PPB Finance Analyst

Applied Materials Santa Clara, CA Open
Applied Materials is looking for PPB Finance Analyst in Santa Clara, CA.
This local job opportunity with ID 3932001602 is live since 2026-11-01 20:09:15.
Overview

In this role you will drive budgeting, forecasting, and financial insights for the PPB business unit. You'll partner with cross-functional teams to optimize spending, headcount, and investment, while delivering clear dashboards and reports for leadership. The role combines hands-on financial planning with strategic partnering to support product development and manufacturing cost analysis. You will contribute to data quality, process improvements, and timely executive reviews, enabling smarter decision-making.

Compensation / Benefits
  • comprehensive benefits package
  • bonus program
  • stock award program
Responsibilities
  • Lead in-quarter spending and budget management with PPB business partners
  • Own day-to-day spending management and reporting across the PPB Business Unit
  • Perform variance analysis, explain forecast-to-actual changes, identify risks and opportunities
  • Model headcount and labor for quarterly forecasts and annual planning
  • Partner with finance leadership to improve forecast accuracy and investment optimization
  • Consolidate PPB P&L forecasting with inputs from revenue, cost, OpEx and capital finance partners
  • Develop dashboards and reporting tools to improve financial visibility and support executive reviews
  • Collaborate with Corporate FP&A to define requirements and enhance reporting capabilities
  • Drive system and process improvements across forecasting, reporting, automation, and data quality
  • Lead financial forecasting for R&D teams supporting product development investment analysis and manufacturing cost analysis
Key requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related field
  • 5+ years of FP&A, business finance, portfolio finance, investment analysis, or related areas
  • Experience supporting OpEx, CapEx, and headcount planning
  • Strong budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and business case development
  • Experience working cross-functionally and supporting business decision-making
  • Advanced Excel skills; experience with Anaplan, SAP BPC, Tableau or similar
  • Proven experience in business partnering with effective cross-functional communication
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Effective communication across stakeholders
  • Problem solving and analytical thinking
  • Anaplan
  • SAP BPC
  • Tableau
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