Director of Corporate FP&A

Lam Research•Fremont, CA

5d•$155,000 - $324,000

About The Position

The Director of Corporate FP&A shapes enterprise financial strategy and leads global planning, forecasting, consolidation, executive decision support, operating expense governance, and compensation and benefits analytics. Reporting to the Vice President of Corporate Financial Planning & Finance Transformation, this executive serves as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, translating business strategy into disciplined financial plans, resource allocation priorities, and measurable enterprise outcomes. The role calls for financial leadership, strategic judgment, operational rigor, and executive presence, with the ability to influence enterprise decisions across a global technology and manufacturing environment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Business Administration.
15+ years of progressive finance leadership experience, including significant leadership responsibility in FP&A, corporate finance, strategic finance, or business finance.
Proven success leading enterprise planning, forecasting, budgeting, consolidation, and performance management within a large, complex global organization.
Exceptional leadership and executive communication capabilities, with a record of mobilizing teams and influencing across functions and organizational levels.
Deep expertise in enterprise ERP and planning environments, particularly SAP ECC and/or S/4HANA and Workday Adaptive Planning, including financial data structures, cost and profit center hierarchies, and reporting integration.
Strong command of AI-enabled finance capabilities, including predictive and driver-based forecasting, generative reporting and commentary, and agentic automation, grounded in data quality, governance, transparency, and control.
Proficiency with modern data and visualization tools such as Power BI, and a working understanding of enterprise data warehouse and data governance concepts.
Advanced expertise in enterprise financial modeling, business analytics, and insight-driven decision support.

Nice To Haves

MBA, CPA, CMA, or other advanced credentials preferred.
Experience in semiconductor, advanced technology, and manufacturing strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead the company’s global forecasting, annual planning, and long-range financial modeling agenda.
Own the enterprise planning calendar and forecasting cadence, and direct consolidated P&L outlooks and executive performance reporting.
Direct scenario and sensitivity analyses to illuminate enterprise risks, opportunities, and critical business trade-offs.
Ensure financial plans respond to changes in market conditions, customer demand, technology cycles, supply chain dynamics, and other external drivers.
Set the financial strategy, governance, and planning framework for incentive compensation, equity programs, employee benefits, and global mobility.
Advise HR and business leadership on workforce economics, compensation strategy, and the long-term financial implications of talent decisions.
Champion rigorous financial controls and compliance across compensation- and benefits-related programs.
Establish enterprise-wide cost center governance that reinforces financial accountability, strategic planning, and transparent management reporting.
Define and scale AI capabilities to strengthen forecast accuracy, accelerate scenario modeling, automate management reporting, and generate actionable enterprise insights.
Direct platform governance and enterprise adoption of planning applications.
Lead modernization of FP&A processes, data, and reporting to improve speed, scalability, and business impact.