PPB Finance Analyst

About the role

Applied Materials, a global leader in materials science and engineering solutions for semiconductors and advanced displays, is hiring a PPB Finance Analyst in Santa Clara, CA. The role leads spending and budget management, financial reporting and forecasting for the PPB business unit, and works closely with finance leadership and business stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Lead in-quarter spending and budget management with PPB business partners, and own day-to-day spending management and reporting.
• 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.
• Drive spending discipline, forecast accuracy and investment optimization with finance leadership and business stakeholders.
• Consolidate financials for PPB P&L forecasting and reporting, and lead dashboards and reporting tools that improve financial visibility.
• Partner with Corporate FP&A, and lead financial forecasting for the R&D teams, including product development and manufacturing cost analysis.
• Support forecasting, reporting and analytics with BU finance partners, and partner with Sales, Engineering, Operations, Accounting and FP&A teams.

Required profile

• Bachelor's 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, and cross-functional business decision-making.
• Preferred: experience in semiconductor, technology, manufacturing or other R&D-intensive environments, and corporate FP&A support.

Required skills

• Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis and business case development.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Experience with financial planning and reporting tools such as Anaplan, SAP BPC, Tableau or similar.
• Proven business partnering experience.

The position is full time, with no travel and not relocation eligible. The salary range is $106,000 to $146,000, depending on location, hire grade, experience and internal equity; candidates may also be eligible for a bonus and stock award program.