Financial Analyst IV

Applied Materials•Austin, TX

About The Position

The GIS Financial Analyst is responsible for managing financial processes and controls within the Global Information Services (GIS) organization. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, quarter end close, forecast support, balance sheet review and ad-hoc projects and analysis. Business Partnering: The GIS analyst will work closely with the business unit finance team to manage deliverables. This role will also interact regularly with the GIS executive team and will require clear and concise messaging of complicated financial topics. Capital Management: Manage the CIP progress including working with operations to understand capital spend timelines and capitalization. Initiate and monitor prepaid assets. Manage the annual physical inventory process. Responsible for the review and approval all purchase requisitions, CAR forms and Fieldglass contingent worker requests for the GIS organization Monitor the spending for large vendor accounts to ensure alignment with expectations and proper accounting. Prepare and process journal entries as needed, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and adherence to internal controls. Responsible for ensuring organizational changes are properly reflected in the master data. Participate in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) when needed. Support internal and external audits, including SOX compliance activities, by preparing documentation, responding to inquiries, and maintaining strong control discipline. Push forward initiatives related to the Center of Excellence to drive standardization and further CoE model. Demonstrates depth and/or breadth of expertise in accounting Comfortable with analysis and presenting orally to management Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view

Requirements

Demonstrates depth and/or breadth of expertise in accounting
Comfortable with analysis and presenting orally to management
Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services
May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity
Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view

Responsibilities

Managing financial processes and controls within the Global Information Services (GIS) organization.
Quarter end close
Forecast support
Balance sheet review
Ad-hoc projects and analysis
Work closely with the business unit finance team to manage deliverables
Interact regularly with the GIS executive team and will require clear and concise messaging of complicated financial topics
Manage the CIP progress including working with operations to understand capital spend timelines and capitalization
Initiate and monitor prepaid assets
Manage the annual physical inventory process
Responsible for the review and approval all purchase requisitions, CAR forms and Fieldglass contingent worker requests for the GIS organization
Monitor the spending for large vendor accounts to ensure alignment with expectations and proper accounting
Prepare and process journal entries as needed, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and adherence to internal controls
Responsible for ensuring organizational changes are properly reflected in the master data
Participate in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) when needed
Support internal and external audits, including SOX compliance activities, by preparing documentation, responding to inquiries, and maintaining strong control discipline
Push forward initiatives related to the Center of Excellence to drive standardization and further CoE model