• Accurate Headcount and Expense Annual Planning/Forecasts, Variance Analysis
• Being able to understand and articulate business drivers to your business partners and the finance team is essential.
• You'll combine the ability to support day-to-day activities while partnering with key business and finance partners to drive business performance.
• Regularly engage with Senior Management, Operations, and Delivery teams.
• Show eagerness to inspire change across key areas of Learning & Certifications by working on and potentially leading key initiatives.
• Finally, ensure compliance in all aspects of the business.
• PR management and Accruals
• Driving continuous improvement to our financial support processes that adapt to ongoing business changes.

In this position, you will work closely with the Learning & Certifications Leadership and Operations teams. You will also work alongside our CX FP&A Finance team. Our plays a vital role in supporting CX’s business growth and profitability in our role as key advisors to our business leaders.

• Possess a Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent) in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field with 4+ years of relevant work experience.
• Expense management experience including managing month-end and quarter-end close processes.
• Strong collaboration, presentation, influencing, and communications skills and ability to work with multiple cross-functional teams simultaneously.
• Requires specialized knowledge and expertise in financial analysis and familiarity with the broader underlying concepts of related business fields
• Must be open to sharing ideas and suggestions for operational improvement and optimizations.
• Strong Excel skills
• Ability to multitask without losing focus on the big picture.

We offer extensive employee benefits including 20 days of PTO, 10 paid volunteering days, paid birthday off, 401k match with NO vesting, generous health/dental/vision benefits and much more.

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.
Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings. Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday, plus a day off for their birthday. Employees accrue up to 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) each year and have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues without tapping into their PTO. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community. Employees are also able to purchase company stock through our Employee Stock Purchase Program.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco pays at the standard rate of 1% of incentive target for each 1% revenue attainment against the quota up to 100%. Once performance exceeds 100% quota attainment, incentive rates may increase up to five times the standard rate with no cap on incentive compensation. For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.