Strategic Finance Manager – Product Margin & Growth

Ambiq Micro, Inc.; Austin (TX); Presencial; USD 130.000 - 190.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Ambiq Micro, Inc. is seeking a Finance Manager to lead product margin and revenue forecasting, partnering with Sales, Marketing, R&D, Product, and Operations. The role influences investment decisions and profitability across chip products and manufacturing.

The ideal candidate will own end-to-end forecast models, build compelling business cases for R&D, and collaborate with executives and Taiwan counterparts in a fast-paced semiconductor environment.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance (MBA a plus).
• 8+ years in a strategic finance role in FP&A or strategic finance supporting semiconductor manufacturing or operations specifically.
• Demonstrated product cost/margin exposure in chip or hardware manufacturing.
• Has built and owned forecast models end-to-end — not just contributed to someone else's — plus a track record of business cases and ROI analyses that influenced real business decisions.
• Experience building R&D investment business cases, including ROI, payback period, and sensitivity analysis.
• Strong business partnering skills — you're comfortable with engineers, operators, and executives and can translate financial complexity into a clear story.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills, verifiable via a modeling exercise or portfolio walkthrough.
• A detail-oriented, analytical mindset with initiative to drive things to closure in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.

Responsabilidades

• In partnership with the leadership team, develop the annual and long-range plan for revenue and margin.
• Own the product margin forecast and support Marketing and Sales in optimizing the revenue forecast to maximize gross profits.
• Proactively identify and resolve risks to revenue and margin projections by working with Department VPs.
• Partner with Accounting to reconcile actual to forecast costs and develop cost metrics for variable expenses.
• Lead the monthly budget-to-actual process for revenue and margin, and own the Quarterly Revised Forecast — using analytical techniques to support financial reporting and investor relations by explaining the drivers behind changes in the Company's results.
• Partner with Manufacturing and Operations to develop, evaluate, and prioritize business metrics (inventory management, product cost, ROI analysis), and support prioritization of yield improvement projects based on pareto analysis.
• Build financial models and business cases for R&D investment decisions — including ROI, payback period, and sensitivity analysis — to interpret business impact and inform management decisions; perform ad hoc margin analysis, ROI, and forecasts as needed.
• Build deep expertise in the company's products, customers, sales pipeline, and cost structure, becoming a trusted, go-to resource across the organization.
• Serve as the financial partner to Ambiq's Taiwan-based operations counterparts, including periodic travel to Taiwan and occasional late-night calls to align across time zones.

Conocimientos

Strategic FP&A

Forecasting

Cost/margin analysis

Excel modeling

Business partnering

ROI analysis

Semiconductor experience

Financial storytelling

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

MBA a plus

Herramientas

Advanced Excel

Descripción del empleo

Ambiq Micro, Inc. is seeking a Finance Manager to lead product margin and revenue forecasting, partnering with Sales, Marketing, R&D, Product, and Operations. The role influences investment decisions and profitability across chip products and manufacturing.

The ideal candidate will own end-to-end forecast models, build compelling business cases for R&D, and collaborate with executives and Taiwan counterparts in a fast-paced semiconductor environment.