PPB Finance Analyst

Who We Are

Applied Materials is the global leader in materials science and engineering solutions that are at the foundation of virtually every new semiconductor chip and advanced display in the world. The equipment that we create and service is essential to advancing AI and accelerating the commercialization of next-generation semiconductor chips. Join us and push the boundaries of materials science and engineering in a company at the foundation of the electronics industry. The work we do together advances the worlds technology.

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Key Responsibilities

Portfolio and Spend Management

• Lead in-quarter spending and budget management with PPB business partners.
• Own day-to-day spending management and reporting activities across the PPB Business Unit.
• Independently perform variance analysis explain forecast-to-actual changes and identify emerging risks and opportunities.
• Own headcount and labor modeling to support quarterly forecasts annual planning and target setting.
• Partner with finance leadership and business stakeholders to drive spending discipline forecast accuracy and investment optimization.

Lead Finance Reporting Processes

• Consolidate financials for PPB P&L forecasting and reporting with inputs from revenue cost OpEx and capital finance partners.
• Lead development of dashboards and reporting tools that improve financial visibility simplify consolidation and support executive reviews.
• Partner with Corporate FP&A to define requirements align priorities and enhance reporting capabilities.
• Drive system and process improvements across forecasting reporting automation and data quality.
• Lead financial forecasting for the R&D teams supporting product development investment analysis and manufacturing cost analysis.

Stakeholder Partnership and Collaboration

• Coordinate with BU finance partners supporting forecasting reporting and analytics activities.
• Provide guidance on priorities deliverables and financial processes.
• Partner effectively with Sales Engineering Operations Accounting and FP&A teams to deliver financial insights to business discussions and decision-making.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting Economics Business or a related field.
• 5 years of experience in FP&A business finance portfolio finance investment analysis or related areas.
• Experience supporting OpEx CapEx and headcount planning processes.
• Strong understanding of budgeting forecasting variance analysis and business case development.
• Experience working cross-functionally and supporting business decision-making.
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with financial planning and reporting tools (Anaplan SAP BPC Tableau or similar).
• Proven experience in business partnering with a track record of communicating effectively across multiple functions and stakeholder groups.

Preferred

• Experience in semiconductor technology manufacturing or other R&D-intensive environments.
• Experience supporting corporate FP&A processes.

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The salary offered to a selected candidate will be based on multiple factors including location hire grade job-related knowledge skills experience and with consideration of internal equity of our current team addition to a comprehensive benefits package candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as participation in a bonus and a stock award program as applicable.

For all sales roles the posted salary range is the Target Total Cash (TTC) range for the role which is the sum of base salary and target bonus amount at 100% goal achievement.

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