Business Operations Analyst

The application window is expected to close on: 09/28/2026

The Financial Health team helps Cisco plan spending, manage budgets, and use resources effectively. Our work includes budgeting, forecasting, following financial policies, and automating routine tasks. We partner with Finance and Marketing to turn financial data into clear information that supports business decisions. Our team works together to maintain accurate financial records and improve how work gets done. Joining this team gives you the opportunity to help Cisco improve financial planning and support business growth.

Track operating costs and spending on long-term assets against approved budgets so budget owners can identify and address differences. Support monthly and quarterly financial reviews by processing purchase requests and invoices, recording costs incurred but not yet billed, and checking that purchasing records match accounting records. Maintain employee count, spending, and forecast data in Hyperion, and explain differences between planned and actual results.

Prepare reports that help Finance and Marketing partners understand spending trends, update forecasts, and decide where to take action. Improve recurring financial processes to reduce manual work and errors, with success measured by accurate records, reports delivered on schedule, and completion of required financial checks.

• Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD degree in in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or coursework in finance, accounting, or statistics.
• 3+ years of experience in business operations, financial analysis, or a role that includes budget tracking and financial reporting.
• Experience using Microsoft Excel to create pivot tables, apply lookup and conditional formulas, and build spreadsheets that calculate spending totals and forecasts.
• Experience completing monthly or quarterly financial reporting activities, including comparing actual spending with budgets, updating forecasts, and checking purchasing records against accounting records.
• Experience preparing financial reports that identify differences between planned and actual spending, explain the causes, and recommend corrective actions.

• Experience using SAP or Oracle to review purchasing and accounting records, and Hyperion to maintain budgets or forecasts.
• Experience building reports or charts in Tableau or Power BI to track spending, budgets, or forecasts.
• Experience using SQL to retrieve and combine data from databases.
• Experience completing a process improvement that reduced processing time, manual steps, or errors, with results that can be described or measured.
• Experience presenting financial findings to colleagues outside Finance and working with them to agree on actions, owners, and deadlines.

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.

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