Sr Financial Analyst

ABOUT ADVANCED ENERGY

Advanced Energy (Nasdaq: AEIS) is a global leader in the design and manufacturing of highly engineered, precision power conversion, measurement and control solutions for mission-critical applications and processes. AE’s power solutions enable customer innovation in complex applications for a wide range of industries including semiconductor equipment, industrial, manufacturing, telecommunications, data center computing and healthcare. Advanced Energy has devoted four decades to perfecting power for its global customers and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

 

WHY BE A PART OF ADVANCED ENERGY?

Some people say it’s like working in the best of two worlds. We operate like an agile, growing, small company – you can see your work make a difference to the company every day. Things move quickly and you can see and feel it. At the same time, we’re a global company founded in 1981 and have been publicly traded for more than 28 years. We have a strong cash position, deep trust and partnership with leading customers, a global best-in-class operations capability, and a proven leadership team. We have a track record and resources to make things happen both organically and inorganically. Being part of a nimble company with a solid foundation attracts team members that are capable, driven and like a challenge. Our employees collaborate and know how to have fun inventing, working, building and winning together. At our core, we are Advanced Energy – powering the future, together.

 

POSITION SUMMARY:        

The Senior Financial Analyst, Global Sales, is a strategic finance role embedded at the center of AE’s decision-making engine. This position partners directly with senior leaders across Global Sales organization to help drive execution against its long‑term strategic objectives.

 

We are seeking an SFA who is not just technically strong, but intellectually curious and fluent in influencing stakeholders. The ideal candidate brings a future‑oriented mindset, the ability to translate complex financial data into actionable business insight, and a passion for building scalable processes.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead key components of quarterly, annual, and long‑range revenue planning and forecasting—providing scenario modeling, data-driven recommendations, and analysis of market trends. 
• Build and enhance financial planning tools, models, and processes to support evolving business unit, market vertical and functional investment strategies. Including AI initiatives and automation. 
• Deliver highly insightful financial analysis and reporting that influences senior leadership on decision making as a fiduciary of the organization. Being able to tell the story behind the financials and deliver recommended path(s) forward. 
• Ownership of Global Sales and Marketing OPEX including planning, forecasting and variance analysis. Identify efficiencies in the budget and how to drive leverage. 
• Collaborate with Accounting to ensure complete, accurate, and timely accruals, actuals, SEC reporting and color. 
• Serve as a strategic business partner to the S&OP workstream to identify and help mitigate business risk. Understand what’s happening at the detailed level of the business and be a voice for the Finance Organization. 
• Build strong, trust‑based relationships across Finance, Business Units, and Corporate Functions. Be a cross functional parter with a “we” attitude.  
• Execute special analytical projects that illuminate business issues and shape high‑impact decisions.

 

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Location: Denver, CO; occasional domestic travel may be required.
• Standard office environment.
• Flexibility to collaborate with peers across multiple time zones as part of a global team.

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Exceptional organizational, prioritization, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical foundation with rigorous attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with the ability to simplify complexity for executive audiences.
• Demonstrated adaptability and eff