Financial Analyst - LIFT (Intern)

Applications are accepted until further notice.

Please note this posting is to advertise potential job opportunities. This exact role may not be open today but could open in the near future. When you apply, a Cisco representative may contact you directly if a relevant position opens.

Who We Are

Cisco's Leaders in Finance and Technology (LIFT) Program consists of both a 10-week summer internship program and a full-time 2-year rotational program for Financial Analysts. Both programs are based in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Who You'll Work With

As an intern, you will join our outstanding global finance organization that has business partners spanning across all of Cisco (sales, engineering, etc.). Throughout the summer you will also be able to collaborate and network with fellow interns, team members, managers, and senior leaders.

What You'll Do

Within our Finance Internship Program experience you will have the opportunity to:

Work within Cisco Finance during our fiscal year close.

Engage in a substantive finance role, directly contributing to the success of your team. The specific type of work varies based on which finance organization you'll be placed into. Types of roles can include Financial Planning & Analysis, Managing Operating Expenses, Commercial Finance, Accounting, and more

Work on an intern team project focused on a real Cisco business challenge. At the end of the summer, you'll then get to present your findings and recommendations to our U.S. finance community and relevant collaborators.

Collaborate and network with finance leaders, dynamic cross-functional teams, and early in career professionals

Transform data into actionable insights to address business challenges

Learn and develop the business sense and skills necessary to becoming a future finance leader

Attend various events throughout your experience that will expand your professional network and career development

Who You Are

To be eligible for the internship, you must be enrolled in a 4-year university as a rising senior and have completed exactly six semesters of undergraduate studies. For example:

Rising college senior obtaining a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, economics, or other business-related degree path

Or recent graduate with a bachelor's degree heading into a 1-year master's program in accounting or finance with no gap between undergrad and master's program

Passion for finance, leadership and technology

Open minded and willing to take constructive feedback to improve

Excellent and proactive communicator

Comfortable navigating fast paced and evolving environments

Minimum Qualifications

Actively pursuing a degree at a 4-year university with six semesters of undergraduate studies completed

Available to start in our internship program as part of a cohort from June 2 - August 8, 2025

Able to legally live and work in the United States, without visa support or sponsorship now or in the future (even after graduating college)

Preferred Qualifications

Demonstrated proficiency in finance principles and technical excel skills

Excellent communication skills, meticulous attention to detail, and a collaborative spirit

Current involvement in varied college experiences:

Leadership roles in student organizations or clubs

Active participation in sports or extracurricular activities

Experience studying abroad

Balancing a full-time job while attending school

Why Cisco

#WeAreCisco, where each person is unique, but we bring our talents to work as a team and make a difference powering an inclusive future for all.

We embrace digital, and help our customers implement change in their digital businesses. Some may think we're "old" (40 years strong) and only about hardware, but we're also a software company. And a security company. We even invented an intuitive network that adapts, predicts, learns and protects. No other company can do what we do - you can't put us in a box!

But "Digital Transformation" is an empty buzz phrase without a culture that allows for innovation, creativity, and yes, even failure (if you learn from it.)

Day to day, we focus on the give and take. We give our best, give our egos a break, and give of ourselves (because giving back is built into our DNA.) We take accountability, bold steps, and take difference to heart. Because without diversity of thought and a dedication to equality for all, there is no moving forward.

So, you have colorful hair? Don't care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That's cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and world changing? Be you, with us!

Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.

Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.