Applied Materials Portfolio Analyst 

Singapore, Singapore 

25272919

Key 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 cross functionally partner with Product Marketing, Program management, Product Engineering, and Operations to provide valued Finance Insight on the following:
• Present to Executive Leadership Team (ELT) of the BU and Segment the annual Portfolio resource plan (HC , Operating Spend (Opex), Capital Expense (Capex)) and articulate alignment to program priority or execution risk/acceleration.
• Support project funding prioritization decision making as it relates to defining scope, timeline, valuation, gaining approval, and execution, including scenario analyses.
• Key stakeholder of Product portfolio’s review of milestone status for continued funding. Must drive corrective actions to improve programs commit executions.
• Interface with senior management to prioritize Opex, improve processes, and allocate resources across programs, supporting key portfolio reviews (EPR, IRB).
• Partner cross-functionally to drive and maintain the quarterly update of each program business case NPV models (Forecasting: Revenue, COS, Opex, Cashflow). Independently present business case financials to Senior management
• Interface with Portfolio owner to prioritizing projects, measure productivity, and optimize resources. Including capital spending plan and tracking.
• Partner within Finance and BU to drive and enhance efficiency 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.
• Ensure data accuracy and partner with management team to develop and tell the story of the business unit using that information(forecasting/budgeting,financial close, balance sheet integrity).
• Interface with Operations and ACE to manage quarterly Opex and Capex to target while prioritizing project priorities.
• Develop and own total Opex, Portfolio and Capex budget planning process by engaging with business partners and senior management during financial cycles (quarterly close, QBR, AOP, SR), ensuring task accuracy and data integrity.

• Executive level communications but also aptitude to drive detailed process and data analytics to support engineering program management.
• Very strong Excel skills, including modeling
• 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 manufacturing enterprises