Director, Finance
Western Digital•San Jose, CA
About The Position
The Director of Finance will serve as the primary finance lead supporting the Product & Engineering organization. This role is responsible for end-to-end budget planning and analysis, working with senior business partners to enable informed, timely decision-making. As the key finance partner to Product & Engineering organization, this leader will collaborate closely with leadership of R&D, Product Management, and Corporate Finance to proactively drive operational excellence for OpEx, CapEx, and Headcount planning.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting; MBA, CFA, or equivalent advanced qualification preferred.
- 10+ years of progressive Finance/FP&A experience, with significant experience supporting R&D, Product, Engineering or technology organizations.
- Strong experience in spend management, workforce planning, forecasting, AOP/LRP, and financial modeling.
- High level of business acumen with strong analytical and process-improvement capabilities.
- Exceptional communication, executive presence, influencing, and storytelling skills.
- Ability to anticipate needs, prioritize effectively, and operate in a fast-moving environment.
- Strong people leadership and stakeholder-management capabilities.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, with experience using BI/data analytics tools.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary finance partner for Product & Engineering budget management.
- Partner closely with Product group executives to translate business and product strategies into financial plans.
- Manage team of 5 financial analysts to support respective functions.
- Responsible for overall headcount planning, non-labor forecasting, and capital expenditure reporting.
- Develop concise, executive-level reporting on R&D spend, trends, risks, opportunities.
- Lead monthly review meetings with VP and SVP level staff of R&D orgs.
- Review and approve month-end journal entries related to service POs.
- Partner with business operations teams to understand program level forecasts.
Benefits
- paid vacation time
- paid sick leave
- medical/dental/vision insurance
- life, accident and disability insurance
- tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts
- employee assistance program
- supplemental life and AD&D
- legal plan
- pet insurance
- critical illness
- accident and hospital indemnity
- tuition reimbursement
- transit
- the Applause Program
- employee stock purchase plan
- the WD Savings 401(k) Plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
