Sr Financial Analyst, Security FP&A
Cisco
Application window is expected to close on 09/05/2025.
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Candidates must be located in the posted locations.
Members of the Finance organization at select locations will generally be expected to follow a hybrid work model, which includes one or two days of in-office attendance each week, with limited exceptions.
Meet the Team
Join Cisco Security’s FP&A team in a high-visibility role supporting our Security Opex groups, closely aligned to engineering functions. You will partner closely with Engineering leaders, SBG FP&A Finance and SBG controller teams, along with Central BE FP&A teams. You will also work closely on Opex consolidation, creating automated procedures and models help drive financial excellence and operational efficiency.
Your Impact
As a Security FP&A Operations Expense lead, you will serve as a strategic business partner, influencing investment prioritization, headcount growth, and business planning for Cisco Security! In this role, you’ll collaborate across multiple teams to ensure the accuracy and clarity of financial forecasts and reporting, while proactively driving improvements in execution and operational efficiency. This is an exciting opportunity to present to senior leadership and help shape the future of Cisco Security.
Serve as a strategic business partner for Cisco Security’s Engineering, and Non-Engineering organizations, significantly influencing investment prioritizations, headcount growth, and business plans.
Consolidate Opex for Engineering and collaborate with the team to update forecasts in accordance with corporate timelines.
Build and refine efficient templates, provide variance explanations, and clarify differences from forecasts.
Lead key aspects of the Security budget, participating in forecasting and planning, and working with partners to drive business goals and initiatives.
Oversee Opex for supported groups and handle headcount reporting and forecasting processes, enhancing forecast accuracy and understanding drivers.
Identify, develop, and implement improvements to existing reporting and business processes.
Develop and refine monthly and quarterly operations/finance reviews, ensuring the reporting of key financial information for decision-making.
Lead monthly forecast review calls with Business Partners, Finance, and Operations, with opportunities to present to senior leadership.
Conduct ad-hoc analyses related to operational efficiency for operations teams, Finance leaders, and SBG finance FP&A.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business.
- 2–4 years of relevant work experience in financial planning, analysis, budget management or a related field.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
- Self-starter with initiative to drive operational improvements and optimize processes.
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of Hyperion Essbase and Business Objects.
- Ability to handle several projects simultaneously and prioritize to meet deadlines.
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
- Shown problem-solving skills and ability to address issues authoritatively and efficiently.
- Ability to tailor communications appropriately to the audience and situation.
- Shown creativity and judgment in financial or operational analysis.
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.
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.
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.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.
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