Job Description: Why You'll Love Cisco Everything is converging on the Internet, making networked connections more relevant than ever before in our lives. Our employees' progressive ideas impact everything imaginable - from entertainment, retail, healthcare, and education, to public and private sectors, smart cities, smart cars, and everyday devices in our homes. Here, that means you'll take creative ideas from the drawing board to powerful solutions that have real world impact. You'll work with Cisco leaders, partner with experienced mentors, and develop incredible relationships with colleagues who share your interest in connecting the unconnected. You'll be part a team that cares about its customers, enjoys having fun, and you'll take part in changing the lives of those in our local communities. Come prepared to be inspired The Business Entity We are looking for the perfect someone to lead various Finance initiatives within the FTO's execution pillar. The ideal person will be hands-on, and an ace in finance program execution with experience to back it. The candidate will lead execution of multiple key operational projects within the Management Reporting and Forecasting umbrellas. The Team Finance Transformation Office (FTO) is one of the top priorities within Cisco Finance today. The group drives groundbreaking initiatives within corporate finance, influencing the way we operate, and also links and provides support to various functional groups within Finance including Engineering Finance (BTOF), Sales and Services Finance (SSF), Supply Chain Finance, Corp FP&A and others. The group's charter involves improving visibility and insight into the financials of the businesses that Cisco operates in, providing thought-leadership and innovation, and constantly improving how we report, forecast, plan and tie to business accountability. Our key tracks of work include 1) Management Reporting and Analytics and 2) Coordinated Forecasting and Planning. This is an exciting time for change and this team is helping lead the efforts! FTO offers a broad learning experience and opportunity to get hands on in several areas including Gross Margin and Operating Margin reporting, Product & Service Bookings and Gross Margin Forecasting, Revenue and Cost Allocations, Departmental OPEX and headcount reporting, Accruals, Business reporting by Sales and Product hierarchies, Acquisitions integration, and other areas. The role will be working with multiple partners in San Jose to gather requirements, advise them of interdependencies and impacts, process re-design, build and testing through capability adoption. The candidate should have the ability to connect all the dots, and lead efforts for their track which would often be part of a larger business capability. Effective partnership with multiple partner groups and senior management is required on a day-to-day basis. The person will also be responsible for running multiple operational projects, prioritization through QPR (quarterly portfolio review process), process standardization and optimization through defined governance models and ensuring effective assimilation of new processes / integrations to the current operating model. The candidate we are looking for .must. be very detail oriented, and passionate about going deep, as well as going wide. Responsibilities include: Providing single point leadership for a track' and ensuring strong controls, governance and delivery Articulating and running the Financial vs Operational requirements. Closely collaborating with the other initiatives / track owners leading interdependencies effectively. Maintaining and improving performance metrics of your project. Ensuring the initiatives meet the investment requirements and have acceptable quality management systems in place to meet the quality and control requirements Maintain reporting cadence for overall track status to senior manager and executive team, peers, and other finance partners on a consistent basis Promoting teamwork to drive difficulty & delivery of initiatives and transformation of processes to respond to constantly evolving business needs. Ensuring strong partner relationships are maintained, developing procedures for communication and interaction. Experience and Qualifications: 6-8+ years of Financial Reporting / Operational Experience Bachelor degree minimum in area of finance, accounting, or general business management. MBA Finance from a premier institution or CA (Chartered Accountant) degree a plus. Experience in Hyperion planning a must. Background in financial reporting/forecasting and business decision-making a plus Experience / understanding of performance management, statistical analysis and trending a plus Consistent track record of effective partnerships with various cross functional teams including IT Candidate must have positive relationship leadership skills and be able to work collaboratively and seamlessly at all levels. Demonstrate ability to work in team environment and help resolve issues Strong written and oral communications skills Consultative, collaborative nature and customer-service oriented Validated collaboration and influencing skills Good understanding, working knowledge, and experience with reporting technologies and experience working with IT a plus. About Cisco The Internet of Everything is a phenomenon driving new opportunities for Cisco and it's redefining our customers' businesses worldwide. We are pioneers and have been since the early days of connectivity. Today, we are building teams that are expanding our technology solutions in the mobile, cloud, security, IT, and big data spaces, including software and consulting services. As Cisco delivers the network that powers the Internet, we are connecting the unconnected. Imagine creating unprecedented disruption. Your progressive ideas will impact everything from retail, healthcare, and entertainment, to public and private sectors, and far beyond. Collaborate with like-minded innovators in a fun and flexible culture that has earned Cisco global recognition as a phenomenal Place To Work. With roughly 10 billion connected things in the world now and over 50 billion estimated in the future, your career has exponential possibilities at Cisco. Why Cisco #WeAreCisco, where each person is outstanding, but we bring our talents to work as a team and make a difference. Heres how we do it. We embrace digital, and help our customers implement change in their digital businesses. Some may think were old (30 years strong!) and only about hardware, but were also a software company. And a security company. A blockchain company. An AI/Machine Learning company. We even invented an intuitive network that adapts, predicts, learns and protects. No other company can do what we do you cant put us in a box! But Digital Transformation is an empty buzz phrase without a culture that allows for innovation, creativity, and yes, even failure (if you learn from it.) Day to day, we focus on the give and take. We give our best, we give our egos a break and we give of ourselves (because giving back is built into our DNA.) We take accountability, we take bold steps, and we take difference to heart. Because without diversity of thought and a commitment to equality for all, there is no moving forward. So, you have colorful hair Dont care. Tattoos Show off your ink. Like polka dots Thats cool. Social media trends enthusiast Many of us are. 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