Finance
Fremont, CARole Description
Nova is seeking a highly analytical and collaborative FP&A Analyst to join our dynamic finance team in the semiconductor industry. This role will report to the VP of Finance and will serve as a strategic business partner to key departments including R&D, Sales, Finance, Facilities, and HR, providing financial insights, analyses and reports for senior management, that drive informed decision-making and support the company’s growth objectives.
You’ll be joining the Material Metrology Division:
- Materials Metrology Division is a collaborative and familial environment. We work as a team, and individually, to drive the success of our business using our winning attitude!
- We dive deep, into the nanometric and atomic levels, to extract unique insights and provide our customers and partners with crucial decision-making data. Each and every one of us helps redefine what people can achieve through technology.
Pay Range: $131,000- $140,000 Annually (DOE)
Responsibilities
What will you do as a Financial Planning and Analysis Analyst?
Business Partnership:
- Act as a trusted financial business partner to R&D, Sales, Facilities, HR, and other cross-functional teams, obtain deep understanding of their business requirements, product life cycle and special projects
- Collaborate with department leaders to develop and monitor budgets, forecasts, and strategic plans.
- Provide financial insights and recommendations to support operational and strategic initiatives, including ROI analysis of short- and long-term projects.
Financial Planning & Analysis:
- Build, maintain, and enhance complex financial models for budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning.
Budgeting & Forecasting:
- Prepare annual budgeting and periodic re-forecasting cycles for business departments and areas under your responsibility
- Ensure alignment between departmental budgets and corporate financial goals.
- Monitor actual performance against budget and provide timely updates to stakeholders.
- Analyze financial and operational data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports with variance analysis and actionable insights.
- Support the financial planning processes including the monthly close process and the budgeting/forecasting process for our full P&L
- Prepare cash flow forecast
Management Reporting:
- Develop and deliver executive-level presentations and dashboards to communicate financial performance and strategic insights.
- Support board and investor reporting with accurate and compelling financial narratives.
Process Improvement & Systems:
- Drive continuous improvement in financial processes, tools, and systems to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
- Partner with IT and systems teams to implement and optimize analysis reports and dashboards and other ERP enhancements.
Ad Hoc Analysis:
- Conduct scenario modeling, ROI analysis, and business case development for new initiatives, PLC, capital investments, and strategic projects.
Requirements
- BA/BS degree in Accounting/Finance/Economics
- 5 years of work experience as FP&A
- Strong financial modeling skills are a must, together with demonstrated capabilities in building financial forecasts
- Experience with financial accounting and financial statements preparation and analysis
- Experience with ERP business systems and processes
- Strong organization skills, time management, attention to detail and analytical skills with a demonstrated desire for continuous improvement
- Strong analytical and advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Unquestionable work ethics and integrity
- Works effectively and collaboratively across departments, fostering a culture of trust, transparency, and shared success.
- Demonstrates critical thinking and a structured approach to solving complex financial and operational challenges.
- Manage well time and priorities, takes initiative, anticipates needs, and drives projects forward with minimal supervision.
- Focused on delivering high-quality outcomes that support business goals and improve financial performance.
- Able to translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insights for both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Thrives in a fast-paced, evolving environment and embraces change with a positive, can-do attitude.
Advantages:
- Experience with Oracle Cloud and ERP systems
- Semiconductor and Technology companies experience
- Experience with big R&D organizations with multiple projects and products
Get to know us better:
Nova (NASDAQ: NVMI) is a global company and a leading provider of innovative metrology solutions for process control in semiconductor manufacturing.
With a team of ~1200 people in three R&D centers and 27 field offices, we bring insights into the world’s most advanced industry. We leverage multiple technology fields such as physics, optics, chemistry, and algorithms to develop hardware and software solutions that measure almost every advanced computer chip built in the world.
Nova dives deep into dimensions and layers at the atomic level to extract unique insights and provide our customers with crucial decision-making data, managing critical challenges by providing unique, differentiated solutions.
Our outstanding people-focused and innovative culture means every person at Nova has the power to make an impact and significantly redefine what people can achieve through technology.
Join us if you are
A dreamer and brilliant high aimer who sees the impossible as the starting point and loves working in a multidisciplinary global team to create innovative breakthroughs.
If you need assistance due to a disability, you may contact us at [email protected]
