Lorie Riehs

Experience

1. Director Finance, Ww Sales Commercial Finance

   Cisco

   Jul 2021 — Present · RTP, NC, US

   Manage Worldwide team responsible for key areas of the Commercial Finance business as it pertains to Operations, Acquisition Integration and Specialist Architecture Deals Desks.• Works with stakeholders across Sales, Legal, Business Units, Operations, Finance and IT.• Responsible for the Non-Standard Deal review and approval processes including the My Deal Manager (MDM) tool, all related policies and processes.• Manage Acquisition Integration team responsible for ensuring appropriate oversight on deal review and management of acquisition transactions, liaising closely with the Cisco integration teams.• Manage Specialist Commercial Finance Deals Desk teams responsible for deal reviews and decisions on compliance, discount, margin, non-standard deal terms and profitability for those deals as it relates to key architectures or acquisitions – Meraki, Collaboration, Security, Nutanix Partnership and Buying Programs.

Education

• East Carolina University

  Master of Science, Accounting

  1998

Skills

• Access
• Compensation Planning
• Analytics
• Financial Reporting
• Account Reconciliation
• Management
• Business Process Improvement
• Financial Analysis
• Forecasting
• Managerial Finance
• Strategic Financial Planning
• Business Analysis
• Mentoring
• Budgets
• Finance
• Analysis
• Business Objects
• Budgeting
• Financial Modeling
• Excel
• Accounting
• Strategic Planning
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Change Management
• Process Improvement
• Microsoft Excel
• Portfolio Management
• Pricing
• Essbase
• Business Intelligence
• Internal Controls
• Metrics
• Acquisition Integration
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Financial Planning