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Cisco’s Common Hardware Group develops the silicon, hardware systems, and optics for Cisco’s core networking products. CHG’s Cisco Wireless and Meraki Hardware department designs, manufactures, and maintains Cisco’s wireless and Meraki product portfolio. The Strategy & Operations team is looking for a Business Analysis Manager to support the management, tracking, and analysis of departmental budgeting and related business transformation. You will be successful if you’re a quick learner, analytical thinker, committed to process improvement, able to manage multiple projects simultaneously and can build positive relationships across teams.
You Will
- Drive transformation of quarterly forecasting processes in the department
- Develop and deliver training on new budgeting tools and processes to stakeholders
- Establish procedures to track and report on progress against financial targets
- Develop strategies to optimize actual spending to align with budgets
- Analyz data to identify patterns, and develop measures to promote improvements in forecasting
- Establish procedures to ensure purchase order requisitions are closed in a timely manner
- Support procurement process transformation across the department
- Maintain solid relationships with inter- and intra- departmental partners
You Have
- 7+ years of experience in a budgeting, finance, procurement, business analyst role or similar
- Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
- Great organizational skills and attention to detail
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Microsoft Office mastery (especially Excel and PowerPoint)
Bonus If You Have
- Knowledge of Cisco’s budgeting and procurement tools (e.g., Budget, Pronto, QPC, Clarity, SmartBuy, iProcurement, PowerBI, etc.)
- Proven track record of being a change agent and role model by systematically driving successful tool adoption
Does this sound like you? We’d love to hear from you!!
We encourage you to drop us a line even if you don’t have all the points above. That’s a lot of different areas of responsibility! We will help you pick them up because we believe that great leaders come from a diverse set of backgrounds.
At Cisco Meraki, we’re challenging the status quo with the power of diversity, inclusion, and collaboration. When we connect different perspectives, we can imagine new possibilities, inspire innovation, and release the full potential of our people. We’re building an employee experience that includes appreciation, belonging, growth, and purpose for everyone.
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