FP&A Analyst - Photonics Platforms (Singapore)

Applied Materials South East Asia; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Materials Singapore is seeking a seasoned FP&A professional to manage Opex, Capex and spend for PPB SG operations. You will own budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and cost modeling to optimize investments and drive financial discipline.

Collaborating with Operations, Accounting and COE teams, you will develop dashboards and reporting tools to enhance visibility, support executive reviews, and deliver timely financial insights in a fast-paced, global technology environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related field.
• 5+ years of FP&A, business or operations finance, portfolio finance, investment analysis, or related areas.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis skills.
• Experience managing Standard costs, Inventory, Opex and Capex.
• Advanced Excel; experience with financial planning and reporting tools (Anaplan, SAP BPC, Tableau, or similar).
• Proven experience in business partnering, with a track record of communicating effectively across multiple functions and stakeholder groups
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day Opex, Capex and Spend management and reporting activities for PPB’s Singapore (SG) operations.
• Lead in-quarter spending & budget management with PPB SG’s business partners.
• Independently perform variance analysis, explain forecast-to-actual changes, and identify emerging risks and opportunities.
• Partner with business stakeholders to drive spending discipline, forecast accuracy, and investment optimization.
• Own cost modeling to support ad-hoc projects, quarterly and annual forecast cycles.
• Maintain, review, and analyze the drivers underlying standard cost to ensure accuracy and relevance.
• Update and maintain monthly standard costs.
• Perform variance analysis on standard cost variances, identifying root causes and communicating findings to stakeholders.
• Perform monthly and quarterly inventory counts to ensure inventory accuracy and adequacy of controls
• Drive process improvement initiatives across costing and inventory management
• Track and support Grant submission and claims
• Support quarterly Grant reviews and reporting
• Consolidate financials for PPB SG’s P&L forecasting and reporting with inputs from Opex, Inventory and Capital finance partners.
• Develop and automate processes, dashboards and reporting tools that improve financial visibility, simplify consolidation, and support executive reviews.
• Drive process and system improvements for forecasting and reporting to enhance visibility and quality of Opex, Inventory and Capital reporting.
• Partner effectively with Operations, Accounting and COE teams to deliver accurate, timely financial outcomes

Skills

Advanced Excel

Financial modelling

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or related field

Tools

Anaplan

SAP BPC

Tableau

Job description

Applied Materials Singapore is seeking a seasoned FP&A professional to manage Opex, Capex and spend for PPB SG operations. You will own budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and cost modeling to optimize investments and drive financial discipline.

Collaborating with Operations, Accounting and COE teams, you will develop dashboards and reporting tools to enhance visibility, support executive reviews, and deliver timely financial insights in a fast-paced, global technology environment.