Budget and Spend Business Analyst (Hybrid)

About the position 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: Manage S&L spend by working with Finance and cross-functional leads to align with budget targets. Develop review and control processes to manage spend for Overhead (Headcount, Outside Services, Discretionary, and Systems run the business), including new investment requests. Provide forecasts for quarterly recommits and annual planning with Finance. Resolve issues that cause variability to the overall forecast. Provide visibility to key performance metrics with automated dashboard reporting. Prioritize deliverables including execution of details, measure progress, and provide to updates. Responsibilities • Manage S&L spend by working with Finance and cross-functional leads to align with budget targets. • Develop review and control processes to manage spend for Overhead (Headcount, Outside Services, Discretionary, and Systems run the business), including new investment requests. • Provide forecasts for quarterly recommits and annual planning with Finance. • Resolve issues that cause variability to the overall forecast. • Provide visibility to key performance metrics with automated dashboard reporting. • Prioritize deliverables including execution of details, measure progress, and provide to updates. Requirements • 5+ years Financial or accounting experience. • Strong Excel skills are desired along with experience in BI, Power BI, Tableau or MS Access. • Possess experience presenting to the Sr. Executives. • BA/BS degree in equivalent field. Nice-to-haves • Proficient collaborator, communicator, and vital team member to S&L Ops team. • Creative problem solver able to work across functions and levels. Benefits • U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco's plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. • Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time. • U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco's policies: 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees • 1 paid day off for employee's birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco • Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees • Exempt employees participate in Cisco's flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations) • 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next • Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members • Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer • For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco's policies. • Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. Apply tot his job