Product FP&A Senior Analyst

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Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

You will be joining the Global Supply Chain Finance organization, specifically the Product FP&A team, where you will be a key team member driving Product Gross Margin attainment and improvement. As part of this role, you will also be responsible for the Financial Analysis and Management of Cisco's Value Engineering (VE) program, aimed at investing OpEx to drive product cost savings. In addition, you will also own Product Margin analysis and forecasting for various business entities.

Our team is a dynamic group of motivated and hard-working finance professionals, recognized for strong cross-functional collaboration and for developing premier finance talent at Cisco. We pride ourselves on a supportive team culture and making a meaningful impact across the business. In this role, you'll work closely with partners in supply chain, finance, and other key internal partners to drive cost savings and enhance margins for the company.

• Be a champion for Product Gross Margin optimization for your assigned BEs.

• Partner closely with VE Central Team from Global Supplier Management (GSM) in Supply Chain to review project and total program financials including funding, savings, and gross margin impacts.
• Lead and forecast the OPEX budgets for VE for prototypes, NRE, Outside Services against corporate targets.
• Optimize OPEX spend across projects while ensuring SOW's, PR/PO's and accruals are compliant and accurate, and cross charges and O/S expense are appropriate.
• Reporting and analysis of VE savings commits from annual plan to quarterly commits, forecasts and actuals and the impacts to gross margin.

• Support business partners through ad-hoc analysis while collaborating with them on financial metrics and processes to ensure projects supply to positive business outcomes to Cisco.
• Publish quarterly business review slides for SCF leadership team, provide actionable insights and drive actions to achieve margin outcomes.
• Partner closely with Central SCO FP&A team in automating and digitizing margin analysis and dashboards.
• Evaluate impact of New Products and Product Transitions on BE and overall Cisco Gross Margins.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• 6+ years of finance experience.
• Experience with budget management / forecasting.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience in engaging directly with business partners.

• Proficiency in finance systems such as Essbase/Hyperion and strong MS Office skills
• Demonstrate ability to lead and work collaboratively within a team of professionals
• Strong time management and prioritize skills; ability to multiple tasks and work with a sense of urgency to support our partners
• Knowledge of financial analysis, financial forecasting, and modeling, handling expenses and finances and financial risk management

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