Updated posting deadline from January 7, 2025 to January 11, 2025.What You’ll do

We are seeking a Finance Director to provide key support to the Cisco Networking Internet Infrastructure group. This role provides the unique opportunity to lead the forecasting and reporting for the business as well as influence strategic investment decisions. Solid leadership, influencing, communication, business partnering, organizational, and financial modeling skills will help you find success in this role.

Key Responsibilities:

Budgeting and Opex Management:

Help shape the future of Cisco Networking product roadmap and development efforts – support the business leadership through portfolio planning, prioritization and decision makingManage $1B+ annual budgeting and quarterly commit processes, month-end and quarterly close activities, forecasting/reporting/variance analysis, driving compliance, managing forecasting modelsFP&A:Own the monthly forecasting and reporting cadence for the Internet Infrastructure BE, spanning all aspects of the P&L (Bookings, Revenue, Gross Margins) as well as business transformation metrics (Software, AOV/ARR, iACV, ATR/Renewals, RPO)Manage the Long Range Strategic and Annual Planning process and Exec-level business reporting (Financial Close, Financial Business Reviews, QBOs)Drive process improvements and cross-business reporting for key initiatives such as AI and WebscaleWho You'll Work With 

You will work with leaders from Cisco Networking at various levels directly supporting Internet Infrastructure as well as broader Engineering efforts across Data Center and Enterprise. Primary business support for the leader of Cisco Networking Engineering and regular business partner interaction with all Engineering leadership on Opex decisions. Ongoing engagement with peers in other finance organizations. Provide thought leadership and guidance to a team of direct reports across the US and India.

Who You Are 

You have a strong track record of working with personal integrity and commitment, making a difference in past roles and doing what’s best for the business. You demonstrate collaboration and teamwork with your peers and business partners, are highly motivated and a self-starter, and able to work independently to solve issues and bring fresh solutions, all while having a positive attitude and a healthy dose of fun. Past demonstrated team leadership and end-to-end management of deliverable processes required.

Minimum Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Business-related field15+ years of relevant Finance experience demonstrating increased scope and responsibilitiesPreferred Requirements:Passionate about finding areas of process/efficiency improvement and unafraid to drive positive change with more senior team membersAble to plan around tight deadlines and balance multiple deliverables, while ensuring accuracy and attention to detail. Well organized, efficient, and forward thinkingPrior Opex (budget) management experience not just directly supporting budgets (i.e. blocking and tackling) but should have experience overseeing a team of Finance Analysts, reviewing their work and forecasts, helping to drive the overall process, summarizing and presenting results and partnering with senior leaders.  Candidate needs to have past exposure to the full P&L, which means having worked with Bookings, Revenue, Gross Margin, either in a prior FP&A consolidation role or in past BU Controller roleShould have prior leadership/management experience and is comfortable working with Senior leaders both in Finance and the business.
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