Meet the Team: The Business Entity The Cisco Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team has an exciting opportunity for Financial Analyst to support Cisco's Global FP&A Center of Excellence (CoE) at Bangalore. The Team In this role, the analyst would work as part of finance team supporting periodic performance reporting, decision analysis, business insights and forecasting/ planning for regional Sales and Services organization/Business Entities. Key Responsibilities: * General reporting and business metric tracking; including 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 information to allow the business to plan, forecast, and make decisions using controlled, consistent data * Takes full ownership of and accountability for on-going reports providing validation and supporting documentation to business partners as required * Perform scenario analysis & planning to be used for decision making and approvals. * Organizational Expense & HC reporting, Bookings, Revenue and Margin Analysis, support opex management with PR approvals and accruals for regions / BE. * Identifies potential opportunities for process improvement to CoE leadership * Acting as the primary contact to designated business finance partner(s) providing timely advice & appropriate reporting & analysis thereon * Participating as an extended member of the business finance partner team ensuring good of the underlying business in order to provide the appropriate analytical insights * Assisting in providing value-added management decision support, driving key business goals, identify major trends and corresponding business issues Minimum Qualifications Minimum Qualifications: * BS degree in accounting/finance with CA/MBA with 4+ years of relevant experience * High degree of partnering skills: Personal integrity; drive for results; forward thinker; proactive and cross functional thinker * General financial understanding a plus (periodic performance reporting, yearly and quarterly opex budgeting and planning, and month-end accounting) * Must have excellent analytical and systems skills, including sound finance and accounting knowledge, advanced 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 participate/and leverage cross-functional and regional teams. Preferred Skills: * Experience in a multinational company preferred. * Useful skills (not mandatory): * Macros, database handling, automation in Excel. * Connecting external databases, advanced FP&A analytics. #WeAreCisco where every individual brings their unique skills and perspectives together to pursue our purpose of powering an inclusive future for all. Our passion is connection—we celebrate our employees’ diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best, but be their best. We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together and at the heart of that is our people. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer—80 hours each year—allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do! Our purpose, driven by our people, is what makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet. Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do best. We ensure that every step we take is a step towards a more inclusive future for all. Take your next step and be you, with us! Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.