Business Architect

Job description

Meet the Team Join Cisco’s WW Distribution Sales & Finance organization, where teams work across business, finance, IT, and data functions to enable scalable financial reporting, analytics, and business decision-making. The team manages and continuously improves the WW Distribution Foundation data warehouse, which supports critical financial processes and advanced reporting across the WW Distribution Sales and Finance organizations. Your Impact As a Project Manager, you will design, plan, and coordinate business-related projects from initiation through delivery, working across technical and non-technical teams. You will translate business requirements into actionable solutions while managing project scope, timelines, resources, dependencies, risks, testing, documentation, and delivery. You will play a key role in enhancing and maintaining the WW Distribution Foundation data warehouse, supporting financial reporting, analytics, data sourcing, and reporting automation. You will also partner with business and technology teams to resolve data and reporting issues, prioritize enhancements, and drive improvements that enable better business outcomes. You Will • Design, plan, and coordinate business-related projects from initiation through successful delivery. • Define project requirements and conduct feasibility, needs, and impact assessments. • Develop detailed project plans covering resources, timelines, dependencies, risks, testing, documentation, training, and delivery. • Enhance and maintain the WW Distribution Foundation data warehouse supporting key financial processes and reporting. • Translate business requirements into meaningful and actionable analytics using MS SQL Server, Snowflake, SAP HANA, FinBI, Partner Database, and related technologies. • Support advanced reporting and analytics for stakeholders across WW Distribution Sales and Finance. • Improve financial data sourcing and identify opportunities to automate financial reports and dashboards. • Manage day-to-day data and reporting issues and coordinate with upstream teams to drive timely resolution. • Prioritize reporting enhancements, system updates, and business requests based on stakeholder needs and business impact. • Partner with Cisco IT, Finance IT, WIPS, and Data & Analytics teams to understand upstream changes and assess their impact on financial reporting. • Define and communicate business requirements for upstream changes that improve analytics and stakeholder outcomes. • Coordinate cross-functional projects, manage change control, monitor progress, and ensure on-time delivery. • Provide clear project updates, stakeholder communications, and status reporting throughout the project lifecycle. Who You’ll Work With You will work primarily with the WW Distribution Sales Strategic & Planning team and collaborate closely with WW Distribution Finance, Cisco IT, Finance IT, WIPS, Data & Analytics, and other cross-functional stakeholders. Who You Are You are a process-oriented, analytical, and collaborative professional who can understand complex business requirements and translate them into practical solutions. You are comfortable working across business and technical teams, managing multiple priorities, driving change, and identifying opportunities to improve existing processes. You have strong communication and presentation skills and are comfortable asking questions, challenging existing processes, and working with stakeholders to deliver meaningful business outcomes. Minimum Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Applications, Business, Finance, Commerce, or a related field. • 8+ years of experience working with the Cisco WW Distribution Foundation data warehouse. • Strong knowledge of the architecture and data structure of the Cisco WW Distribution environment. • Strong understanding of the Cisco Distribution Partner Journey. • Strong understanding of the Cisco 2-Tier Channel business architecture. • Deep knowledge of Cisco Finance Business Intelligence (FinBI), SAP HANA, and Partner Database. • Proven experience managing cross-functional projects involving business and technology teams. • Experience with databases and technologies such as SAP HANA, MS SQL Server, Oracle, and Snowflake. • Experience with Tableau and Tableau Cloud. • Experience with reporting tools such as SAP BusinessObjects and Microsoft Office. • Strong analytical, communication, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills. • Self-motivated, proactive, and able to work effectively as part of a team. Preferred Qualifications • Experience supporting finance, distribution, sales, or business analytics environments. • Experience in financial reporting, dashboard automation, and data analytics. • Strong understanding of data sourcing, data quality, reporting dependencies, and upstream/downstream system impacts. • Experience translating business needs into technical requirements and coordinating implementation across multiple teams. • Strong project planning and execution skills across complex, cross-functional initiatives. • Experience identifying process improvement and automation opportunities within reporting and analytics. • Ability to work effectively in a global, fast-paced, and collaborative environment. Why Cisco?  At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and prote