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The application window is expected to close on: 10/06/2025<br><br>Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.<br><br><strong>Meet the Team<br><br></strong>You will be a critical member of the Services & Logistics Operations team, working closely with Budget and Spend team members and across functions within S&L. Additionally, you will work with other team members outside of S&L including but not limited to Finance, Supply Chain Operations, Customer Experience, and others.<br><br><strong>Your Impact<br><br></strong>You will be a Budget and Spend Lead analysis manager supporting Services & Logistics (S&L) and prioritized areas of spend management that impact the organization, team, functions, and/or cross organizations. Your responsibilities will include:<br><br><ul><li>Manage S&L spend by working with Finance and cross-functional leads to align with budget targets. </li><li>Develop review and control processes to manage spend for Overhead (Headcount, Outside Services, Discretionary, and Systems run the business), including new investment requests. </li><li>Provide forecasts for quarterly recommits and annual planning with Finance. </li><li>Resolve issues that cause variability to the overall forecast. </li><li>Provide visibility to key performance metrics with automated dashboard reporting. </li><li>Prioritize deliverables including execution of details, measure progress, and provide to updates. <br><br></li></ul><strong>Minimum Qualifications<br><br></strong><ul><li>5+ years Financial or accounting experience. </li><li>Strong Excel skills are desired along with experience in BI, Power BI, Tableau or MS Access. </li><li>Possess experience presenting to the Sr. Executives. </li><li>BA/BS degree in equivalent field. <br><br></li></ul><strong>Preferred Qualifications<br><br></strong><ul><li>Proficient collaborator, communicator, and vital team member to S&L Ops team. </li><li>Creative problem solver able to work across functions and levels. <br><br></li></ul><strong>Why Cisco<br><br></strong>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

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