Sr. Financial Analyst

**Who We Are** Applied Materials is a global leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. We design, build and service cutting-edge equipment that helps our customers manufacture display and semiconductor chips – the brains of devices we use every day. As the foundation of the global electronics industry, Applied enables the exciting technologies that literally connect our world – like AI and IoT. If you want to push the boundaries of materials science and engineering to create next generation technology, join us to deliver material innovation that changes the world. **What We Offer** Salary: $106,000.00 - $146,000.00 Location: Santa Clara,CA You’ll benefit from a supportive work culture that encourages you to learn, develop, and grow your career as you take on challenges and drive innovative solutions for our customers. We empower our team to push the boundaries of what is possible—while learning every day in a supportive leading global company. Visit our Careers website to learn more. At Applied Materials, we care about the health and wellbeing of our employees. We’re committed to providing programs and support that encourage personal and professional growth and care for you at work, at home, or wherever you may go. Learn more about our [benefits](https://hrportal.ehr.com/applied/). **Job Description Summary** Requires strong business acumen, strategic thinking, and extensive experience in financial and operational analysis. Applies best practices and deep understanding of business drivers to improve decision quality. Solves complex problems by taking new perspectives and developing scalable financial frameworks. Works independently with minimal guidance and serves as a thought partner and resource for colleagues with less experience. **Key Responsibilities** **Service product - Cross functional team leadership** - Lead cross functional teams to drive process improvements, portfolio prioritization, cost focus on new products and scalable consolidated service product reporting - Key business partner to SBU heads to drive strategic process definition and collection of information for financial reviews - Define and implement finance processes, templates, and checkpoints that support evolving product development processes and strategies - Build and maintain robust cost models, economic assessments, and investment frameworks for ongoing and emerging service offerings. - Connect information from multiple sources (engineering, operations, commercial, and finance systems) to create new, scalable financial models and standards - Develop revenue, margin, and customer engagement plans, and evaluate value creation relative to required investment and associated risks **Manage investment frameworks and prioritization** - Support organizational portfolio management by assessing financial performance, investment needs, and value drivers across offerings to guide balanced, strategic decision‑making - Build sustainable evaluation processes that support consistent, long‑term business planning and capability building **Lead and facilitate engagement with finance and non‑finance stakeholders** - Lead working sessions to define roles, responsibilities, decision rights, and operating mechanisms for new and evolving finance processes - Drive strategic conversations, synthesize insights, and align recommendations across multiple stakeholder groups **Improve financial performance and support long‑term growth priorities** - Prepare and consolidate key financial analyses, including QoQ and YoY revenue and margin performance - Identify execution opportunities, monitor progress, and help drive corrective actions where needed - Build scalable KPI dashboards, trackers and financial frameworks to help leadership prioritize the highest value opportunities and strategic initiatives - Streamline and document core finance processes **Key Expectations** - Deepen understanding of the servic…