Ta Analytics Tech Lead B3 jobs at Applied Materials

Portfolio Management & Strategic Planning

• Lead the development and presentation of CMP portfolio resource plans (headcount, spend, Capex) to BU and Segment ELT, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and risk mitigation.
• Own long-term strategic planning for CMP portfolio resources, balancing innovation with operational efficiency.
• Drive prioritization of product investments, including scope definition, valuation modeling, approval workflows, and execution oversight.
• Monitor program milestones and proactively address execution gaps through corrective actions.

Data & Systems Enablement

• Champion the use of financial tools (Anaplan, SAP BPC, Tableau, PRM) for pricing and portfolio analytics.
• Partner with ACE near-shore finance teams to ensure accurate budget capture and planning.
• Ensure data integrity and support leadership in crafting the financial narrative for the CMP business.

Qualifications & Preferred Experience

• 7–10 years of progressive corporate finance experience, ideally within semiconductor equipment or manufacturing.
• MBA preferred; strong foundation in accounting, pricing strategy, and financial modeling.
• Advanced Excel skills; proficiency in Anaplan, SAP BPC, Tableau, and PRM.
• Exceptional analytical, organizational, and project management capabilities.
• Executive-level communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.
• Key attributes: Assertiveness, initiative, intellectual curiosity, collaboration, and strong business acumen.

Major Responsibilities

This is a dynamic role that will enable the candidate to lead financial analysis and revenue management in partnership with Operations. The position requires an individual who is eager to work across functions and levels to provide valued Finance support.

• Business partnering with executive management team; primary finance partner for Business Management and Business Management Operations organizations
• Strategic financial planning, measurement, and execution around value capture opportunities.
• Deal analysis – partnering with Business Management on profitability & commercials. Recommends or leads product or service improvements to commercial deal structures.
• Drive execution towards Days Sales Outstanding and FGI dwell time targets
• Support for BU S&OP Demand Reviews, including scenario planning and market share implications
• Coordination across functions to drive build plan reconciliation alignment
• Bookings, billing, backlog analysis and market share forecast
• Forecasting & delivering predictable financial results
• Close/GAAP, including balance sheet management
• Process improvement in collaboration with peers in SPG
• Key participant on Agile Finance initiatives; lead for one segment-wide initiative
• Solves unique and complex problems that have a broad impact on the business.

Key Competencies

• 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

Education & Experience

• BS degree in Accounting or Finance; MBA preferred
• 8+ years of experience, semiconductor equipment or components manufacturing preferred

Key Responsibilities

Ensures that specific project and program objectives are defined for areas of responsibility, and that necessary preliminary activities (e.g., determination of outcomes, milestones, viability studies, and resource planning, among others) are completed to allow for effectiveness and focus during later stages of completion.

Ensures that all projects and programs assigned are completed in accordance with predetermined requirements, with specific attention to product/process specifications, project/program costs, resource utilization, and timeliness for completion.

Ensures that all phases of project, program and/or process development are documented and that information required in other functional areas is reported, disseminated, or transferred, as appropriate. Ensures compliance with Company policies regarding Engineering/Lab notebooks, patents, confidentiality and safety.

Ensures that the utilization of all material and financial resources is carried out in an effective manner.

Effectively work with other staff to maximize productivity for the project / program.

Other Requirements:This position may require standing for extended periods of time, walking, working in tight spaces, bending, squatting, twisting, kneeling, reaching, lifting, the ability to distinguish between colors, the ability to work in an environment with noise that may be difficult for some individuals with sensitivity to noise, and the use of hand and power tools.

Additionally, because this position also may involve working in a clean room, the use of appropriate Personal Protective Equipment such as coveralls, hoods, booties, safety glasses, gloves, respirators, chemical aprons, and face shields may be required.

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

Ramp Coordinator

• Resource planning with Applied Materials Global Install Team

• Develop and maintain ramp plans in collaboration with key stakeholders

• Develop and maintain ramp schedule and resource requirements

• Customer ramp reporting

• Prepare and deliver ramp reviews with customer and Applied executives

Major Responsibilities

• Business partnering with executive management team; primary finance partner for Business Management and Business Management Operations organizations
• Strategic financial planning, measurement, and execution around value capture opportunities
• Deal analysis – partnering with Business Management on profitability & commercials. Recommends or leads product or service improvements to commercial deal structures.
• Drive execution towards Days Sales Outstanding and FGI dwell time targets
• Support for BU S&OP Demand Reviews, including scenario planning and market share implications
• Coordination across functions to drive build plan reconciliation alignment
• Bookings, billing, backlog analysis and market share forecast
• Forecasting & delivering predictable financial results
• Close/GAAP, including balance sheet management
• Process improvement in collaboration with peers in SPG
• Key participant on Agile Finance initiatives; lead for one segment-wide initiative
• Solves unique and complex problems that have a broad impact on the business.

Key Competencies

• 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

Company Facts

• Nasdaq listing: AMAT
• Fiscal 2024 Revenue: $27.2 billion
• Fiscal 2024 R&D: $3.2 billion
• Founded: November 10, 1967
• Global Presence: 150 cities in 24 countries
• Employees: ~35,700 worldwide
• Patents: ~20,000 issued

Responsibilities:

• Partner with business organizations (Business Management Operation, Business Unit Controller, Order Management etc.) to update revenue forecast and provide guidance on revenue actuals
• Analyze and understand various product/service offerings and related revenue streams to ensure proper revenue recognition
• Maintaining revenue cutoff procedures at quarter end to ensure revenue is properly and accurately recorded for the period
• Partner with the Deal Desk and regional sales groups to understand and correctly account for large customer deals
• Be a key contributor to the month-end/quarter end revenue close by validating accounting for revenue under ASC 606, reviewing documents, revenue account reconciliations, and performing internal controls
• Comprehend the order to cash cycle of products with the ability to give constructive recommendations that maximized the Company’s revenue outlook
• Support ad hoc projects, including systems implementation, and process improvements related to revenue processes
• Prepare materials for internal and external audit requirements and respond to audit inquiries

Requirements:

• BS or BA in Business
• 5-7 years of experience in Accounting / Finance
• An ability to understand complex transactions and propose solutions to structuring issues that are compliant with Applied’s policies and US GAAP.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to facilitate the effective writing of internal and external documents and to facilitate decisions and achieve results.
• Strong proficiency in using Excel or other related tools, experience with SAP preferred
• Proven competencies in communication, financial analysis and working across functions with different levels of management to drive results
• Revenue recognition experience preferred – SAB 104, Multiple Element Arrangements, Software Revenue Recognition, Contract Accounting and related accountingpronouncements.Knowledge of ASC 606 preferred
• Proficient at extracting and manipulating datasets from relational databases
• Experience extracting insights from data and presenting them to an audience
• Confidence, good judgment, with energy and personality to work in a dynamic environment across all levels of management and geographies.

Major Responsibilities

This is a dynamic role that will enable the candidate to lead the BUs financial investment portfolio analysis and resource management in partnership with the business. The position requires an individual who is eager to work with both BU executives and partner with Product Marketing, Program management, Product Engineering, and Operations to provide valued Finance Insight on the following:

• Interface with senior management to drive operating expense prioritization and management
• Lead and drive operating expense & capital budget planning process by engaging senior management in business, engineering and operations departments
• Drive program analyses and partner with operations & Center of Excellence spending analyst to drive actual spending to targeted levels
• Provide value-add info/insights in the quarterly update of R&D program business case models
• Ensure data accuracy and help management team develop and tell the story of the business unit using that information(forecasting/budgeting,financial close, balance sheet integrity)
• Partner cross-functionally to drive and maintain the quarterly update of each program business case NPV models (Forecasting: Revenue, COS, Opex, Cash flow). Independently present business case financials to Senior management
• Interface with Portfolio owner to prioritize projects, measure productivity, and optimize resources. Includes capital spending plan and tracking.
• Provide financial decision-support and ad hoc or scenario analysis
• Partner within Finance and BU to drive adoption of data tools eg. Anaplan, SAP BPC, Tableau, and Project Resource Management (PRM), to streamline R&D spend reporting and analysis.
• Partner with ACE near-shore finance organization to ensure portfolio requirements are captured appropriately for finance budgets and plans.

Qualifications & Preferences

• Executive level communications but also aptitude to drive detailed process and data analytics to support engineering program management.
• Very strong Excel skills, including advanced decision modeling techniques (simulation, tornado analysis, decision tree analysis, etc)
• Strong systems capabilities, preferably with Anaplan, SAP BPC, tableau and PRM
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Interpersonal skills to engage with partners to understand key issues, develop recommendations and implement actions to improve the business results
• Experience in P&L reporting and analysis
• Basic accounting knowledge
• Other valued characteristics – Assertiveness, initiative, communication, curiosity about the business, team oriented, collaborative
• Experience in semiconductor equipment or other long-lead R&D enterprises a strong plus

Key Attributes for Candidate Position:

• Highly Motivated

• Results Oriented

• Self-starter

• Strong analytical

  capabilities

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

• Builds and maintains positive and effective relationships with internal and external customers, partners, and vendors.

Responsibilities:

• Manage Weekly RAM P1 Assignments and internal escalations under limited supervision

• Problem Statement Development for Critical Parts on Executive Summary

• Customer Escalation Management as assigned

• Constrained Part Management & Resolution

• Supplier capacity issue resolution

• Develop Recovery plans and communicate to internal customers, including executives

• Perform Root Cause Corrective Actions for Critical Escalations

• Coordination within Spares Execution Functions and other cross functional teams

• Manage Cross Functional Task Forces

• Products obsolescence Management

• New Spares product support

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher education in relevant field

• Project management skills

• 3-5 years of experience in Spares supply chain or related fields

• Direct experience in working with external suppliers

• Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, and presentation skills etc.

Escalation Program Management Role.