Corporate Controller

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Description

Location: Milpitas, California | San Francisco Bay Area candidates only

Compensation: $185,000 - $232,000 annually, depending on qualifications, skills, and experience

Reports to: Chief Financial and Business Officer

Employment Type: Full-time, Exempt

Although we're small, we're mighty and influence and impact society at large positively. At SEMI, we offer opportunities to connect and interact with world leaders, industry legends, and rising stars. We help our members develop public and private policies to strengthen global supply chains and promote business growth and prosperity. Learn and grow professionally through career opportunities such as rotational assignments. Contribute by influencing and impacting an industry that is the foundation for innovation and positive change in areas like environmental sustainability, thought leadership, and workforce development. We take pride in offering work-life balance so you can live your personal and professional life to the fullest.

As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome all to apply

THE ROLE:

SEMI is seeking an experienced, strategic, and hands-on Corporate Controller to lead the organization's worldwide accounting, financial reporting, tax, internal controls, and statutory compliance functions. Reporting to the Chief Financial and Business Officer, this role will oversee global financial consolidation and reporting, external audits, tax compliance, nonprofit and grant accounting and reporting, and Board-level financial reporting.

This leader will partner with executive leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to provide financial insights, improve operational effectiveness, modernize systems and processes, and support informed business decisions across SEMI's global operations.

This is a full-time, exempt position which reports directly to the CFO & Business Operations Officer of SEMI and is based in Milpitas, CA.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:

Global Accounting & Financial Reporting

• Direct global accounting operations, financial consolidation, and external reporting to ensure absolute accuracy, timeliness, and US GAAP compliance.
• Standardize global accounting policies, workflows, and reporting frameworks across all U.S. and international offices.

Tax, Audit, & Regulatory Compliance

• Manage global tax compliance, including corporate income tax, sales/use tax, VAT, GST, and consumption taxes.
• Drive international tax analysis, transfer pricing strategies, and required statutory documentation.
• Govern nonprofit and government grant accounting, ensuring strict adherence to reporting and audit requirements.

Internal Controls & Risk Management

• Design and maintain robust internal controls and financial procedures to safeguard organizational assets.

Business Partnership & Insights

• Translate complex financial data into actionable insights that support executive-level strategic decisions.

Systems & Continuous Improvement

• Spearhead the modernization of financial systems, automation tools, and workflows to eliminate manual effort and increase scalability.

Team Leadership

• Mentor and develop a high-performing, geographically distributed accounting and finance team.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE:

• You have achieved all due dates for filings and reporting, obtained clean audit opinion and fulfil Group statutory financial, grants and tax compliance requirements
• You have proposed and implemented process and systems enhancements and provided solutions to areas of concern
• You have optimized and monitored contemporary business tax models in different regions, ensured the effectiveness of those approaches, and provided the appropriate training to achieve internal compliance
• You have made improvements in accounting systems, workflows, and reporting processes, reduced manual effort, improved data quality, and increased operational efficiency.

CRITICAL SKILLS:

• Good communicator and presenter
• Strong technical competency
• Data-driven and possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Intellectual curiosity and a strong desire to learn and improve status quo
• Ability to take direction and execute independently
• Organized. Great time and project management skills
• Technically savvy and comfortable working with various systems

KNOWLEDGE OR EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance
• 10+ years of relevant experience in financial accounting, consolidation, statutory compliance, analysis and leading a team
• Strong understanding of worldwide accounting and tax regulations, experience in leading and implementing changes for Group restructuring and new accounting requirements
• Good knowledge and experience of non-profit grant accounting, reporting and uniform guidance
• Proficient with financial systems. Experience with Adaptive Insights, NetSuite, Salesforce, Tipalti, Navan, AI products, Power BI and system implementation is highly desirable
• Proficient in Excel VLOOKUP, pivot table, index, modeling skills), Word and PowerPoint
• CPA and prior 4-6 years of audit experience with established CPA firm

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE:

The ideal candidate will have a positive attitude and is eager to take initiatives to complete tasks and suggest ideas for process/financial improvement. You are organized, self-learner, attentive to details and places emphasis on accuracy and timeliness. You can work independently as well as collaboratively with different levels of employees across the organization and external partners.

ABOUT SEMI

SEMI is the global industry association connecting over 4,000 companies and 1.5 million professionals worldwide across the semiconductor and electronics design and manufacturing supply chain. We accelerate member collaboration on solutions to top industry challenges through Advocacy, Workforce Development, Sustainability, Supply Chain Management and other programs. Our SEMICON expositions and events, technology coalitions, standards and market intelligence help advance our members' business growth and innovations in design, devices, equipment, materials, services and software, enabling smarter, faster, more secure electronics. Visit www.semi.org, contact a regional office, and connect with SEMI on LinkedIn and X to learn more.