Senior Director, Finance Reporting & AI Strategy

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Candidate must be US based and be eligible to work in the US without sponsorship.

As the Senior Director, Finance Reporting and AI Strategy, you will join a global Finance organization focused on transformation and innovation. In this highly strategic and hands-on role, you will collaborate with visionary leaders and innovative cross-functional teams-including Finance IT, the Finance Center of Excellence, and the Finance Transformation Office. You will leverage collective expertise to drive impactful change, working closely with senior leadership and business collaborators to define key performance indicators and reporting requirements that deliver actionable insights. Flexibility to work with global teams and adaptability to evolving business needs will be necessary for success in this transformational leadership position.

You will lead a global transformation in our financial analysis and reporting platform, setting new standards for data-driven decision-making across the organization. This role involves developing and executing a comprehensive, multi-year strategy for FP&A reporting systems and dashboards, ensuring alignment with evolving business needs and objectives.

As the champion of our AI strategy, you will play an instrumental role in identifying, piloting, and implementing Agentic AI and machine learning solutions, helping to set a forward-thinking strategy for all CFO functions. You will help train the FP&A team, nurture a culture of innovation, and drive adoption of AI-driven insights to keep the organization at the forefront of financial innovation. By staying abreast of emerging AI technologies, you will make informed recommendations to improve the FP&A technology stack, develop standardized reporting frameworks, and coordinate with the Finance Transformation Office and other Finance groups to address reporting needs and ensure organizational alignment.

A major focus will be championing the implementation of reporting standards and frameworks for executive-level reporting and dashboards. In this capacity, you will partner across the broader Finance organization to make recommendations and proposals for continuous improvement. You will also lead the cross-functional sharing of guidelines and innovative ideas to ensure alignment and adoption company-wide, enabling a common language of performance and a scalable foundation for future analytics and AI use cases.

• 15+ years of experience in a Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) leadership role

• 5+ years of team leadership experience

• 3+ years hands-on experience with FP&A or Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) software (e.g., Anaplan, Hyperion, Business Objects)

• Expert-level proficiency with business intelligence tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI)

• Experience implementing Hyperion, BI, or Tableau platforms

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

• Demonstrated ability to lead large-scale reporting and analytics transformations

• Outstanding communication, presentation, and stakeholder management abilities

• Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and drive projects to completion

• Experience with AI/ML tools or platforms in a finance context is highly desirable

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.

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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 ofunused sick timecarried forwardfrom one calendar yearto 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:

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

* 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.