Cisco Systems Looking for Accountant – – years at Bengaluru, Karnataka Full Time

Cisco seeks a finance professional for Accounting Acquisition Integration. This position is looked upon as a trusted business advisor and partner. In this position you will be empowered to make a difference, establish a reputation, and position yourself for continued growth.

Spearhead and lead statutory audit and tax filings in various geographies,

Responsible for Month Close activities: Review and ensure smooth month end close which includes Expense Accruals, Fixed Asset Depreciation, Prepaid Expense Amortizations, Transfer Pricing, and Intercompany Settlements

Prepare, Review and Approve General Ledger Reconciliations: Opex Accruals, Tax Provisions, Fixed Assets, Intercompany Accounts, Goodwill, Intangible Assets etc

Prepare Quarterly and Monthly Balance Sheet and P&L Flux Analysis for management ing.

Supervising the health & hygiene of the account balances vide timely and quality account reconciliations.

Review the financial results in the local GL and in the Consolidation GL for the Acquired entities and prove that it includes all the entries required to ensure completeness and accuracy.

Compare the Trial Balance per local GL to the Trial Balance per Consolidation GL and ensure that no differences have been identified. And provide details and comments for any differences.

Responsible to ensure that all account reconciliations for the prior month have been appropriately completed, reviewed, and signed off and clear any significant reconciling items in the current month.

Responsible to advise the Corporate Controllers Group of any material adjustments to current period reconciliations and provide comments on significant outstanding reconciling items.

Review the Intercompany accounts and ensure that there are no unidentified differences

Ensure strict compliance with Cisco’s Policies and Procedures for Accounting and Reconciliations.

Ensure that all reconciliations have sufficient supporting documentation to substantiate current balances

Identify and communicate any foreign exchange (FX) errors and issues to the controllership team and document them in the reconciliations.

Work on Operational improvements, Desktop Procedures, trainings, and knowledge sharing sessions

Collaborate with customers and drive process changes to improve efficiency

Who you’ll work with

You will have an opportunity to work cross functionally with Business Finance as well as Corporate Development, Tax, Legal, and Treasury. This position resides in Global Accounting & ing (GAR).

Who you are

The ideal candidate demonstrates attention to detail with strong Excel skills, collaboration and interpersonal skills, and the ability to effectively partner and influence colleagues; as well as experience with Statutory audits, intercompany accounting, FX.

Motivated, independent and accountable

Demonstrated ability to prioritize

Audit assurance experience in handling & completion of audits of large US MNC subsidiaries in IT/Telecom industry and/or other proven experience of first hand on exposure of statutory audit and tax audit

Quick to embrace challenge

Ability to present data as meaningful information to leadership teams as well

Ability to effectively partner cross-functionally with finance and non-finance organizations

Personal integrity; drive for results; forward thinker; performance-oriented, proactive and cross functional thinker

Our minimum requirements for this role:
CA / ICWA / MBA with of 5-9 years’ experience

Hands on experience in handling legal entity controllership activities as per US GAAP, IFRS and IGAAP

Hands on knowledge of Oracle Financials ERP, Microsoft Navision, Salesforce, Microsoft Excel, PPT, Word and other office tools

Why cisco

At Cisco, each person brings their unique talents to work as a team and make a difference.

Yes, our technology changes the way the world works, lives, plays and learns, but our edge comes from our people.

We connect everything – people, process, data and things – and we use those connections to change our world for the better.

We innovate everywhere – From launching a new era of networking that adapts, learns and protects, to building Cisco Services that accelerate businesses and business results. Our technology powers entertainment, retail, healthcare, education and more – from Smart Cities to your everyday devices.

We benefit everyone – We do all of this while striving for a culture that empowers every person to be the difference, at work and in our communities.

Colorful hair? Don’t care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That’s cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Be you, with us! #WeAreCisco

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S.:
When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate’s hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings. Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday, plus a day off for their birthday. Employees accrue up to 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) each year and have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues without tapping into their PTO. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community. Employees are also able to purchase company stock through our Employee Stock Purchase Program.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco pays at the standard rate of 1% of incentive target for each 1% revenue attainment against the quota up to 100%. Once performance exceeds 100% quota attainment, incentive rates may increase up to five times the standard rate with no cap on incentive compensation. For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.