysts, driving end-to-end financial planning / reporting and serving as a key strategic business partner to senior operational leadership. The ideal candidate combines outstanding analytical rigor with superior leadership skills, a passion for talent development, and the ability to influence business decisions in a fast-paced technology environment.
Responsibilities
- Strategic Business Partnering: Act as the primary financial advisor to functional business leaders, providing actionable insights, financial guidance, and scenario modeling to drive growth, optimize operational efficiency, and achieve strategic objectives.
- Team Leadership & Development: Lead, mentor, and inspire a high-performing team of three financial analysts. Foster a culture of continuous learning, collaboration, and accountability, while actively supporting career development and professional growth.
- Financial Planning, Reporting, Analysis: Own the annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and long-range planning processes for your supported business units. Supervise key financial metrics, evaluate variance analysis, ensure forecast accuracy is maintained and find opportunities to improve cost structures and resource allocation. Focus will be in the IT organization, leading and supporting those priorities.
- Financial Modeling & Decision Support: Spearhead complex financial modeling for strategic initiatives, investments, and business cases. Translate large sets of financial data into clear, concise, and compelling narratives for executive-level consumption.
- Process Improvement & Governance: Drive continuous improvement of financial processes, reporting frameworks, and tools. Ensure adherence to corporate financial policies, internal controls, and compliance standards.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related quantitative field. An MBA or certification (CFA, CPA) is strongly preferred.
- 8+ years of progressive financial experience, with a strong foundation in FP&A, cost accounting, spends, strategic finance, and business partnering, preferably within the high-tech or software industry.
- Demonstrated experience leading, managing, and developing direct reports, with a proven track record of building high-performing teams.
- Advanced proficiency in financial modeling, forecasting tools, and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems (such as SAP, Oracle, or Hyperion).
Preferred Qualifications
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to present complex financial concepts clearly to executive leadership and cross-functional partners.
- High intellectual curiosity, a proactive mentality, and the ability to navigate ambiguity in a dynamic, matrixed global organization.
Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.
Why Cisco?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, Accounting, Economics, or a related quantitative field
- MBA or professional certification such as CFA or CPA
- 8+ years of progressive financial experience
- Experience in FP&A, cost accounting, spend management, strategic finance, and business partnering
- Experience in the high-tech or software industry
- Experience leading, managing, and developing direct reports
- Proven track record of building high-performing teams
- Advanced proficiency in financial modeling and forecasting tools
- Advanced proficiency with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, or Hyperion
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills for executive presentations and cross-functional collaboration
- Intellectual curiosity, proactive mentality, and ability to navigate ambiguity in a matrixed global organization
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 — Health coverage is described as broad, with medical options including PPOs, high-deductible plans, and regional HMOs. Feedback suggests robust wellness and mental-health resources, with some locations offering on-site support and second medical opinions.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is highlighted through paid holidays, paid time off, and additional recharge days such as “Days for Me,” with generous volunteer time also mentioned. Feedback suggests these programs help support rest, volunteering, and critical life events.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental and family support appears extensive, including paid child-bonding leave, family medical leave, and caregiving resources. Observations also point to family-planning assistance and adoption or surrogacy support in some regions.
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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.
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