Strategy & Planning Manager
Job in
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, 19190, USA
Listed on 2026-10-23
Listing for:
CISCO Systems
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-10-23
Job specializations:
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Business
Financial Analyst, Business Intelligence, Business Analyst
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received. Meet the Team The Americas Sales Strategy, Planning & Operations (SP&O) team is seeking a highly analytical, organized Sales Strategy & Planning Analyst to support business planning, financial and commercial analysis, and Run the Business operating rhythm for Americas Sales. This hands-on role combines meticulous quantitative work with structured execution, executive reporting, and AI-enabled process improvement.
Annual & Quarterly Planning / Run the Business Support annual fiscal year planning, quarterly planning, and next-quarter readiness by maintaining milestones, inputs, templates, dependencies, and deliverables.
Coordinate operating rhythms including QBRs, forecast and performance reviews, leadership all-hands, offsites, and business planning meetings; prepare materials and track decisions and actions.
Maintain rolling leadership calendars and action trackers; proactively identify missed inputs, schedule conflicts, risks, and follow-ups across collaborators.
Financial Modeling, Business Analysis & Executive Decision Support Build and maintain Excel-based financial and operating models to assess bookings, forecast scenarios, attainment, pipeline coverage, conversion, slippage, and performance against plan.
Conduct variance, trend, and scenario analysis to explain performance drivers, identify risks and opportunities, and support annual and quarterly planning decisions.
Consolidate Sales, Finance, and Strategy & Planning inputs into executive summaries, end-of-quarter factbooks, pre-earnings commentary, and clear, data-backed recommendations.
Reporting, Excel & Pipeline Excellence Develop sophisticated Excel models, trackers, templates, and recurring reports using pivot tables, complex formulas, lookups, sensitivity analysis, data validation, and structured datasets.
Support pipeline movement, health and hygiene, and future-quarter build reporting; develop clear visualizations and dashboards using Excel, Power BI, or similar tools.
Validate data quality, reconcile conflicting inputs, document reporting logic, and improve consistency and timeliness of leadership reporting.
AI-Enabled Execution & Process Improvement Use approved AI tools regularly to accelerate analysis, summarize complex inputs, draft executive materials, and support planning workflows while validating outputs and protecting critical data.
Identify repetitive reporting and coordination work; create reusable prompts, templates, automations, and documented processes that reduce manual effort and improve scalability.
You will be a part of Americas Sales Activation & Acceleration within Americas Sales SP&O, partnering with Run the Business and planning team, Americas Sales leaders, Finance, and cross-functional Strategy & Planning stakeholders. You will help connect analysis, planning, and execution across a complex sales organization.
Your Impact You will combine the rigor of a strong financial or business analyst with the organization and follow-through of an effective business operator. You enjoy digging into numbers, testing assumptions, spotting inconsistencies, and explaining what the results mean. You can also turn an ambiguous leadership request into a practical plan and deliver it accurately on time.
Structured Execution:
You organize multiple parallel deliverables, handle details, and follow through on commitments.
Financial & Commercial Foresight:
You understand bookings, forecast, attainment, pipeline dynamics, performance against plan, and the drivers behind business results.
Analytical Communication:
You translate financial models and complex datasets into clear findings, scenarios, and executive-ready recommendations.
Ownership & Precision:
You catch inconsistencies, ask clarifying questions, and deliver dependable work under changing priorities.
AI Mindset:
You actively experiment with approved AI tools and automation, then verify accuracy before using results.
Minimum Qualifications Experience in financial analysis, FP&A, sales operations analytics, business planning, corporate strategy, or another quantitatively rigorous business analyst role.
Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency, including financial or operational modeling, pivot tables, complex formulas, lookups, sensitivity/scenario analysis, and large dataset analysis.
Experience performing variance and performance analysis,…
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