Korea Finance - Manager Accounting jobs at Applied Materials in South Korea, Seongnam-si

Key Responsibilities

• Manages sizeable groups and is often a direct business partner for operational Executives
• Expert in a particular area and drives functional or business group toward companywide goals and objectives. Responsible for aligningseniormanagers toward key group development goals
• Lead on all local/regional group development and career planning. Responsible for all escalations within area of ownership
• Drives key deliverables and critical analysis for the group, providing insights to executives and supporting strategic initiatives.
• Participant on system integrations and often main developer of process implementation*AGS(Applied GlobalServices) drives Applied Materials’ expansion into fab-wide services, ensuring customer fabs run at peak performance.AGS offers comprehensive solutions—including materials, spare parts, engineering expertise, and outsourcedmaintenance—throughoutthe equipment lifecycle. Leveraging AI-driven insights and a global parts distribution network, AGS optimizes system performance, improves yield, and increases output.

Functional Knowledge

• Demonstrates comprehensive understanding of concepts and principles within own job family and knowledge of other related job families

• Applies in-depth understanding of how own discipline integrates within thesegment/function

Leadership

• Manages multiple related teams, sets organizational priorities and allocates resources

Problem Solving

• Identifies and resolves complex technical, operational and organizational problems

Impact

• Impacts the business results of a team or area by supporting and funding of projects, products, services and/or technologies and developing policies and plans

• Guided by business unit, department or sub-functional business plans

Interpersonal Skills

• Influences others internally and externally, including senior management

Responsible for the full spectrum of financial accounting and reporting for management & corporate including Tax/Treasury support.

• Oversee monthly, quarterly, and year-end closing activities and various financial reporting tasks across all financial accounting operations
• Prepare and report financial statements in accordance with K-GAAP, including regulatory disclosures to the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS)
• Support internal and external audits, including tax audits and customs audits, etc.
• Review the impact of company accounting policies and standards; operate and manage internal control systems (K-SOX/US-SOX), including change management and process improvements
• Supervise all accounting operations including payroll, GL/Close, Accounts Receivable/Payable, Fixed Assets, and Intercompany, etc.
• Lead the Financial Accounting team as department head, reviewing and reporting on team members’ work
• Prepare and support annual corporate income tax return/field interviews, etc.
• Review/approve quarterly VAT filings
• Participate/lead ad-hoc projects and other reporting tasks as needed
• People management (5 direct reports) and team leadership

Requirements

• USGAAP/KGAAP재무회계결산 및 보고 관련 업무경력 10년 이상
• 회계, 상경 계열전공 및 USCPA자격증 보유자 preferred
• In depth knowledge in finance, accounting and tax
• Good verbal and written English/Korean communication skill
• System skills i.e., SAP, MS office (EXCEL, PPT), Dashboards, etc.
• Team player and good interpersonal skills in dealing with people of various levels
• Mature, proactive and independent with good problem solving skills
• People managing skills

Aat Applied Materials plays a pivotal role in ensuring the smooth operation and strategic development of regional planning activities. This position involves a blend of technical expertise, strategic thinking, and collaboration with various teams. Key responsibilities include:

• Strategic Planning and Development : The Senior Regional Planner is responsible for developing and implementing strategic plans that align with the organization's goals. This includes creating new processes, tools, data visualization and systems to be used by the planning and operations community

• Collaboration and Communication : Working closely with senior managers, technical SMEs, and other departments such as FSO, sales, and logistics, the Senior Regional Planner ensures that planning activities are well-coordinated and aligned with business requirements

• Demand Planning Manage the demand forecast with field service teams. Act as the planning focal with field service and customer stakeholders. Represent planning in a professional in manner.

• Project Management : Managing funded projects, ensuring they are completed on time and within budget, and providing technical assistance to member governments

• Performance Tracking and Improvement : Monitoring performance, identifying areas for improvement, and implementing corrective actions to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of planning activities

• Customer Engagement : Representing the region in the global process, managing exceptions in a structured way, and ensuring that customer needs are met through effective planning and execution

• Technical Expertise : Utilizing system tools to provide sustainable solutions, translating business requirements into actionable plans, and conducting studies on various planning and public administration subjects

• Leadership and Development : Leading and mentoring a team of planners, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, and ensuring that team members have the necessary skills and knowledge to succeed

Functional Knowledge

• Demonstrates conceptual and practical expertise in own discipline and basic knowledge of related disciplines

• Business Expertise: Has knowledge of best practices and how own area integrates with others; is aware of the competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market

• Leadership: Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience; may lead small projects with manageable risks and resource requirements

• Problem Solving: Solves complex problems; takes a new perspective on existing solutions; exercises judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information

• Impact:Impacts a range of customer, operational, project or service activities within own team and other related teams; works within broad guidelines and policies

• Interpersonal Skills: Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus

Requirements

This role requires a combination of analytical skills, communication skills, and leadership abilities to navigate the complexities of regional planning and ensure successful project outcomes.

• Semiconductor experience strongly preferred (particularly in Parts, Warranty, or Service).

• Thorough functional and transactional knowledge of ERP or supply chain systems (SAP, SPP).

• Self-starter, high level of personal accountability, demonstrated project management skills and an innovative individual.

• Degree in Industrial Engineering, Business/Operations, or Supply Chain from accredited university. MBA is a plus.

• Six plus years of inventory management, supply planning, material planning, or demand planning experience, including KPI definition, measurement and control.

• Excellent Analytical skills. Capable of developing solutions and options based on data driven analysis. Familiar with data analytics software Tableau, Power BI, SQL, Python.

• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office.

• Ability to collaborate successfully with team members and other internal and customer stakeholders.

• Ability to communicate with customers.

• Business acumen be able to understand Applied Materials key business drivers.

• Problem solver, critical thinker, detail oriented.

About GIS(Global Information Services)

• GIS plays a crucial role in providing the solutions and services that drive Applied Materials intelligent enterprise. We are passionate about delivering business value as we support Applied’s growth through best-in-class IT solutions and services.
• We leverage technological advances and strategic partnerships to make IT a competitive advantage for the enterprise through product and service co-creation while delivering high-value services as cost effectively as possible.
  

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Korea IT team to manages the service and/or application as a product. Responsible for managing the cost structure and lifecycle of IT services, supervising patches, point releases and major upgrades, considering introduction of new technology. Responsible for negotiating SOWs and SLAs to deliver most cost effective solution.
• Country level customer relationships managements and support business activities by providing professional IT services and knowledge.
• Overall GIS support and deliveries to location​.
• Ensure that service/product is meeting customer needs and initiates training, documentation and marketing to improve full value of the service/product is realized.
• Works with managers and other senior department staff to coordinate scheduling and prioritization of all department projects and participates in assignment of projects to staff or outsides resources.
• Reviews root cause analysis of outages or incident trends (often working with managed services partner). Approves preventative actions
• Represents organization at Executive Change review board and architecture reviews. Ensures architecture roadmap for service/product is documented and up to date.
• Ensure that service/product is meeting customer needs and initiates training, documentation and marketing to improve full value of the service/product is realized.
• Delivery of infrastructure services such as messaging, conferencing, mobility, telecom, desktop and MFD services​
• Plans and manages complex changes and manages resolution of complex problems and outages.
• Asia IT spending control and management
• Asia project portfolio and delivery management with HQ
• Be part of country leadership team and drive country level collaboration
• Support GIS employees at location​

Qualifications:

• Over 15 years of experience in IT management, with a focus on IT service desk, deskside services, video conferencing solutions, PC lifecycle management, mobile lifecycle management, and mobility carrier management.
• Proven experience in leading and developing high-performing IT teams.
• Strong strategic planning and project management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Experience with budget management and vendor management.
• Knowledge of relevant regulations and standards related to IT compliance and security.
• Both English and Korean language skills are required.

What you will gain:

• Semi industry and Applied Korea business is growing rapidly. There is a lot of new future opportunities to set up future trendy IT infrastructure and applications support for a growing business.
• The Country IT Head will work as Business Partner to stay close with business movement and understand business needs - a lot of opportunities to involve in business talk environment and provide consultancy solutions. A lot of opportunity to do solutions planning with country level authority.
• The Country Head also got the opportunity to work in a global environment, sharing BKMs with other Asia countries.
• Applied GIS organization has well-established reputations and relationship with business stakeholders. This is a great opportunity to work with great and talented people and organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the activities of sales professionals and/or managers to achieve the sales objectives for a strategic account and/or a group of accounts within assignedterritory(ies).
• Has overall accountability for planning, executing and submitting the Annual Sales Business Plan within the account under his/her scope of control.
• Oversees all strategic account plans and objective planning for both account-specific plans and product-specific plans. Plans, coordinates, prepares standards of presentations, and conducts periodic account status reviews with the account/regional sales leader as appropriate.
• Manages sales objectives, submission of calculations, supporting data and reviews quarterly data with account sales leader for their approvals.
• Ensures effective management of the department’s human resources, including staffing, performance management and evaluation, career guidance, compensation and other human resource issues.
• Represents Applied Materials’ interests in customer negotiations; conducts follow-up on accounts receivable resulting from sales.
• Manages expenses for sales department under his or her control within guidelines and departmental budget
• Collaborate and work closely with internal stakeholders and partners around the world.

Functional Knowledge

• Demonstrates broad and comprehensive understanding of different systems, theories and practices as well as the changing business environment

Business Expertise

• Applies in-depth knowledge of own segment/function, business and commercial expertise to differentiate itself from the competition

Leadership

• Leads a business unit, department or sub-function generally through multiple levels of managers of diverse activities; develops and executes business unit, department or sub-functional strategy to achieve key business objectives

Problem Solving

• Evaluates key business challenges; directs the development of new or innovative solutions

Impact

• Guided by company strategy and business objectives, impacts results of segment/function

Interpersonal Skills

• Influences and negotiates at the top executive levels, with great latitude on outcomes; presents and defends complicated or delicate issues

What We Offer

The technologies we create are the foundational building blocks of the future. Our systems make semiconductor devices, called chips—"the brains" of the electronics used in almost every aspect of our lives. The promise of new and exciting applications, transforming industries such as consumer electronics, transportation, communications and healthcare, are enabled by advances in semiconductor and display technology.

• Articulate and has accountability for long term vision and strategy for his region to expand Applied’s Service Agreements business and customer base as well as increase operational efficiencies in support of Applied’s business objectives.

• Influence and lead teams across multiple disciplines, departments and processes by building a vision and shared objectives that enable breakthrough development.
• Lead all Korea Service Business in deal design and negotiation planning. Provide sales for his region with well-articulated deals within AGS boundaries that drive profitability and enable long term partnership with customers in the region
• Partners with management team and other marketing functions (e.g. product marketing, product management, Pricing) to ensure that business development function is effectively meeting the organization’s strategic goals.
• Analyzes market data to identify customer specific trends/opportunities and develops account specific strategic direction from market information.

The ideal candidate will have the following:

• 15+ years of experience, including 5+ years in senior leadership role(s), managing portfolio of products, services, and processes.
• Familiar with Korea customers and ecosystem including key customers decision making process, business and roadmap.
• Ability to build trust as go to partner – regarded as key person within the region/organization to take critical decisions and provide inputs to grow the region business activities.
• Be able to take well thought, data driven and not always popular decisions under high pressure environment in order to drive the overall region objectives.
• Analyzing, processing and decision-making based on multidisciplinary and multi-functional data sources that could frequently be incomplete.
• Sales mind set with Operation understanding.
• Understand end-to-end complex Fab operation, different levels of complexity
• Demonstrates a comprehensive knowledge of the industry in order to contribute to the commercial objectives of the business. This includes enabling the business unit to differentiate itself from the competition
• Process oriented while also strongly developing and relying on interpersonal relationships across the company
• Demonstrated capability to plan at a horizon up to 5 years and beyond.
• Ability to connect equally well upwards, downwards and sideways in the organization
• Very strong ability to translate multi-dimensional market requirements into engineering specifications. This would also include negotiating with the various stakeholders.

To succeed in this role requires aand
temperamentthat includes:

• A very mature individual with the right balance of confidence and humility.
• Exceptional ability to absorb and handle stress.
• Process oriented while also strongly developing and relying on interpersonal relationships across the company
• Ability to connect equally well upwards, downwards and sideways in the organization
• Self-motivated and driven towards excellence
• A high level of EQ to be able to manage across a large team with significant diversity
• An inspiring leader
• Analyzing, processing and decision-making based on multidisciplinary and multi-functional data sources that could frequently be incomplete.
• Ability to distinguish between and prioritizing urgent and important issues
• Situational awareness and complex decision-making ability appropriate for the situation