Applied Materials Senior Director Financial Analysis M7 

United States, California 

948667546

$192,000.00 - $264,000.00Santa Clara,CA

This leadership role in Corporate FP&A will drive financial analysis and planning activities for the entire company. The position will involve brainstorming, analyzing and developing content for senior executive management, and presenting that content in an effective and persuasive way. The position requires a high level of diligence, maturity and analytical thinking, as majority of the recommendations and insights will be focused towards executive management of the company, including CFO and CEO, helping them with decision making.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead key FP&A reporting and analysis team in an effective and efficient way
• Forward-looking financial forecasting, scenario planning
• Earnings release financials and related analysis
• Interpret financial results into insights and recommendations for presentation to executives
• Perform regular predictive financial modeling, monitoring outcomes, and refining the models
• Act as a finance business partner and subject matter expert across the businesses
• Manage and update content as needed for investor relations events and board meetings
• Provide financial modeling, analysis, and valuation support for acquisitions and ad-hoc projects
• Identify and implement reporting of key financial metrics that enable meaningful insights and improve the visibility to company’s financial results
• Partner with cross functional leaders to enable implementation of reporting systems and processes across Finance
• Manage and develop the analysis team

• Requirements:

• Master’s Degree (Finance, Accounting, Economics or Business-related degree preferred)
• 10-20 years of experience in Finance/Accounting at reputable firms
• Strong communication and persuasion skills
• Ability to transform ambiguous goals into tangible processes and/or analyses
• Strong analytical, financial modeling and reporting skills
• Attention to details, ability to think clearly, work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Curiosity to learn the business, improve processes and strive for excellence
• Ability to work with minimal guidance in a fast-paced, global environment
• CFA or CPA will be a plus

Full time

Assignee / Regular