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This role is located in Raleigh, Austin, Chicago or Atlanta.

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.

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Finance Manager to lead Gross Margin planning and analysis, with a strong focus on cloud infrastructure costs and operational efficiency. This role will partner closely with Engineering, Product, Cloud Operations, Procurement, and senior Finance leaders to improve cost visibility, strengthen financial accountability, and identify opportunities to optimize gross margin.

The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, highly organized, comfortable working with complex datasets, and able to translate detailed financial analysis into clear and concise business insights. This individual should be proactive, intellectually curious, and willing to go deep into cost drivers while maintaining a strategic view of the business.

Your Impact

Lead gross margin planning, forecasting, reporting, and variance analysis, providing clear insights into key cost drivers, risks, and opportunities.

Manage and analyze cloud infrastructure spending across major cloud service providers, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.

Develop financial models and operational metrics to improve visibility into cloud consumption, infrastructure utilization, unit economics, and product-level profitability.

Build strong partnerships with Engineering, Product, Cloud Operations, Procurement, and Finance teams to influence investment decisions and drive cost accountability.

Identify and lead opportunities to optimize infrastructure spending, streamline financial processes, and improve the accuracy and scalability of reporting.

Provide proactive recommendations and executive-ready communication to support gross margin improvement and long-term business planning.

Minimum Qualifications

10+ Years of significant experience in financial planning and analysis, gross margin management, cost management, or a related finance leadership role.

Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure economics, technology costs, cost allocation, unit economics, and financial forecasting.

Demonstrated ability to analyze complex and detailed financial and operational data while identifying the most important business insights.

Excellent business partnership skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and proactively drive decisions.

Highly organized and detail-oriented, with strong ownership, follow-through, and the ability to manage multiple priorities.

Clear, concise, and effective written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex topics to senior leaders.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience managing or analyzing spending across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.

Experience automating and streamlining financial planning, reporting, forecasting, or cost-management processes.

Proficiency with data visualization and business intelligence tools such as Tableau or Power BI.

Experience using AI-enabled analytics, predictive modeling, or advanced financial modeling to improve business insights and decision-making.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

The starting salary range posted for this position is $122,500.00 to $160,600.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

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. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. 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. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

• .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;
• 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;
• 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and
• Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:
$147,500.00 - $222,500.00

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:
$131,100.00 - $198,900.00

* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco's sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.