Finance Manager

123 Cisco Systems (India) Private Limited; Karnataka; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Capital APJC in India seeks a Finance Leader to drive regional performance, supporting $1B+ annual bookings and partnering with Sales Leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.

You will lead a three-person finance team, structure financing solutions, monitor profitability, and provide analytical insights to inform leadership decisions and drive sustainable growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field.
• Proven experience in Sales Finance, Commercial Finance, FP&A, or Business Operations.
• Experience with financial planning, reporting, and business performance management systems.
• Strong financial analysis and business partnering skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders.
• Experience working across cross-functional teams in a complex business environment.

Responsibilities

• Direct and enable $1B+ in annual APJC bookings, serving as a strategic finance partner.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of three finance professionals.
• Spearhead complex deal negotiations and cross-functional alignment across Commercial Finance, Sales Finance, Credit, Operations, and Compliance.
• Structure and execute financing solutions balancing revenue growth, credit risk, profitability, and Cisco objectives.
• Monitor booking margins, discount structures, and profitability trends; provide actionable recommendations.
• Leverage financial analysis, modeling, forecasting, and business planning to support leadership decisions.

Skills

Strategic finance

Team leadership

Financial analysis

Stakeholder management

Business partnering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting/Business

Tools

Financial planning systems

Reporting systems

Forecasting software

Job description

Meet the Team

Join Cisco Capital APJC, a high-growth, high-impact organization focused on accelerating business bookings and enabling growth across the region. The Finance team serves as a strategic partner to Sales Leadership and cross-functional stakeholders, helping enable bookings while balancing financial performance, risk, and business objectives.

Your Impact

As a Finance Leader supporting Cisco Capital APJC, you will play a critical role in driving regional business performance, growth, and financial outcomes. Supporting $1B+ in annual bookings and a sales organization of more than 30 sellers, you will serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, using financial expertise, modeling, and business insights to influence strategic decisions. You will lead and develop a team of three finance professionals while partnering across Sales, Finance, Credit, Operations, and Compliance to structure commercial opportunities, optimize profitability, and support sustainable business growth.

What You’ll Do

• You will direct and enable $1B+ in annual APJC bookings, serving as a strategic finance partner to the Cisco Capital Sales Leader and APJC VP of Finance.
• You will lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of three finance professionals, fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous development.
• You will spearhead complex deal negotiations and cross-functional alignment across Commercial Finance, Sales Finance, Cisco Capital Credit, Operations, and Compliance.
• You will structure and execute tailored financing solutions that balance revenue growth, credit risk, profitability, and Cisco’s broader financial objectives.
• You will monitor booking margins, discount structures, and profitability trends and provide actionable recommendations to support growth while maintaining strong financial performance.
• You will leverage financial analysis, modeling, forecasting, and business planning to provide insights that support leadership decision-making and improve operational efficiency.

Who You’ll Work With

You will partner closely with Cisco Capital Sales Leadership, APJC Finance Leadership, Commercial Finance, Sales Finance, Cisco Capital Credit, Operations, Compliance, and other cross-functional stakeholders across the region.

Who You Are

You are a strategic and commercially minded Finance leader who can connect financial insights with business outcomes. You are comfortable influencing senior stakeholders, navigating complex deals, leading teams, and making decisions in a fast-paced, matrixed environment. You bring strong financial judgment, analytical capability, communication skills, and the ability to simplify complex information into clear recommendations and compelling business stories.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Proven experience in Sales Finance, Commercial Finance, FP&A, or Business Operations.
• Experience with financial planning, reporting, and business performance management systems.
• Strong financial analysis and business partnering skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders.
• Experience working effectively across cross-functional teams in a complex business environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting Sales organizations within the technology or corporate sector.
• Strong capabilities in financial modeling, forecasting, scenario analysis, and business planning.
• Experience with complex commercial transactions, deal structuring, pricing, or profitability analysis.
• Experience managing and developing finance teams.
• Ability to operate effectively within a matrixed, global, and highly collaborative environment.
• Strong executive presence and the ability to communicate complex financial insights through clear and compelling business storytelling.

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.

Cisconians power the future. We make impact as a team, innovating fast and fearlessly to create meaningful solutions on a large scale. The depth and breadth of our technology doesn’t just benefit our customers – it also means limitless opportunities for us to experiment and learn. We understand the power each of our unique backgrounds bring when we work together. Because of that, we have a global network of thinkers, doers, experts, and curious creators who help one another do their life’s best work.