ERP Cost and Inventory Forecast Lead

Intel Corporation•Santa Clara, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Chief Accounting Office (CAO) organization at Intel is responsible for all accounting and the related compliance and reporting globally. The Cost and Inventory Global Process Owner (GPO) team within Corporate Accounting Office is specifically responsible for the design and execution of Intel's cost and inventory processes. This role is for an experienced manager to own and lead enterprise Cost and Inventory forecast governance within the Intel IDM2.0 Acceleration Office (IAO)/Cost and Inventory (CI) GPO. The position involves setting standards, managing risk, and delivering executive-level insights across manufacturing, supply chain planning, and finance. The successful candidate will shape future state capability and adoption by leading SAP S/4HANA testing strategy and driving cross-tower alignment to enable scalable, well-controlled processes. This role requires vision and execution discipline, the ability to thrive in dynamic environments, and the skill to translate complex business models into standardized, well-controlled solutions that support growth and financial integrity. Intel's Finance Group drives strategic business decisions, facilitates change and improvement across finance and operations, leads acquisitions and inorganic growth initiatives, manages transactions, serves as trusted advisors to executive leadership, enhances employee experiences, maintains Intel sites globally, and advances environmental sustainability efforts.

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in business, Finance, Accounting, Business, Operations, or a related field
5+ years of progressive experience in finance, accounting, supply chain finance, and/or operations finance roles.

Nice To Haves

Operations Finance and/or Cost and Inventory experience.
Experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP) and financial reporting tools.
Experience leading global, cross functional process or systems transformations.

Responsibilities

Set enterprise direction and governance for Cost and Inventory forecasting within the IAO / CI GPO framework, with end-to-end accountability for cross functional alignment across manufacturing, supply chain planning, finance and reporting.
Drive business process definition and cross functional alignment between supply chain planning and finance for standard cost across Plan of Record (POR), bi-weekly updates and what if scenario planning, ensuring consistent, well controlled forecast outcomes that support decision-making.
Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate forecasting, process, and data risks, ensuring compliance with cost and inventory policies and enabling timely issue escalation and resolution.
Drive transformation and future state readiness by leading SAP S/4HANA testing strategy (ITC, UAT, and go live) in partnership with manufacturing, Blue Yonder (BY), and Finance, ensuring high-quality end-to-end process outcomes.
Lead comparative and reconciliation testing between Integrated Cost of Sales Tool (ICOST) and SAP S/4HANA data, validating cost, inventory, and forecast outputs across systems to ensure data consistency, identify gaps or defects, and enable confident cutover and executive decision-making during S/4HANA transformation.