Commercial Finance Analyst

Members of the Finance organization at select locations will generally be expected to follow a hybrid work model, which includes two days of in-office attendance each week, with limited exceptions._

**Meet the Team**

In this position, you will be reporting to the Commercial Finance Sr. Manager for the Canada/US Public Sector/Latam Region. You will work closely with the solution selling account teams and multiple advisory functions supporting the structuring of deals and participating in customer negotiations. This is an exciting opportunity to be at the front end of our business.

This Canada Commercial Finance Analyst will handle deals that could be on Premier, Key, and Major accounts. The position will build relationships with functional teams in the Canada Region to enable close interaction for deal reviews and achieving the best overall results for the company.

**Your Impact**

Partnership with Sales across various reporting levels (i.e. Account Manager, Regional Manager, Client Director, Operation Director and/or Area VP)

Engagement of various internal collaborators including Legal, Revenue Accounting, Business Entity Finance, and CX functions to structure contractual arrangements

Understanding of revenue recognition issues, identifying non-standard terms, and obtains functional assurance-communicates Corporate Revenue decisions to the Sales organizations and Area Controllers

Interlock with Canada Sales Finance Theater Controller and Team to drive profitable growth across the segment while remaining compliant

Optimization of key financial and operational metrics including discount, margin, ACV/iACV, competitive analysis and deal cycle time

Exposure to a variety of new Cisco business models projected to enable future growth driven by software and services

Focus on adhering to internal SOX guidelines to ensure CF remains compliant

Maintains extensive knowledge of product and service offerings including new offerings

Needs to have a complete/holistic view of the customer to partner with sales on account planning and strategy, understanding of prevailing frame/master agreements/contracts

Deliver ongoing education and training to ensure Sales understanding and compliance to the non-standard deals process.

Provide CF management with analysis identifying common trends, drivers and issues around pricing and competitive issues: learning from deals, pricing pressures, competitive pressures, loopholes and share learnings with other members of the organization.

Understanding of US-Canadian currency conversion and implications on pricing

**Minimum Qualifications**
- Business-related degree or other Finance qualifications, coupled with equivalent experience in a large multinational corporate environment
- Very strong financial skills coupled with industry-specific knowledge of key business trends
- Strong written and verbal communication, with executive presence. Strong tool skills such as Excel and other Cisco Finance tools.
- Highly motivated self-starter with able to run multiple tasks and multiple high priorities simultaneously. You display significant judgment skills ensuring that Cisco optimizes margins, effectively mitigates risks, focuses on compliance while remaining commercially competitive.

**Preferred Qualifications**
- Minimum 4 year degree in Finance or Accounting
- 2-4 years’ experience in finance or accounting
- Knowledge of My Deal Manager and Cisco Commerce Workspace.
- Deal, pricing, or negotiation experience
- Sales support experience (SSF)
- Proficiency in French is a plus but not required

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Our passion is connection—we celebrate our employees’ diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best, but be their best.

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U.S. employees have **access** to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incen