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Cisco CX Americas FP & Manager 
United States, North Carolina, Cary 
644318986

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As a Cisco CX Americas FP&A Finance Manager, you will support the Americas CX monthly, quarterly, and annual planning processes including bookings, revenue, COGS and P&L plans. You will engage with the Americas Theater Finance Managers, Financial Analysts, and business team members to develop actuals variance, forecast projections, and key related analytics to drive gross margin accuracy. You will socialize and maintain related reporting in partnership with the Sales Finance, CX WW FP&A Team, and our FP&A Center of Excellence (CoE). Scope will continue to grow with the needs of CX such as ARR, CX Portfolio Views, and new/renew bookings analysis. A successful candidate will have high data integrity, can optimally derive insights from data trends, and drive executive communication/collaboration with business partners.

The role is critical to generating the necessary FP&A support to the CX Americas organization. The applicant will be very knowledgeable of the CX P&L. This role is critically important as accurate information will drive good business conversations and executive decision-making. Further analysis helps the business achieve margin targets and expectations to the street.

  • Lead P&L forecasting and analysis, including Revenue, COGS, and Services Gross Margin.
  • Support monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting; collaborate with global FP&A and business partners.
  • Drive annual planning, financial modeling, and process optimization through automation and best practices.
  • Consolidate and report on key CX metrics; report directly to the CX Americas FP&A Lead.
Min Requirements :
  • BS degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics.
  • 7+ years experience in Finance, FP&A, business partnership.
  • Excellent command of MS Excel modeling (vlookup, lookup, sumifs, countif, if/and/or, pivot tables, etc.)
  • Ability to transform large data sets into business insights.
  • Familiarity with finance tools (Business Objects, MBR, SFDC, Cisco Ready)
Preferred Skills:
  • Technical ability to quickly learn and adopt new tools
  • High upbeat, and self-motivated, capable of working to firm deadlines
  • Confidence leading live Webex meetings.
  • Succinct communication; ability to explain complex concepts to a wide audience.
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills, leadership potential