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Sr. Mgr Finance

Lam Research Corp
  • Fremont, CA
  • $137,000–$287,000 Per Year
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9 days ago
Lam Research Corp

Job Description

## The group you'll be a part of

As a key member of the Global Field Operations (GFO) Regional Finance team, you will play a critical role in driving financial planning, operational performance, and decision support across the global organization.

  • Own and lead the worldwide GFO financial consolidation and reporting process, including annual operating plans, forecast cycles, variance analysis, and executive reporting.
  • Partner closely with GFO leadership, regional operations, and workforce planning teams to manage operating expenses, headcount, and Direct Field Service labor absorption.
  • Serve as a strategic finance partner to the GFO organization, providing financial insights and recommendations to support business priorities, operational performance, forecast accuracy, and workforce planning.
  • Translate complex financial and operational data into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership.

## The impact you'll make

  • Global collaboration: Partner with regional finance, ROE communities, workforce planners, and operational teams around the world to drive alignment on financial and operational targets.
  • Strategic insight: Connect financial performance with key operational drivers such as workforce capacity, productivity, labor utilization, spending, and business volume to identify risks and opportunities.
  • Process transformation: Improve the efficiency, consistency, and scalability of global finance processes through standardized reporting, automation, analytics, and AI-enabled solutions.
  • Professional growth: Expand your expertise across financial planning, operational analytics, systems, strategic modeling, and executive business partnering in a fast-paced global environment.

## What you'll do

  • Serve as the primary finance business partner for GFO, ROE, and workforce planning teams, leading the worldwide consolidation of Direct Field Service financial forecasts.
  • Lead global planning and forecasting processes for operating expenses, headcount, and Direct Field Service labor absorption, ensuring alignment between financial plans and operational assumptions.
  • Drive business performance reviews by identifying key drivers, including volume, workforce mix, productivity, labor utilization, and spending, and highlighting risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
  • Develop financial models and scenario analyses to support long-range planning, ESPC initiatives, workforce strategy, labor rates, and other strategic business decisions.
  • Lead the development and continuous improvement of standardized reporting, dashboards, and management analytics to improve transparency, accuracy, and decision-making speed.
  • Partner cross-functionally to strengthen data integrity, financial controls, and reporting consistency, including SAP master data and management reporting processes.
  • Prepare executive-level financial presentations and business narratives for AOP, QXR, and other key planning and forecast cycles.
  • Leverage automation and AI capabilities to streamline recurring finance processes, improve analytical efficiency, and enhance business insights.
  • Support SOX compliance, annual audits, and financial control requirements.
  • Perform strategic and ad hoc financial analysis to support GFO leadership and evolving business priorities.

## Who we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
  • 10+ years of progressive finance experience, including FP&A, forecasting, management reporting, operational finance, or finance business partnering, or equivalent experience.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead complex global and cross-functional planning and forecasting processes and influence stakeholders without direct authority.
  • Strong business acumen with the ability to connect financial results to operational drivers and translate analysis into actionable recommendations.
  • Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills, with demonstrated experience working with large, multi-source datasets and developing scalable, repeatable reporting solutions.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to develop executive-ready presentations, financial narratives, and recommendations.
  • Experience with SAP, including familiarity with master data concepts; experience with Workday Adaptive Planning or similar enterprise forecasting platforms preferred.
  • Experience using data analytics, automation, and AI tools to improve finance processes and decision support.
  • Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, global, and highly collaborative environment, managing multiple priorities while maintaining strong attention to detail.

## Our commitment

We believe it is important for every person to feel valued, included, and empowered to achieve their full potential. By bringing unique individuals and viewpoints together, we achieve extraordinary results.

Lam Research ("Lam" or the "Company") is an equal opportunity employer. Lam is committed to and reaffirms support of equal opportunity in employment and non-discrimination in employment policies, practices and procedures on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, or military and veteran status or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. It is the Company's intention to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Company policy prohibits unlawful discrimination against applicants or employees.

Lam offers a variety of work location models based on the needs of each role. Our hybrid roles combine the benefits of on-site collaboration with colleagues and the flexibility to work remotely and fall into two categories - On-site Flex and Virtual Flex. 'On-site Flex' you'll work 3+ days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, with the opportunity to work remotely for the balance of the week. 'Virtual Flex' you'll work 1-2 days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, and remotely the rest of the time.

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Salary

CA San Francisco Bay Area Salary Range for this position: $137,000.00 - $287,000.00.

The above salary range for this position is relevant to applicants that reside or work onsite in the California, San Francisco Bay Area only. Salary offers will depend on factors that include the location you work from, your level, education, training, specific skills, years of experience and comparison to other employees already in this role. Actual salary may vary from salary offered due to numerous factors including but not limited to unpaid time off, unpaid leave, company mandated shutdown, and other relevant factors.

Our Perks and Benefits

At Lam, our people make amazing things possible. That's why we invest in you throughout the phases of your life with a comprehensive set of outstanding benefits.

Numbers & Facts

LocationFremont, CA
IndustryComputer Hardware
Salary$137,000–$287,000 Per Year
Company Size10,000 employees or more
Year Founded1980
Websitehttps://careers.lamresearch.com/search/

About Company

From smartphones and tablets to wearables and automobiles, it’s hard to go more than a few hours without using a semiconductor-enabled device. The semiconductor industry touches nearly every person on the planet, and chipmakers continue to advance the technology that powers it all.    

As a trusted partner to the world’s leading semiconductor companies, we welcome challenges and we deliver. That’s why, today, nearly every advanced chip is built with Lam technology.   

Our innovative wafer fabrication equipment and services allow chipmakers to build smaller and better performing devices. We combine superior systems engineering, technology leadership, and a strong values-based culture, with an unwavering commitment to our customers. 

Skills

  • Accountingunmatched
  • Accounting Consolidationunmatched
  • Ad Hoc Financial Modelingunmatched
  • Analysis Skillsunmatched
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
  • Automationunmatched
  • Business Modelunmatched
  • Business Operationsunmatched
  • Business Skillsunmatched
  • Business Supportunmatched
  • Channel Strategiesunmatched
  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Continuous Improvementunmatched
  • Cross-Functionalunmatched
  • Data Analysisunmatched
  • Data Managementunmatched
  • Data Qualityunmatched
  • Data Setsunmatched
  • Decision Supportunmatched
  • Detail Orientedunmatched
  • Economicsunmatched
  • Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)unmatched
  • Expense Managementunmatched
  • Financeunmatched
  • Financial Auditunmatched
  • Financial Controlunmatched
  • Financial Modelingunmatched
  • Financial Operationsunmatched
  • Financial Planningunmatched
  • Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)unmatched
  • Financial Reportingunmatched
  • Financial Strategyunmatched
  • Forecastingunmatched
  • Global Financial Marketsunmatched
  • Leadershipunmatched
  • Management Reportingunmatched
  • Master Data Management (MDM)unmatched
  • Medical Geneticsunmatched
  • Militaryunmatched
  • Multitaskingunmatched
  • On Site Supportunmatched
  • Operational Auditunmatched
  • Operational Expenditure (OPEX)unmatched
  • Operations Planningunmatched
  • Performance Reviewsunmatched
  • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
  • Process Improvementunmatched
  • Reimbursementunmatched
  • Reporting Dashboardsunmatched
  • Return on Equity (ROE)unmatched
  • Risk Analysisunmatched
  • SAPunmatched
  • Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)unmatched
  • Scalable System Developmentunmatched
  • Strategic Planningunmatched
  • Team Playerunmatched
  • Variance Analysisunmatched
  • Workforce Planningunmatched
  • Writing Skillsunmatched

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