Budget and Spend Business Analyst (Hybrid)

The application window is expected to close on: 12/23/2025

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received. This is a hybrid role based in the USA.

Meet the Team

You will be a critical member of the Services & Logistics Operations team, working closely with Budget and Spend team members and across functions within S&L. Additionally, you will work with other team members outside of S&L including but not limited to Finance, Supply Chain Operations, Customer Experience, and others.

Your Impact

You will be a Budget and Spend Lead analysis manager supporting Services & Logistics (S&L) and prioritized areas of spend management that impact the organization, team, functions, and/or cross organizations. Your responsibilities will include:
* Manage S&L spend by working with Finance and cross-functional leads to align with budget targets.
* Develop review and control processes to manage spend for Overhead (Headcount, Outside Services, Discretionary, and Systems run the business), including new investment requests.
* Provide forecasts for quarterly recommits and annual planning with Finance.
* Resolve issues that cause variability to the overall forecast.
* Provide visibility to key performance metrics with automated dashboard reporting.
* Prioritize deliverables including execution of details, measure progress, and provide to updates.

Minimum Qualifications

* 5+ years Financial or accounting experience.
* Strong Excel skills are desired along with experience in BI, Power BI, Tableau or MS Access.
* Possess experience presenting to the Sr. Executives.
* BA/BS degree in equivalent field.

Preferred Qualifications

* Proficient collaborator, communicator, and vital team member to S&L Ops team.
* Creative problem solver able to work across functions and levels.

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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We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

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.