Finance Manager, Cost & Inventory

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THE ROLE: 

We are searching for an experienced finance manager to join our team and support the Adaptive and Embedded Computing Group (AECG) Finance team. The role will partner closely with Business Marketing & Operations as well as Supply Chain operations to support cost, inventory and reserves analysis for the Embedded Business Unit.

THE PERSON: 

The ideal candidate should be a self-starter with a result driven approach, high sense of teamwork, ability to handle multiple topics at once, excellent communication skills, positive outlook, and the ability to speak up and make recommendations in a fast-moving environment. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Engage/lead core finance processes for inventory and COGS, including Annual Operating Plan, monthly operating forecast, and intra-quarter inventory forecast/outlook
• Provide supporting schedules for Corp accounting for quarter-end deliverables
• Consolidate / coordinate monthly and quarterly inventory and COGS close activities
• Own inventory reserves, risk inventory, and scrap approval process
• Partner with business planning to streamline demand forecast to inventory reserve process and gross margin improvement initiative
• Take full ownership of and accountability for ongoing reports providing validation and supporting documentation to business partners as required 
• Coordinate with business operations on AOP cost publishing in quoting system
• Variance analysis on AOP cost projection
• Coordination with global cross functional teams
• Perform ad-hoc scenario analysis proactively and present findings to senior leadership 
• Create and implement business mechanisms that are scalable to help the team make data-driven decisions
• Identify opportunities to leverage technology to solve business problems; drive efficiency through finance processes by automating, simplifying, or eliminating routine work.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: 

• Cost accounting, manufacturing finance, and/or inventory finance experience
• Semiconductor industry experience 
• Effective communication skills and experience working with international teams
• Demonstrated ability to effectively solve problems
• Ability to lead teams in a cross-functional setting 
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint & hands on experience with SAP, Power BI Tools
• Knowledge of SQL a plus

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in accounting or finance preferred

CPA preferred

LOCATION:

San Jose, CA

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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