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Your future with us
You are a top performing, outstanding individual. We can offer you exciting challenges and major career opportunities, both in Denmark and internationally and very competitive compensation.
Job description
Denmark & Norway are a significant part of the Nordic region and thus makes a significant contribution to Cisco’s European targets. Cisco seeks a Finance Business Manager to drive FP&A, operational processes and projects to completion in order to achieve business results. In this matrix organization, you will be empowered to make a difference, establish a reputation as a subject matter expert, and position yourself for continued growth. The ideal candidate possesses excellent leadership, collaboration and communications skills, and the ability to effectively influence colleagues.
Primary responsibilities
- Business support / partner to the Danish GM, Norwegian GM.
- Fiduciary responsibility for monitoring, ensuring and enforcing Cisco’s policies, procedures and business practices. Ensuring integrity of information (metrics) used for business decisions and planning, compliance to company policies and application of these within scope of duties
- Support of wider North Finance organization to help the whole of North reach its financial objectives
- Stand in for Northern Europe Controller
- Develops financials for business plan, requiring advanced analysis; demonstrates advanced knowledge of business to integrate strategies, linking financial goals and organizational profitability
- Understands Cisco's general business strategy and how it differs from competitors
- Manages projects or programs in Finance; may lead cross functional teams
- Receives assignments in the form of objectives and establishes milestones to meet objectives; delegates assignments to others
- Evaluates and sells alternative solutions, effectively influencing outcomes
- Responsible for achieving goals that will affect costs, personnel and deadlines in the client organization; is viewed as a technical resource by peers throughout the organization and across various functions; partners with client groups in a team setting to provide technical expertise in developing their business strategy
- Establishes and recommends changes to policies which affect the client organization
Candidate Profile
- Proficiency in Excel
- Analytical skills, attention to details and ability to work effectively under time pressure
- Fluency in at least one of either Swedish or Norwegian with proficiency in English.
- Very strong business partnering skills, with ability to influence senior Sales people
- Team player, leading virtual teams as required
- Will be proactive & offer structured guidance, ensuring/influencing that the right priorities are set for both the Sales Teams and the support teams
- Will have the ability and proven experience of training Sales, Finance and all support groups, as new systems are operational
- Will have very strong Accounting/Finance knowledge
- Analytical skills, attention to details and ability to work effectively under time pressure
- Fluency in English and Danish with Norwegian as an advantage
Salary and benefits
Cisco is determined to attract interest from the highest-calibre individuals. The overall rewards structure comprises of a competitive package, which includes:
- Industry-leading salary & bonus
- Stock options
- Car allowance
- Pension contributions
- Life insurance
- Private medical insurance for employees & their families
Interested?
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Reference: R830790
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