Head of Financial Planning & Analysis

Applied Materials
Santa Clara
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 216,000 - 297,000Function: Administration & Executive AssistanceExperience: 15+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Leadership","Strategic partnership","Analytical problem-solving","Executive communication","Cross-functional influence"]

Lead enterprise-wide FP&A for Applied Materials, driving long-range planning, annual operating plans, quarterly forecasts, and performance management. Partner with executive leadership to translate corporate strategy into financial plans, KPIs, resource allocation decisions, and actionable decision support for strategic initiatives and capital allocation. Oversee global FP&A transformation—modernizing processes, systems, and analytics—while building and leading a high-performing FP&A organization.

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Head of Financial Planning & Analysis

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Job Summary

Lead enterprise-wide FP&A for Applied Materials, driving long-range planning, annual operating plans, quarterly forecasts, and performance management. Partner with executive leadership to translate corporate strategy into financial plans, KPIs, resource allocation decisions, and actionable decision support for strategic initiatives and capital allocation. Oversee global FP&A transformation—modernizing processes, systems, and analytics—while building and leading a high-performing FP&A organization.
Location: Santa Clara
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead the corporate FP&A function, defining vision, operating model, and capabilities to support a global technology-driven enterprise.
  • •Translate corporate strategy into financial plans, performance targets, and resource allocation decisions through integrated planning processes.
  • •Own long-range planning, annual operating plans, quarterly forecasts, and monthly performance management; build KPIs, dashboards, and variance analysis to guide corrective actions.
  • •Provide decision support for strategic initiatives, investments, acquisitions, and capital allocation, including scenario planning and sensitivity analyses.
  • •Drive FP&A transformation by modernizing processes, systems, data, and reporting; oversee FP&A technology roadmap across ERP (SAP) and planning platforms (e.g., Anaplan, OneStream).
Travel: Medium travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 216,000 - 297,000
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related discipline.
  • •MBA, CPA, CMA, or other advanced credentials preferred.
  • •15+ years of progressive finance experience with significant leadership responsibility in FP&A, corporate finance, or strategic/business finance.
  • •Proven experience leading enterprise planning, forecasting, budgeting, and performance management for a large, complex global organization.
  • •Deep working knowledge of enterprise ERP environments, particularly SAP (ECC and/or S/4HANA), plus enterprise planning platforms such as Anaplan and OneStream.
Experience:15+ yearsSemiconductorAdvanced technologyIndustrialManufacturing
Education:Bachelor's in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related discipline
Skills:LeadershipStrategic partnershipAnalytical problem-solvingExecutive communicationCross-functional influence
Certifications:CPACMAMBA
Tech Stack:SAPSAP ECCSAP S/4HANAAnaplanOneStreamSAP Analytics CloudOracle EPMPower BITableauERPAIMachine learningData visualizationDashboardsFinancial modeling

Company Brief

Applied Materials
Provides semiconductor manufacturing equipment, services, and software used to build advanced chips and display technologies. Its tools support materials engineering, deposition, etching, inspection, and process control for major electronics manufacturers worldwide.
Industry: Industrial Machinery
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Santa Clara, United States
Founded: 1967
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