PPB Finance Analyst

Applied Materials, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); Vor Ort; USD 106.000 - 146.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Applied Materials, Inc. is seeking a Senior FP&A professional to lead in-quarter spending, budgeting, and headcount planning for the PPB unit in Santa Clara, CA.

You will consolidate P&L forecasts, build dashboards, and partner with Sales, Engineering, Operations, Accounting, and FP&A to drive forecasting accuracy and investment optimization. Strong Excel and planning-tool experience is required.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
• 5+ years of FP&A, business finance, portfolio finance, investment analysis, or related areas.
• Experience supporting OpEx, CapEx, and headcount planning processes.
• Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and business case development.
• Experience working cross-functionally and supporting business decision-making.
• Advanced Excel skills; 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.

Aufgaben

• Lead in-quarter spending and budget management across the PPB business partners.
• Lead Finance Reporting Processes; consolidate PPB P&L forecasting and reporting.
• Coordinate with BU finance partners and other functions to deliver financial insights.

Kenntnisse

FP&A experience

Advanced Excel

Cross-functional collaboration

Financial planning

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business

Tools

Anaplan

SAP BPC

Tableau

Jobbeschreibung

Who We Are

Applied Materials is the global leader in materials science and engineering solutions that are at the foundation of virtually every new semiconductor chip and advanced display in the world. The equipment that we create and service is essential to advancing AI and accelerating the commercialization of next-generation semiconductor chips. Join us and push the boundaries of materials science and engineering in a company at the foundation of the electronics industry. The work we do together advances the world’s technology.

What We Offer

Salary: $106,000.00 - $146,000.00

Location: Santa Clara,CA

You’ll benefit from a supportive work culture that encourages you to learn, develop, and grow your career as you take on challenges and drive innovative solutions for our customers. We empower our team to push the boundaries of what is possible—while learning every day in a supportive leading global company.

Key Responsibilities

• Portfolio and Spend Management Lead in-quarter spending and budget management with PPB business partners. Own day-to-day spending management and reporting activities across the PPB Business Unit. Independently perform variance analysis, explain forecast-to-actual changes, and identify emerging risks and opportunities. Own headcount and labor modeling to support quarterly forecasts, annual planning, and target setting. Partner with finance leadership and business stakeholders to drive spending discipline, forecast accuracy, and investment optimization.
• Lead Finance Reporting Processes Consolidate financials for PPB P&L forecasting and reporting with inputs from revenue, cost, OpEx and capital finance partners. Lead development of dashboards and reporting tools that improve financial visibility, simplify consolidation and support executive reviews. Partner with Corporate FP&A to define requirements, align priorities, and enhance reporting capabilities. Drive system and process improvements across forecasting, reporting, automation, and data quality. Lead financial forecasting for the R&D teams, supporting product development investment analysis and manufacturing cost analysis.
• Stakeholder Partnership and Collaboration Coordinate with BU finance partners supporting forecasting, reporting, and analytics activities. Provide guidance on priorities, deliverables, and financial processes. Partner effectively with Sales, Engineering, Operations, Accounting and FP&A teams to deliver financial insights to business discussions and decision-making.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in FP&A, business finance, portfolio finance, investment analysis, or related areas.
• Experience supporting OpEx, CapEx, and headcount planning processes.
• Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and business case development.
• Experience working cross-functionally and supporting business decision-making.
• Advanced Excel skills; 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.

Preferred Experience

• Preferred Experience in semiconductor, technology, manufacturing or other R&D-intensive environments.
• Experience supporting corporate FP&A processes.

Additional Information

• Time Type: Full time
• Employee Type: Assignee / Regular
• Travel: No
• Relocation Eligible: No

The salary offered to a selected candidate will be based on multiple factors including location, hire grade, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and with consideration of internal equity of our current team members.

In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as participation in a bonus and a stock award program, as applicable.

For all sales roles, the posted salary range is the Target Total Cash (TTC) range for the role, which is the sum of base salary and target bonus amount at 100% goal achievement.

Applied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. In addition, Applied endeavors to make our careers site accessible to all users.

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