Senior Financial Analyst - (B4)

Applied Materials is pushing the limits with machines and materials technologies! We “make possible” the innovations for tomorrow: Artificial intelligence, self-driving cars, next-generation smartphones, OLED displays, medical devices, … and more for consumers and businesses around the world. It is an exciting time for our company, and we are looking for a Finance Manager to be a key financial business partner to our Equipment Product Group operations supporting the Mask & 200mm Business Units.

The ICAPS business unit is a key element with its strategic position in the semiconductor specialty-equipment market. This role will be a great opportunity to gain experience managing a full P&L for the Mask Business unit, will own the EPG 200mm Operating expenses component of the business in addition to providing support for Gross Margin analytics for both groups.  This position plays a key role in driving profitability through operational performances and delivering predictable financial results for the corporation.

Senior Financial Analyst - Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for ICAPS Portfolio Management, including Project Prioritization in meeting Strategic Objectives, Project Business Partnering, Project Cost Accounting, ROI analysis, and reporting to Executive Management
• Lead and facilitate engagement between finance and non-finance executives using detailed analysis to drive decisions for the business and drive gross margin and profitability improvement.
• Participates in and owns portions of the preparation of the annual operating plan, long-term strategic plan, quarterly forecasts and quarter-end financial reporting for revenue, gross margin, OPEX, operating margins, and balance sheet.
• Provides analysis to identify risks and opportunities to operations and the business unit that will assist with the forecasting and reporting processes.
• Partners with respective Business Operations and manages the project plans for product growth and development to align with strategies to forecasts and influence outcomes (creation of ROI financial metrics, investment models, and business plans)
• Collaborates with Business Unit to identify and drive profitability.
• Performs required activities and analysis to complete forecasting cycles with minimal oversight on recurring tasks. 
• Provides support and guidance to the revenue, costing, and I&W analysts that assist with the forecasting and reporting processes.
• Partners with business management, marketing, engineering, and other functions to align analyses and forecasts and influence outcomes.
• Interfaces with Operations to manage Opex to target and prioritizing projects, including Capital spending plan and tracking.
• Lead quarterly Opex spend planning by project and align with allocation support groups. Includes Labor, Controllables, Depreciation and Allocations. Present Opex plan to Senior Management.
• Provide R&D program business case NPV models (Forecasting: Revenue, COS, Opex, Cashflow) as needed.
• Partner within Finance and BU to drive Anaplan, SAP BPC, tableau reporting and Project Resource Management (PRM) to streamline R&D spend reporting and analysis.
• Ensure data accuracy and help management team develop and tell the story of the business unit (forecasting/budgeting, financial close, balance sheet integrity).
• Provide support for special ad-hoc projects, and/or M&A activities.

Key Expectations:

• Continuously develop your knowledge of our business environment
• Effectively work within cross functional teams and drive results
• Very strong Excel skills, including modeling.
• Strong systems capabilities, preferably with Anaplan, SAP BPC, tableau and PRM
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Interpersonal skills to engage with partners to understand key issues, develop recommendations and implement actions to improve the business results.
• Experience in P&L reporting and analysis
• Basic accounting knowledge
• Experience in semiconductor equipment or other manufacturing enterprises
• Be curious to understand the drivers of top and bottom-line growth.

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• MBA (preferred)
• 4 - 7 Years of Experience

Company Facts:

• Ticker: Nasdaq: AMAT
• Fiscal 2022 Revenue: $25.79 billion
• Fiscal 2022 R&D: $2.8 billion
• Founded: November 10, 1967
• Headquarters: Santa Clara, California
• Global Presence: 170 locations in 24 countries
• Manufacturing: China, Israel, Singapore, Taiwan, United States
• Employees: ~33,000 worldwide
• Patents: ~17,300 issued

Applied Materials is committed to diversity in its workforce including Equal Employment Op