Sean Christiansen

Manage central quota-impacting programs, inter-dependencies, policies, and processes.

• Understand and solve needs of the business into tangible GTM application solutions via partnership with development teams.
• Enable and empower end user adoption on applications and programs including GTM operations, Sales Strategy, and Sales leadership.

• Lead weekly Executive Leadership Team slide deck and forecast KPIs with finance leaders for CFO, as well as prep CFO on content for weekly Executive meetings.
• Partner with key business leaders to forecast & externally guide Current Remaining Performance Obligation (cRPO).
• Align with key finance partners to assist with core Financial Planning & Forecasting processes.

• Lead Purchase Accounting for several Cisco acquisitions, including multi-billion dollar Acacia Communications.
• Collaborate with finance, accounting, and operations teams on due diligence, Purchase Price Allocation, company valuations, and integrating target company's financials.
• Provide acquisition related expense forecasts to Corporate Finance and External Reporting teams.
• Oversee reporting and accounting for worldwide intangible asset expenses.
• Facilitate automation of intangible expense process through working with technical software teams.
• Administer commentary on team's close variances and other internal close materials.