FP&A Financial Analyst III- (B3)

Applied Materials•Austin, TX

7d•$92,000 - $126,500

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 the Finance organization and with WMO Operations and SPG Finance, translating 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 reporting and performance analysis. The position owns the WMO consolidation for total Cost of Sales, including absorption, allocations, and related reconciliations, and carries out recurring monthly and quarterly close tasks. It supports annual operating plan and quarterly forecast cycles, tracks P&L risks and opportunities, and prepares financial reporting packages, dashboards, and executive presentations. It also leads or participates in efforts to streamline reporting, centralize data and analytics, improve systems and processes, and automate recurring work.

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.

Responsibilities

Own the WMO consolidation for total Cost of Sales (COS), including absorption, allocations, and related reconciliations, ensuring results are accurate and timely.
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 of 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 outlook changes.
Partner with Operations and SPG Finance to validate assumptions and maintain forecasts consistent 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 clearly explain complex financial information.
Present findings to Finance and Operations stakeholders, sometimes serving 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.