FP&A Financial Analyst III- (B3)

Applied Materials • Austin, TX

5d

About The Position

The Financial Analyst, FP&A supports close, actuals, and planning activities for Worldwide Operations, focusing on Manufacturing, Logistics, and Supply Chain. The role partners across Finance, WMO Operations, and SPG Finance to turn operational and financial data into actionable insights. It works with stakeholders ranging from frontline operations teams to senior Finance and executive leadership, owns recurring deliverables, and helps improve performance reporting and analysis.

Responsibilities include owning the Worldwide Operations consolidation for total Cost of Sales, including absorption, allocations, and reconciliations; executing recurring monthly and quarterly close activities; analyzing results against plan, forecast, and prior periods; and supporting annual operating plan and quarterly forecast cycles. The analyst tracks P&L opportunities and risks, validates assumptions with Operations and SPG Finance, prepares quarterly reporting packages, creates dashboards and executive presentations, and presents findings to Finance and Operations stakeholders. The role also leads or participates in reporting, data-centralization, system-integration, process-improvement, and automation initiatives to improve efficiency, controls, and analytical capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• 3–5 years of progressive experience in FP&A, cost accounting, or operations finance.
• Solid understanding of cost of sales, inventory, absorption, and allocation methods, and how they flow through the P&L.
• Hands-on experience with month-end close, forecasting, and annual planning cycles.
• Advanced Excel skills, including complex formulas, pivot tables, and building financial models.
• Experience with ERP systems and pulling and reconciling data from multiple sources.
• Strong PowerPoint skills and ability to turn complex data into clear, executive-ready storylines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including explaining variances and financial results to non-finance stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a manufacturing or semiconductor environment.
• Experience with SAP; SAP is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the Worldwide Operations consolidation for total Cost of Sales, including absorption, allocations, and related reconciliations, ensuring accurate and timely results each period.
• Run recurring monthly and quarterly close activities with minimal oversight, investigating and resolving variances and data issues.
• Analyze actuals against plan, forecast, and prior periods, identifying operational drivers behind cost and absorption movements.
• Support annual operating plan (AOP/Pre-AOP) and quarterly forecast cycles for Manufacturing, Logistics, and Supply Chain, including spend, labor, capital, and volume-driven assumptions.
• Track and quantify P&L opportunities and risks, including timing shifts, tariffs, reserve releases, and completion risk, and keep leadership informed of the outlook and changes.
• Partner with Operations and SPG Finance to validate assumptions and align forecasts with business and fab/customer timing.
• Prepare quarterly financial reporting packages for senior Finance and executive leadership, including actuals-versus-plan variance commentary.
• Build dashboards and executive-ready presentations that communicate complex financial information clearly and concisely.
• Present findings to Finance and Operations stakeholders and, at times, act as a direct business partner to non-finance management.
• Lead efforts to streamline management reporting and centralize data, reporting, and analytics into a reliable single source of truth.
• Participate in or lead system integration and process improvement initiatives to improve efficiency, controls, and reporting capability.
• Identify opportunities to automate recurring work and strengthen analytical tools.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Candidates may be eligible for participation in a bonus program and a stock award program, as applicable.
• Supportive work culture that encourages learning, development, and career growth.
• Programs and support focused on employee health, wellbeing, and personal and professional growth.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level