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Finance Analyst

Finance Analyst

cisco • San Jose, CA, United States
1 day ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Finance Analyst

As the Finance Analyst supporting the West Area Sales Finance Controller, you will play a critical role on the team in influencing business performance through financial insight, strategic partnership, and operational excellence. You'll help leadership make informed decisions, improve forecast accuracy, and drive accountability across the organization.

Business Insights: Support annual planning, forecast cycles, pipeline analysis, discount governance, and expense management while improving forecast accuracy and business predictability.

Compliance: Champion a culture of financial integrity by ensuring compliance with corporate policies, strengthening internal controls, and safeguarding company assets, including lab and demo loan programs.

Operational Excellence: Drive continuous improvement by simplifying processes, automating reporting where possible, and leveraging data to improve financial decision-making. Support annual planning readiness activities, organizational hierarchy updates, and process enhancements that improve efficiency across the finance organization.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field
  • 1-2 years of progressive experience in FP&A, Commercial Finance, Sales Finance, or Business Finance
  • Exposure to financial modeling, forecasting, planning, and analytical skills
  • Strong communication skills
  • Experience managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience in annual planning, forecasting, quota/goaling processes, and expense management.
  • Practical application of AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Cursor) to improve financial analysis, automate workflows, or increase productivity.
  • Familiarity with Salesforce (SFDC), Tableau, Power BI, or other business intelligence and analytics platforms.
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