Renewals Finance Controller

Job Responsibility:

What You'll Do:

An excellent opportunity is now available to join the Customer Experience (CX) Finance organization. The CX Finance team is looking for a highly motivated Finance Controller with the desire to be a difference maker, lead a team and change and help shape business and financial strategy for Cisco's Americas CX Renewals organization.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze, interpret, and forecast key financial metrics: ATR, Renewal Rates, iACV, Attrition, Bookings, etc.
• Report key metrics, including renewal rates, attrition, ATR, as well as more traditional bookings measures.
• Define the future models for forecasting and reporting.
• Develop the processes to operationalize both forecasting and reporting.
• Help CX leadership interpret analytics, gain insights, and understand key trends in the business.
• Presenting and sharing materials with Executive Leadership Teams for Weekly, Monthly and Quarterly results and Forecasts.
• Sales compensation - collaborating with operations teams to understand and resolve complex issues related to compensation and goaling.
• Setting Annual iACV and Bookings Targets for annual Goals, including cascading goals within Anaplan.
• Drive and own SMR/ATR/Renewals Transformation.
• Develop analytics that will tell CX leadership what's working, and what's not.
• Drive annual plan process - work with CX & CX Finance leadership, Sales Finance to drive the annual planning cycle.
• Help define the future models for forecasting and reporting, including iACV.
• Develop the processes to operationalize both forecasting and reporting.
• Work with CX Sales.
• Help CX leadership interpret analytics, gain insights, and understand key trends in the business.

The Team:

As a CX Renewals America's team leader, you will manage the CX Americas finance team and will be partnering with Americas CX Renewals VP, strategy & planning, sales, extended finance (Regional Sales Finance), IT and operations. You will develop productive working relationships with CX Finance as well as with these other teams.

Our minimum requirements:

• BS degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics, or related field, MBA
• 8+ years of working experience in Finance
• High proficiency with Microsoft Office, Business Objects.
• Must be highly motivated; able to manage multiple tasks.
• Advanced proficiency in English, both written and verbal.

Preferred Qualifications:

• High-tech industry experience is a plus

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