Senior Financial Analyst

Altera • San Jose, CA

12d • $118,900 - $172,200 • Onsite

About The Position

Altera is seeking a detail-oriented and analytical Senior Finance Analyst to join its Finance team. The role supports financial planning and analysis activities—including budgeting, forecasting, and reporting—with a focus on analytics and broader corporate finance initiatives. The analyst partners closely with the corporate FP&A and Business Finance teams to deliver accurate, timely, and insightful financial analysis. It is suited to a motivated finance professional who enjoys working with data, building models, and partnering with business teams in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related field.
• 5–7 years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, accounting, or a related discipline.
• Strong Excel and financial modeling skills, with comfort working with large data sets.
• Strong attention to detail and analytical problem-solving skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in semiconductor, technology, manufacturing, or other high-growth global organizations.
• Experience with enterprise planning and reporting platforms such as Anaplan, Adaptive Insights, Oracle, SAP, or similar.
• Exposure to G&A or operating expense budgeting and forecasting.
• Progress toward a CPA, CFA, or MBA.
• Detail-oriented, with a strong sense of ownership and accuracy.
• Curious and eager to learn, with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Collaborative team player who builds strong working relationships.
• Adaptable and comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-growing environment.
• Proactive in identifying issues and proposing solutions.

Responsibilities

• Support preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual budgets and long-term strategic plans.
• Build and maintain financial models for forecasting, scenario planning, and business decision-making.
• Assist in consolidating and analyzing full P&L data.
• Prepare variance analyses against forecasts.
• Develop accurate reporting packages and dashboards for finance and business leadership.
• Investigate and summarize key drivers behind spending variances and trends.
• Partner with department stakeholders to gather budget and forecast inputs.
• Respond to ad hoc data requests and analysis needs from finance leadership and business partners.
• Support company-wide headcount and workforce cost tracking.
• Help maintain and improve forecasting processes, templates, reporting tools, and financial systems.
• Support data integrity and consistency across planning and reporting systems.
• Contribute to finance transformation and process improvement initiatives as needed.

Benefits

• Incentive opportunities that reward employees based on individual and company performance.

What This Job Offers

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