Sr Mgr, Finance - Plasma Power
Advanced Energy
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Job summary
Advanced Energy in Denver, CO, seeks a Senior Manager, Finance for Plasma Power to partner with leadership, shape planning, and drive profitability through data-driven insights.
You will build scalable financial models, dashboards, and AI-enabled tools, mentor finance talent, and lead cross-functional initiatives in a fast-paced, global manufacturing environment.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Data Analytics, or related field.
- MBA preferred.
- CPA preferred.
- CMA preferred.
- Experience with pricing, portfolio analysis, cost management, capital investment analysis, and business decision support.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a key finance partner to Plasma Power leadership, influencing decisions across growth, portfolio, pricing, resource allocation, customer opportunities, new product investments, capacity, margin expansion, and long-term value creation.
- Lead forecasting, annual operating plan, strategic planning, and recurring performance management for the assigned Plasma Power scope, with ownership of key drivers across revenue, margin, operating expenses, working capital, capital investment, and cash flow.
- Partner with Product Management, Sales, Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Corporate Finance to connect financial outcomes to business strategy, operational execution, and cross-functional accountability.
- Identify risks and opportunities early, quantify financial impacts, pressure-test assumptions, and recommend practical actions that improve profitability, operational performance, and decision outcomes.
- Develop scalable financial models, scenario analyses, sensitivity views, dashboards, and executive visualizations that convert complex or ambiguous data into actionable insights.
- Use data storytelling to clearly communicate performance trends, root causes, tradeoffs, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions to financial and non-financial audiences.
- Define and improve KPIs, reporting cadence, data quality, and analytical consistency to increase business visibility, accountability, and speed to insight.
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Job description
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.
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.
We are seeking a digitally minded finance leader who combines strategic business partnership, financial expertise, analytical rigor, and technology-enabled innovation to help shape the future of the Plasma Power business and the Finance function at Advanced Energy through data-driven insights and recommendations.
The Senior Manager, Finance serves as a trusted advisor to Plasma Power leadership and drives planning, forecasting, performance management, decision support, portfolio analysis, and profitable growth initiatives.
The successful candidate will be highly analytical, detail oriented, intellectually curious, and comfortable independently translating complex financial, commercial, and operational data into clear recommendations. They will challenge assumptions, apply critical thought, create compelling visualizations, and responsibly experiment with automation and AI-enabled tools to improve productivity, decision quality, and Finance effectiveness in a growing company.
- Serve as a key finance partner to Plasma Power leadership, influencing decisions across growth, portfolio, pricing, resource allocation, customer opportunities, new product investments, capacity, margin expansion, and long-term value creation.
- Lead forecasting, annual operating plan, strategic planning, and recurring performance management for the assigned Plasma Power scope, with ownership of key drivers across revenue, margin, operating expenses, working capital, capital investment, and cash flow.
- Partner with Product Management, Sales, Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Corporate Finance to connect financial outcomes to business strategy, operational execution, and cross-functional accountability.
- Identify risks and opportunities early, quantify financial impacts, pressure-test assumptions, and recommend practical actions that improve profitability, operational performance, and decision outcomes.
- Develop scalable financial models, scenario analyses, sensitivity views, dashboards, and executive visualizations that convert complex or ambiguous data into actionable insights.
- Use data storytelling to clearly communicate performance trends, root causes, tradeoffs, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions to financial and non-financial audiences.
- Define and improve KPIs, reporting cadence, data quality, and analytical consistency to increase business visibility, accountability, and speed to insight.
- Champion digital-first ways of working by leveraging analytics, visualization, automation, process redesign, and AI-enabled tools to improve forecasting, reporting, analysis, summarization, and knowledge sharing.
- Identify manual, repetitive, or low-value Finance activities and lead efforts to automate, simplify, standardize, or eliminate work while maintaining appropriate data discipline, control awareness, and confidentiality.
- Partner with Finance, IT, and business stakeholders to modernize data flows, reporting processes, and analytical capabilities while fostering continuous improvement and practical innovation.
- Apply structured problem solving and critical thinking to test hypotheses, identify root causes, and focus leadership on the few drivers that matter most.
- Maintain strong attention to detail while connecting analysis to broader business implications and executive-level narratives that move discussions from reporting to action.
- Lead through influence, credibility, expertise, and collaboration; coach or mentor finance talent as assigned and model a culture of accountability, follow-through, learning, innovation, and business ownership.
- Location: Denver, CO
- In-office first (Corporate headquarters)
- Strong business partnership skills with the ability to influence senior leaders and cross-functional teams without relying solely on formal authority.
- Advanced financial modeling capabilities.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Data storytelling and data visualization capabilities.
- Strong attention to detail and sound business judgment.
- Digital-first mindset.
- Experience or proficiency with:
- Power BI
- Dashboards and reporting tools
- Automation technologies
- AI-enabled productivity tools
- SAP
- Enterprise planning systems
- Related analytics platforms
- Strong executive presence.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Intellectual curiosity and continuous learning mindset.
- Bias for action and results orientation.
- Ability to constructively challenge the status quo.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced global manufacturing or technology environment.
- 10+ years of progressive finance experience, including meaningful experience in FP&A, business unit finance, commercial finance, manufacturing finance, cost management, or related roles.
- Experience partnering with senior business leaders and supporting:
- Strategic planning
- Annual operating plans
- Forecasting
- Performance management
- Executive analysis
- Cross-functional profitability initiatives
- Process improvement initiatives
- Preferred experience supporting:
- Product lines
- Global business units
- Semiconductor environments
- Power electronics environments
- High-tech organizations
- Industrial manufacturing organizations
- Advanced manufacturing organizations
- Experience with pricing, portfolio analysis, cost management, capital investment analysis, and business decision support.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Data Analytics, or a related field required.
- MBA preferred.
- CPA preferred.
- CMA preferred.
- Other relevant advanced degrees or professional certifications preferred.
As required by multiple state pay transparency laws, Advanced Energy provides a reasonable range of compensation for each job posting. Actual compensation is influenced by an array of factors including, but not limited to, skill set, level of experience, and specific office location. The range of starting pay for this role is $150,000 to $200,000 per year.
As part of our total rewards philosophy, we believe in offering and maintaining competitive compensation and benefits programs for our employees to attract and retain a talented, highly engaged workforce. Our compensation programs are focused on equitable, fair pay practices including market-based base pay, an annual pay-for-performance incentive plan, and discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
In addition to our competitive compensation practices, we offer a strong benefits package in each of the countries in which we operate. In the U.S., we offer a rich benefits package that includes:
- Medical - multiple medical plans are available to choose from
- Short and long-term disability and life insurance
- Health savings and flexible spending accounts
- Generous time off policy starting with 3 weeks of paid vacation, 7 days of paid sick time, and 12 paid holidays
- 8 hours of paid volunteer time off
- 8 weeks of paid parental leave for both parents
- Company matched 401(k)
- Tuition reimbursement
- Expanded mental health coverage and employee assistance programs
- Other voluntary benefits include critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity, pet insurance, identity theft, and legal assistance
Advanced Energy is committed to diversity in its workforce including Equal Employment Opportunity for Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities.
Advanced Energy is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our job application process/procedures for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance in completing an Advanced Energy application, please reach out to HumanResources@aei.com.
Applications will be accepted through 09/04/2026, the company reserves the right to review applications at any point after they are submitted.
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