Applied Materials Finance Systems Analyst B3 

United States, Texas, Austin 

215960672

What We Offer

$88,000.00 - $121,000.00

Join our dynamic Finance Systems and Integration (FSI) team as a Finance Systems Analyst, where you'll be instrumental in shaping the future of our financial systems strategy. You will engage in efforts to develop our Close Management roadmap, drive process improvements, and ensure compliance within our Record to Report processes. This mid-level role offers an exciting opportunity to work at the intersection of finance and technology, with a focus on quality, innovation, and optimization.

Key Responsibilities:

• System Maintenance & Administration : Oversee team members' work in Blackline, SAP, and SmartClose to eliminate data discrepancies, redundancy, and improve overall system quality.
• Control Environment : Ensure the system control environment aligns with SOX compliancerequirements andsupport internal and external audit requirements and testing.
• Strategic Partnership : Collaborate with IT and external Blackline support teams to deliver effective solutions and resolve issues promptly.
• Stakeholder Collaboration : Work closely with Finance users to identify improvement opportunities, implement enhancements, and efficiently solve real-time problems.
• Training & Development : Develop and deliver comprehensive training and provide guidance for finance and cross-functional end-user communities.
• M&A Integration : Support mergers, acquisitions, and reorganization efforts as needed.
• Innovation & Integration : Drive process innovation and explore adjacent processes and technologies to understand their impact on the Close Management domain.
• Strategic Design : Utilize your expertise in SAP, Blackline, and SmartClose to maintain, design, and implement new and existing finance processes.
• Continuous Improvement : Strive for continuous close, automated processes, and the proliferation of advanced capabilities.

Required Skills:

• Passion for Learning : Thrive on exploring new technologies and continuous learning.
• Exceptional Communication : Strong communication skills to effectively summarize complex business and technical issues for management.
• Relationship Building : Proven ability to establish effective relationships across multiple functions
• Problem-Solving : Ability to prioritize and resolve issues in a fast-paced, complex environment, applying critical thinking skills to solve difficult problems quickly.
• Proactive and Independent : Self-motivated, resourceful individual who can identify issues and drive them to resolution independently.
• Technical Proficiency : Strong MS Excel skills and a basic understanding of SQL, with the ability to quickly develop reconciliation templates and create complex formulas.
• ERP and Cloud Expertise : Solid understanding and knowledge of ERP and Cloudapplications capabilitiesand functionality.
• Innovative Mindset : Desire to explore leading-edge technologies and immerse yourself in the world of AI to help advance the organization.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or a related field. An additional degree in Computer Science or MIS is a plus.
• 4+ years of Financial Accounting and/or Financial Planning & Analysis, with experience in performing account reconciliations, journal entry, and fiscal period/quarter end close procedures.
• 4+years experiencein R2RProcesses and/orAudit Controls, preferably supporting annual SOX testing and control monitoring.

Full time

Assignee / Regular