Bookings Finance Analyst; FP&A

What You'll Do

Is business partnership at the core of your finance profession? Are you seeking the opportunity to exploit the full potential of your analytical, finance and business acumen? Are you ready to impact profitability of one of the most admired technology leaders? If so, this opportunity is for you.

You will be an integral part of the Sales & Services Finance team, who are key business partners to Cisco's sales organization covering the whole of EMEAR. The broader team is responsible for driving and shaping deals, budgeting, forecasting, analysing and reporting activities across the P&L including Bookings, Revenue, Gross Margin and Operating Expenses.You will be a key member of the Financial Planning & Analysis team in EMEAR and will be front and centre of all Bookings and Pipeline activity, analysing the risks and opportunities we see in the business as we deliver our product and services plans, and how this links to the overall P&L

Who You'll Work With

We are a diverse team who want to know the answer - constantly trying to make sense of the complexity of the day to day business, simplify for the rest of the organisation, and add insight and value to our partners. We work with our local Sales & Service Finance Teams to understand their business and identify risks and opportunities in the business.We work with our WW teams to ensure that the business understands the opportunities ahead of our organisation. We partner the Sales SVP for EMEAR, supporting the SVP of Finance across a wide array of topics from forecast accuracy to how we align our organisation with our operating expenditure. You will not be bored - we operate in a fast paced, constantly changing environment

Who You are

You are a strong dynamic Part or Newly Qualified finance professional with 3-5 years experience, willing to use your strong influencing skills in a large, complex organisation. You have a proven business partnership record in your finance profession and are seeking the opportunity to exploit the full potential of your analytical, finance and business acumen.You will have good communication skills (both written and verbal), a strong analytical mindset with high attention to detail and the ability to work effectively under time pressure.

You are ready to impact the profitability of one of the most admired technology leaders. You have excellent interpersonal skills with confidence and strength to push back and challenge where needed and have experience, or an interest, in working in the Technology / Telecoms / IT industry.

What do you need for the role:

• Part or Newly qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with strong commercial awareness and attention to detail

• Advanced Excel & PowerPoint skills

Why Cisco

We connect everything: people, processes, data, and things. We innovate everywhere, taking bold risks to shape the technologies that give us smart cities, connected cars, and handheld hospitals. And we do it in style with unique personalities who aren't afraid to change the way the world works, lives, plays and learns.

We are thought leaders, tech geeks, pop culture aficionados, and we even have a few purple haired rock stars. We celebrate the creativity and diversity that fuels our innovation. We are dreamers and we are doers.