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Finance Analyst GVSE EMEA

Cisco

Cisco

Accounting & Finance, IT
Kraków, Poland
Posted on Aug 28, 2025

Members of the Finance organization at select locations will generally be expected to follow a hybrid work model, which includes two days of in-office attendance each week, with limited exceptions.

Meet The Team

You will be part of the GVSE EMEA Finance team with compliance mindset, all keen on contributing to the outstanding business and financial results, bringing about positive change by driving actionable insights and optimizing processes.


Your Impact

You will be part of the Finance Team supporting the Global Virtual Sales & Engineering EMEA organization with:

- building up Opex and Headcount forecasts, forecast vs actuals analysis, driving towards best-in-class forecast accuracy

- providing deeper-dive analysis on Opex cost drivers, trends and business partnering to support Sales Org Leadership team with decision-making

- providing financial expertise in all business-related matters

- playing active role in planning, budgeting and forecasting process

- supporting weekly and monthly sales forecast process

- driving business and financial analysis with the aim to provide actionable insights and operational excellence assuring compliant and effective use of resources

- ensuring the operating environment adheres to defined corporate compliance and controls as well as Cisco wide company policies and ethical standards

Minimum Qualifications

  • BA in Economics/Finance
  • 3-5 years of relevant experience in financial controlling, accounting or business analysis with big multinational companies.
  • You are an open-minded positive professional with great analytical & Excel skills capable to work independently taking responsibility for what you do and driving initiatives, implementing change where you see fit and necessary.
  • You are highly motivated financial professional who has a drive towards understanding complexity and being able to analyze it.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in cost management, cost forecasting and reporting, financial controlling
  • Experience in working with sales teams

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Simply put - we power the future.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.

Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter. Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.