Semiconductor Infrastructure Solutions (SIS) Finance Controller

Keysight Technologies SAles Spain SL.; Santa Clara, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 164,000 - 274,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision

Health Savings Account

401(k) Plan

Flexible Time Off

Job summary

Keysight seeks a Semiconductor Infrastructure Solutions (SIS) Finance Controller to deliver strong financial planning, analysis, and leadership. You will partner with SIS leadership, Sales, Revenue Operations, and other Finance teams to drive profitability and strategic outcomes.

The role emphasizes GAAP/SOX compliance, long- and short-term forecasting, and the adoption of AI-enabled tools to improve decision support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree.
• 7+ years of progressively increasing experience in finance or related roles.
• Proficiency in leveraging AI tools to enhance financial analysis, forecasting, and decision support.
• Strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration across global teams.

Responsibilities

• Full Profit & Loss responsibility and financial compliance for SIS and related R&D orgs.
• Provide financial leadership, analysis, and consulting to management decision-makers.
• Forecasting and planning for short- and long-term horizons.
• Implement OPEX controls to improve profitability and streamline operations.
• Identify financial opportunities to improve profitability and achieve strategic goals.
• Manage headcount reporting and forecasting aligned with financial planning.
• Champion adoption of AI-enabled tools to improve processes and insights.
• Support R&D and marketing through financial planning and portfolio analysis.
• Conduct revenue, cost of sales, and gross margin analysis; identify margin improvement opportunities.
• Ensure GAAP and SOX compliance; coordinate monthly/quarterly reporting; support internal audits.
• Provide deal approvals and support for contracts, SOWs, and enterprise agreements.

Skills

AI tools

Quantitative skills

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree

Job description

Overview

Keysight is at the forefront of technology innovation, delivering breakthroughs and trusted insights in electronic design, simulation, prototyping, test, manufacturing, and optimization. Our ~16,800 employees create world-class solutions in communications, 5G, automotive, energy, quantum, aerospace, defense, and semiconductor markets for customers in over 100 countries. Learn more about what we do.

Our award-winning culture embraces a bold vision of where technology can take us and a passion for tackling challenging problems with industry-first solutions.We believe that when people feel a sense of belonging, they can be more creative, innovative, and thrive at all points in their careers.

Responsibilities

Within Semiconductor Infrastructure Solutions (SIS), we co‑innovate with leading semiconductor equipment customers to deliver next‑generation metrology systems that enable continued advancement of Moore’s Law. SIS’s core differentiator is high‑precision laser interferometry. Our displacement‑and position‑measuring interferometer systems deliver the sub‑nanometer accuracy that lithography and wafer‑inspection tools depend on to control stage position. These systems are integrated directly into scanners and metrology platforms from customers, enabling the overlay accuracy and throughput required at the most advanced semiconductor process nodes in the world.

The Role

The Semiconductor Infrastructure Solutions (SIS) Finance Controller will provide strong analytical and leadership skills to develop and implement financial plans and forecasts, processes, analysis, and insights required to achieve strategic, financial, and operational objectives. This role will serve as a key business partner to the Semiconductor Infrastructure Solutions (SIS) leadership team (including R&D and Marketing leaders), Sales, Revenue Operations, Order Fulfillment, etc. This role will work closely with other members in the Electronic Industrial Solutions Group (EISG) Finance team.

Responsibilities

Financial Management

• Full Profit & Loss responsibility and financial compliance for Semiconductor Infrastructure Solutions (SIS)and Positioning and Metrology R&D organization
• Provide financial leadership, support, analysis, and consulting to all levels of management decision-makers
• Short- and long-term forecasting and planning
• Implement effective OPEX controls to improve business profitability and streamline operations by optimizing resource utilization
• Identify financial opportunities to improve profitability and achieve strategic goals
• Manage Headcount reporting and forecasting in line with the strategic financial planning objectives
• Champion the adoption of AI-enabled tools and advanced analytics to improve processes, business insight, forecasting accuracy, and organizational productivity.

Financial Oversight

• Provide financial support for R&D focusing on New Product Introductions (NPI), portfolio analysisand projects
• Work closely with R&D Managers/Project Managers in the portfolio planning process
• Provide financial support to marketing functions including Go-To-Market, Business Development and Product Management teams

Revenue and Gross Margin Analysis

• Conduct revenue, cost of sales, and gross margin analysis in accordance with business objectives.
• Evaluate gross margins by product and identify opportunities to improve results

Compliance and Reporting

• Ensure compliance with GAAP and SOX
• Complete monthly and quarterly reporting activities, including participation in external financial reporting
• Coordinating and support Internal audit reviews, as required

Business Insight and Deal Approvals

• Offer business insights and approve solutions for deals, enterprise agreements (contracts, SOWs). This entails collaborating with Revenue Compliance leads and the Legal/Contracts team to review non‑standard terms and conditions.
• Manage global margin-based quote approvals to ensure alignment with financial objectives and customer expectations

Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestitures

• Provide financial support for the initial phases of mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures
• Support integration/divestiture activities pre and post deal close

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree
• Demonstrated industry experience integrating the resources of several complex departments or functions
• Demonstrated proficiency in leveraging AI tools (e.g. generative AI, data copilots, etc.) to enhance financial analysis, forecasting, and decision support
• Broad knowledge base with proven functional and/or organizational leadership experience. Typically requires 7 years of progressively increasing experience
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills with the ability to apply business judgment and draw conclusions on limited information

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to influence results through business partners

Additional Requirements

• Experience working across global teams and time zones
• Willingness to travel (~5%)
• Must be based in the Bay Area with U.S. citizenship or permanent residency

California Pay Range MIN $164,430.00 MIDPOINT $219,230.00 MAX $274,040.00

• Medical, dental and vision
• Health Savings Account
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life, Accident, Disability insurance
• Business Travel Accident and Business Travel Health
• 401(k) Plan
• Flexible Time Off, Paid Holidays
• Paid Family Leave
• Discounts, Perks
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Adoption Assistance
• ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Plan)

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