Lead Analyst, Planning & Budgeting
Sandisk•Milpitas, CA
•$112,344 - $186,093•Onsite
About The Position
We are looking for a detail-oriented Financial Analyst to support department-level budget planning, tracking, and reporting. You will partner closely with business and functional leaders to ensure financial visibility, drive accountability, and support data-driven decision-making across the organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
- 6-10 years of experience in financial planning & analysis (FP&A) or a related role
- Strong proficiency in Excel (financial modeling, pivot tables, VLOOKUP/INDEX-MATCH)
- Experience with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, or similar)
- Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail
- Ability to communicate financial data clearly to non-finance stakeholders
Nice To Haves
- Experience with BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, or similar)
- Familiarity with headcount and workforce planning
- Experience in a tech or semiconductor company
Responsibilities
- Own and maintain department budgets, including headcount, OpEx, and CapEx tracking across all functional areas
- Build and manage monthly/quarterly budget vs. actuals reporting, with clear variance analysis and commentary
- Monitor cloud service subscriptions to ensure accurate billing, cost allocation, and budget alignment
- Identify budget risks and opportunities; proactively surface issues and recommendations to leadership
- Partner with the department head, Chief of Staff, and team leaders to develop annual operating plans and rolling forecasts
- Prepare financial summaries and presentations for senior stakeholders, translating complex data into clear business insights
- Support month-end close activities in coordination with the finance team
- Develop and continuously improve financial models, dashboards, and reporting templates
- Identify areas of improvement and drive changes in working procedures and processes to increase efficiency and accuracy
- Respond to ad hoc financial analysis requests from business partners with speed and accuracy
Benefits
- paid vacation time
- paid sick leave
- medical/dental/vision insurance
- life, accident and disability insurance
- tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts
- employee assistance program
- other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity
- tuition reimbursement
- transit
- the Applause Program
- employee stock purchase plan
- Sandisk's Savings 401(k) Plan
- Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan
- annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program (restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
