Cisco Strategy & Planning Manager 

United States, Massachusetts 

934159939

The application window is expected to close on: 2/27/2025.

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

You will collaborate with a diverse set of leaders across Sales, Operations, Finance, and Business Units to align our strategies and drive our growth initiatives.

• You will work as part of S&P team supporting Sales/Finance reporting, business insights and forecasting/ planning for mid to small market sales, designated products and the broader Security sales organization.
• Support Incubation and Velocity business finance partner(s), Sales leaders and cross-functional leadership with proactive insight into the performance of the business, sufficiency and health of the pipeline and opportunity funnel and analysis to support decision making/planning/goaling/forecasting/in quarter business results.
• Key outputs of your contribution will include reporting and business metric tracking; generating reports, analyses and models as requested by the business to support the overall process regionally or globally.
• Prepare and disseminate timely and accurate financial and business information to allow the business to plan, forecast, and make decisions using controlled, consistent data.
• Takes full ownership of and accountability for ongoing data insights and reports providing proactive validation and support.
• Share results and insights with business partners, identify areas of opportunities and actions to take to continue to drive improved insight into the performance of the business.
• Perform scenario analysis & planning to be used for decision making and approvals.
• Identifies potential opportunities for operational improvement to CoE leadership.

• 5+ years of experience in business intelligence, data analysis, strategic planning, or a related field.
• Strong knowledge of Business Intelligence tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or similar platforms. Data Analysis and Management proficiency in analysis software and tools (e.g., SQL, etc)
• Expertise in forecasting techniques and tools, including the ability to model and predict sales and business metrics. Advanced Excel: High proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including advanced functions, pivot tables, and data visualization.
• Demonstrable experience partnering with executive sales leaders to drive growth plans
• Strong in framing & structuring business problems, prioritizing the effort, conducting complex quantitative and qualitative analysis, building an exec level story complete with recommendations

• High degree of partnering skills: Personal integrity; commitment to delivering results; forward thinker; proactive and cross functional problem solver
• Must have excellent analytical and systems skills, including sound finance and accounting knowledge, sophisticated excel skills and a working knowledge of various systems tools (Business Objects, Essbase, etc.)
• Strong and effective communications across multiple levels of the Company and across multiple functional organizations. Must have excellent partnering and influencing skills.
• Ability to influence, participate and leverage cross-functional and regional teams to drive business outcomes.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Statistics, Data Science, or another related field preferred. Master’s degree preferred.