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Cisco Sales Finance Governance & Compliance Leader 
United States, North Carolina, Cary 
107978921

06.03.2025

Application window has been extended and expected to close on 03/07/2025. However, the job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applicants are received.

As a primary member of the Sales Finance Governance and Compliance team, you will enable groundbreaking capabilities for Sales Finance to successfully manage risk and maintain a strong compliance environment. You will partner with multiple stakeholders to craft, implement and execute controls framework in support of various business models and processes.

You will develop programs to verify and test that current operations and controls are mitigating risks across our bookings and reporting systems. You will help lead readouts on compliance issues with Finance executive staff, be encouraged to help identify solution to fix issues in our business and help with the implementation of these solutions.

Your Impact

In this critical role, you will work cross functionally with Finance, Legal, Sales, IT, and Operation leadership to assess risk and design and implement effective controls supporting a a variety of processes and systems. You will work with key contacts from Sales Finance within each region and be responsible for communicating a central message of compliance to the teams that support sales in each region.

You will also collaborate with the SOX PMO and Cisco Investigations teams on compliance reviews. You will work closely with the Commercial Finance Operations team on deal approval and bookings processes.

You will be responsible for readouts with Sales Finance leadership and for proactively identifying compliance issues within your responsibilities.

Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in Finance, MBA or other Finance related degree
  • 5 - 10 years progressive experience plus relevant leadership roles
  • Strong communication and presentation skills to Sr. Leadership
  • Proven ability to take ownership for multiple concurrent projects and strive to successful completion
  • Communicates recommendations for process improvement and/or optimizations optimally
Preferred Qualifications
  • Understanding of financial statements and related risks
  • Prior experience in a compliance role crafting, implementing and testing controls for effective risk management.
  • Knowledge of Cisco’s deal systems and bookings processes
  • Prior audit experience and knowledge of SOX requirements is a plus

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