Finance Analyst- FP&A Power BI -CA -3+yrs exp

Meet the Team Join Cisco's Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Center of Excellence (CoE) team, where financial expertise and strategic insights drive the planning and decision-making processes for Cisco's global operations. Based in Bangalore, our team supports regional Sales and Services organizations and Business Entities with performance reporting, decision analysis, and forecasting. Your Impact As a Financial Analyst, you will be at the heart of Cisco's FP&A operations, providing vital financial insights and supporting strategic decision-making. In this role, you will: • Generate reports, analyses, and models to support business processes regionally and globally. • Prepare and disseminate accurate financial information to facilitate business planning, forecasting, and decision-making. • Manage organizational expense and HC reporting, bookings, revenue, and margin analysis, while supporting opex management with PR approvals and accruals. • Serve as the primary contact for designated business finance partners, offering timely advice and reporting. • Collaborate as an extended member of the business finance partner team to provide analytical insights. Minimum Qualifications • BS degree in Accounting/Finance; CA/MBA preferred with 1+ years of relevant experience. • Strong partnering skills with personal integrity, proactive mindset, and cross-functional thinking. • General financial understanding, including performance reporting, budgeting, and month-end accounting. • Advanced Excel skills and familiarity with systems tools like Business Objects and Essbase. • Strong communication and influencing skills across various levels and functions. • Experience in large multinational companies preferred. Preferred Qualifications • Ability to work with Macros and database knowledge for handling large financial data. • Skills in creating automation/models in Excel and connecting to external databases. • High-end data analytics skills applicable to FP&A analytical models. 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. 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. 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.