Profitability Analyst (B4)

Applied Materials•Santa Clara, CA

About The Position

This position reports directly to the Profitability Lead for Heterogeneous Integration BU. As a key finance business partner, the candidate will anticipate internal and/or external business challenges and actively influence management with critical analysis and sound business advice. This role collaborates with various cross-functional organizations globally and requires the ability to provide solutions to complex problems. Works independently to support a complex and growing business with a diverse set of new and existing products serving high share applications to commodity type applications.

Requirements

Business Acumen – business/financial concepts, processes and practices for sound decisions
Business Partnering - creating a real and active partnership with both operations and management. Provide 'real time' support and analysis to add value in decision making
Data Analytics - data analysis tools to sort through and analyze data to identify factors impacting performance and to gain greater insight into trends
Data Gathering/Reporting - tools, techniques and processes for gathering/reporting data for measuring business results, objectives & strategies
Financial Forecasting & Modeling - processes, tools, and techniques for exploring and evaluating alternative financial scenarios and results
Flexibility & Adaptability - approaches, tools, and techniques for dealing with a changing environment
Influencing - ability to impact decisions within and outside own organization
Initiative - self-motivation, ability and drive to seek out work and accomplish goals
Org Change Management – effect change in an organization; ability to manage successful transition from current to desired culture, practices, structure, and environment
Problem Solving/Critical Thinking - approaches, tools, techniques for solving problems & making sound recommendations
Very strong Excel skills, including modeling
Strong communication, including presentation skills
Basic or intermediate accounting knowledge
BS degree in Accounting or Finance
5+ years of experience, semiconductor equipment or components manufacturing preferred

Nice To Haves

MBA preferred

Responsibilities

Financial owner of total margin execution status and Cost per unit (CPU) improvement
Business partnering with executive management team, operations team and MPO manufacturing
Strategic financial planning, measurement and execution around gross margin initiatives
P&L reporting and executive management communications internal and external to finance organization/partners
Gross Margin Leadership team swim lane execution & tracking (I&W, Period, Burden, Variance, MCOS savings)
Analysis of strategic inventory decisions and ROI, responsible for driving execution to annual targets/metrics.
Lead Sequoia and GMLT product/program cost targeting and execution
Lead KPU SOP reviews, Inventory DIO, E&Z inventory exposure mitigation, BU balance sheet adequacy oversight
Forecasting & delivering predictable financial results, or where current model is off, is responsible for developing and driving mitigation/execution to get back on track.
Cadence focal and coordinator for all financial submissions
Close/GAAP, including balance sheet management
Process improvement in collaboration with peers in SPG