Cisco Finance Manager 

Costa Rica, San José 

293479753

You will partner with IT Functional Vice Presidents to formulate investment strategies and optimize spending tied to priorities of the organization. Your responsibilities will include, but not be limited to the following:

• Perform cost analysis and what-if modeling to for investment business cases
• Work closely with functional leaders to distribute quarterly budgets
• Develop and maintain annual budgeting models
• Track and monitor actual spending against assigned budgets

• Maintain comprehensive bottoms-up forecast model
• Facility bi-weekly budget reviews with functional leaders and Business Operations
• Recommend risk/opportunity adjustments with an objective point of view
• Develop and maintain analyses, trends and metrics to influence/drive spend efficiency

• Facilitate transactional execution including stakeholder agreement, compliance check and system processing
• Advise the business on transactional accounting treatments and impact on the forecast
• Be an ambassador of Cisco’s financial policies – educate the business, enforce the policies, coordinate audits and remedial actions

• Manage the month-end close process; assess risks/opportunities in the forecast
• Manage all aspects of purchase order management and general ledger reconciliation
• Work closely with Accounting on capitalized costs, amortization and payroll entries
• Reconcile general ledgers against forecasted spend; identify and resolve gaps

• Maintain alignment of departmental and P&L hierarchies
• Drive continuous process improvement; identify gaps, initiate and execute changes

IT Functional Vice Presidents & Directors, Chief of Staff, Operations, IT FP&A, Accounting

You are a highly motivated Finance professional with a solution-mindset, who applies technical and relationship skills to solve problems. You can quickly adapt in a transformative environment and are able to meet short term deliverables while building for the long haul.

• BS degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related field, MBA and/or certification a plus
• 6+ years of proven experience in Corporate Finance, Budget management, FP&A and/or Accounting
• Demonstrated success partnering with business executives
• Ability to support business decisions using facts, data and analysis
• Must be savvy with data modeling using Microsoft Excel
• Succinct communication and presentation skills
• Advanced proficiency in English, both written and verbal

• Familiarity with finance tools (Business Object, Hyperion/Essbase, FinABC)

We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other’s backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another – from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is in our DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).