Accounting Manager, GAR

Application window has been extended until 09/24/2025.

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Candidates must be located in the posted locations.

Members of the Finance organization at select locations will generally be expected to follow a hybrid work model, which includes one or two days of in-office attendance each week, with limited exceptions.

Meet the Team

Join the Global Accounting & Reporting (GAR) group within Cisco’s Corporate Controller Group (CCG)! We are a dynamic team dedicated to supporting business processes with integrity, credibility, and global financial policy leadership! GAR partners with functional groups across the company to enable virtual close, earnings release, and SEC filing. We are committed to developing and implementing effective global financial policies and forging impactful collaborations across Cisco.

Your Impact

As a key member of the GAR team, you will handle the accounting and reporting for Cisco’s private investments' portfolio, ensuring accurate and timely disclosures for SEC filings. You will support Corporate Development Finance and Business Development teams by recording and understanding transactions related to private investments, including direct and indirect investments. This exciting role offers significant exposure to functions both within and outside of Finance and positions you as an expert partnering with other groups such as Treasury and Tax. Responsibilities include:

Lead the private investments' portfolio close process each period, including preparation of all journal entries and reconciliations.

Prepare monthly and quarterly internal reporting package schedules.

Prepare private investment-related Treasury Accounting 10-K and 10-Q disclosures.

Track and coordinate private investment cash movements—including new and additional funding, distributions, and escrow payments—with Treasury and global shared services.

Understand private investment valuations and record fair value adjustments.

Consult with business partners, including Corporate Development Finance and Business Development, to assess accounting treatment of new private investments.

Act as a private investment accounting expert in support of business partners, such as Treasury and Tax.

Monitor IPO and exit activity to ensure timely recording of M&A transactions within the portfolio.

Prepare the accounting for Cisco’s investments in venture funds; review capital and financial statements to ensure accuracy and reasonableness of Cisco’s share of fund activity, and communicate with fund managers as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• At least 5 years of strong accounting experience.
• Shown experience and ability to manage and book journal entries.
• Proven experience managing cross-functional/global relationships.

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA certification.
• Big 4 public accounting experience.
• Experience with direct and indirect private investments, including measurement alternative, equity method, NAV practical expedient, and consolidation accounting methods.
• Ability to interpret and apply technical accounting guidance for private investments.
• Strong background in preparing journal entries, reconciliations, and internal/external reporting for complex investment portfolios.
• Strong analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Experience establishing relationships with business partners.
• Proactive, collaborative, self-starter, comfortable independently solving accounting problems and integrating information from various sources.
• Experience with Oracle GL/ERP systems

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. Simply put – we power the future.

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.