Business Manager

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Cisco is always looking to identify talented people, especially for our Finance Professional roles. At present, we may not have an open position for a Financial Professional, however it is highly likely we will in the near future as we build out our teams in Research Triangle Park, NC area. Every day we connect people to the network and make it come to life.

Responsibilities
• Setting the monthly forecasts and flashes, quarterly commits and annual budgets for Revenue and COGS. This includes day to day activities: monthly close responsibilities such as close forecasting, accrual analysis, JV approvals, PR approvals as related to business partners.
• This position will be responsible for managing Revenue in excess of $500M and over $300M in Cost. Must be a self starter and will have a valuable seat at the table to provide the financial support required to drive operational efficiency initiatives, such as services segmentation, and prioritization of resource growth.
• This business manager will have a unique opportunity to manage a full P&L with responsibility to drive business improvement across a large and growing organization. The individual will be expected to provide input on key business issues, trending, etc.
• Drive regular meetings and relationship management with each business partner group to facilitate planning and optimize spend management. Developing and implementing standardized monthly reporting for each delivery area will be a priority. Perform ad hoc analysis as needed.
Tools that will be utilized in the role (Can be learned):
•Cisco Finance systems/tools (Fetch, Plan-It, SI2000, MS Excel, PowerPoint, Hyperion/Essbase)
•Accruals and Journal Entries
•PO approval
•Cost/hierarchy structure setup and maintenance
•Headcount and financial modeling
Required Qualifications:
• BS degree with 8+ years of related finance or accounting experience.
• High degree of partnering skills: personal integrity; drive for results; forward thinker; performance-oriented, proactive and cross functional thinker.
• Experienced in application of U.S. GAAP
• Communicate strongly and effectively across multiple levels of the company and across multiple functional organizations.
• Ability to participate / leverage cross-functional and global teams.
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