Finance Analyst

Meet the Team

The Cisco Capital accounting team is responsible for the end-to-end financial management of Cisco's customer financing portfolio, including leases, loans, and other financing solutions. The team ensures accurate accounting, timely financial reporting, and compliance with relevant accounting standards and regulatory requirements. Working collaboratively with business partners and auditors, the group supports account reconciliations, revenue recognition, and audit processes, playing a key role in maintaining financial integrity and supporting Cisco Capital's business growth.

Your Impact

You will be responsible for handling the local GAAP/statutory accounting and reporting associated with Cisco Capital’s financing and credit extension entities in APJC. This will include providing input on accounting issues, reconciling account balances, maintaining local ledger balances, filing of periodic financial reports and tax returns, coordinating tax remittances, and more. You will partner with the Global Tax, Legal, Compliance, Capital Operations, external audit and tax providers, and other Capital Accounting teams to successfully comply with audit, tax and reporting requirements.

More Specifically

• You will compile financial data and support policies and procedures related to statutory audits, tax provision calculations, periodic tax filings, government surveys, and other financial reporting.
• You will collaborate cross-functionally to communicate compliance needs and understand operational procedures related to the Cisco Capital business.
• You will work with external service providers to provide timely financial inputs to the required filings.
• You will review accounting guidance related to the assigned Cisco Capital entities for local GAAP and statutory compliance, and where necessary, document our assessment of the accounting position.
• You will perform filings of periodic financial information with the related government agencies.
• You will analyze the business activities and financial results of the assigned Cisco Capital entities to provide periodic fluctuation analyses to other accounting groups, where the assigned entities are consolidated.

You will bring a positive, team-player attitude to this role, along with strong written and oral communication skills, and the ability to communicate with other accounting teams, business teams, and Senior Management directly. Strong organizational skills are required.

Minimum Qualifications

• ACCA/CA/MBA Finance degree with at least four years of related experience in the fields of accounting, audit, and/or direct and indirect tax (CIT/VAT/GST)
• Knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS accounting for a reputed corporate
• Large multinational public accounting experience preferred
• Prior use of financing or billing subledger/module is helpful
• Active accountancy licensure and previous financial services experience is a plus
• Excellent ability to communicate with cross-functional teams, technical stakeholders, and leadership, with a focus on clear and concise documentation and presentations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant (CA) certification.
• Hands-on experience in lease accounting and loan accounting, including familiarity with relevant standards.

Why Cisco?

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.