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Cisco Environmental Social Governance ESG Finance Manager United States, North Carolina, Cary 477369629
06.03.2025
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Specifically, you will:
- You will be part of our global ESG Finance team and you will be responsible for designing, developing and implementing our ESG Integrated Reporting Strategy. This strategy will be the approach we use to meet all ESG reporting requirements. We need to develop a single data set that can be used for all reporting requirements, whether required or voluntary. Our strategy must also be able to incorporate new regulations as they emerge over time.
- Develop a detailed plan to enable the transition from voluntary to mandatory reporting including working closely with SMEs (Subject Matter Experts) in ESG topics to drive the plan to achieve the overall strategy and specific objectives for Cisco. The resulting reporting and underlying disclosures will be audit ready.
- Conduct bench marking and develop programmatic data-driven insights and research to advise strategic decisions and thought leadership and incorporate this into the detailed plan.
- Present to senior leadership on a regular basis on our status and progress on implementation of strategy
- You will also help shape the overall system architecture approach to ESG and collaborate cross functionally to create a comprehensive end to end ESG solution. In particular you will need to focus on creating a single source of truth to enable Integrated Reporting plus robust “last mile reporting” to ensure efficient and accurate financial statement reporting.
- Other focus areas of the role include:
- Develop a deep knowledge and expertise on ESG trends, frameworks, regulations
- Review of ESG metric calculations to ensure compliance with reporting regulations and integration into our net zero plan; along with review of metric enhancements, data sources, methodology and timing.
- Be a trusted partner to our corporate wide social, environmental and governance teams on all finance related matters.
- Working cross functionally to support the launch of any new public goals and integrate into the quarterly goal tracking process including ongoing support for quarterly tracking of all public goals.
- Data validation for all voluntary reporting submissions (ensuring aligned and integrated reporting)
- Ensuring compliance of all public communications with our internal policies and our external goals
This role will give you an excellent opportunity to:
- You will be part of an organization that believes that we have the opportunity and the responsibility to do more for the world than we ever thought possible. We are committed to delivering on important ESG goals that are critical for society as well as our business.
- You will learn a tremendous amount on highly relevant ESG topics that are critically important worldwide
- You will be part of a team that works cross-functionally across all areas of our business including key partners across various functions
- Develop an understanding of Cisco's ESG reporting, data, processes, controls, and business operations
- Develop expertise in technical ESG reporting requirements including new US and International regulations, various frameworks, financial reporting, compliance and controls
Who you'll work with:
You'll get opportunities to interact with senior leaders in the Controllership organization and broader Finance, the office of the CSO (Chief Sustainability Office), Supply chain, Legal, People and Communities, Engineering, Investor Relations, and Workplace Resources, among others.
Who you are:
You are a highly motivated, self-starter, results-oriented with an ability to work on multiple deliverables at the same time and drive large scale projects to completion with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. You are eager to learn, and have a strong Finance background with a good understanding of ESG regulations. You are able to implement in a sophisticated, fast-paced large corporate environment. You are confident in your ability to drive resolution of sophisticated issues, work with senior executives, and can optimally work cross-functionally.
- Have detailed knowledge of ESG regulations including CSRD, ISS and SEC rules
- Ability to motivate change on a large scale - have validated experience in leading large cross functional projects and driving them to a successful conclusion
- Good communication and validated cross-functional collaboration and teamwork skills; good at building and cultivating strong relationships with business partners both internally and externally
- Ability to connect with, and influence senior leadership
- Take the initiative to work independently and report out on progress with the ability to apply specific knowledge to new situations and requests
- Be agile – able to change directions and reprioritize as required to address new and changing regulations
- Have expertise with financial reporting systems and applications implementation.
Minimum requirements for this role:
- Bachelors’ degree or equivalent experience
- 10+ years of strong finance background, experience in ESG and/or financial reporting, processes, internal controls, systems
- You can determine solutions and lead teams and processes to achieve those solutions
- You bring a strong attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy
- You are agile and innovative and handle pressure in ambiguous situations
- You bring previous experience working in sophisticated, unstructured environments and driving organizational level change
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