Finance Manager

Job description

The application window is expected to close on: 07/28/2026Job 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 Product Finance organization partners with leaders in BE Finance and Product to create sustainable shareholder value through strategic financial planning, forecasting, and budgeting. You will work extensively with Finance Management and Product Business Partners to drive financial optimization and growth. Your Impact 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. You have superb collaboration and communication skills which enable you to build relationships with key personnel across all levels of the Business and Finance organizations. You bring a point of view to key issues and can make recommendations based on your business judgment and data and be a trusted advisor. Your proactivity and understanding of the interdependence between business processes and ability to navigate through challenges and ambiguity make you an ideal candidate. This role gives an opportunity to 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. Understanding of spend types and communicating this is a pivotal part of this role. 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. You should be a driver of results, proactive in approach and deadline conscious. Agility and passion while keeping a positive spin on relationships, willing to learn and develop skills are key to success. Strong financial modeling (excel/gsheets) and analytical skills with attention to transactional details, accuracy and building credibility will be needed in this role. Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and stay flexible through growth and change is going to go a long way. Prior experience with P&Ls and supporting large engineering teams is a must. Minimum Qualifications 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) Preferred Qualifications: Cloud Infrastructure Spend Deals impact to Business SKU COGs analysis Tableau / Snowflake / Power BI / Anaplan / Essbase Masters Degree or equivalent experience in Business/Finance 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. Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada: The starting salary range posted for this position is $109,500.00 to $142,400.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits. 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 applicab