About the role
AI summarisedSenior Finance Control Analyst at a semiconductor equipment company, responsible for cost analysis, forecasting, process improvement, and AI adoption within Global Operations. The role involves backfilling standard cost reviews, supporting month-end activities, and driving data-driven solutions.
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Key Responsibilities
- Act as a backfill for quarterly and yearly standard cost review/update and perform ad-hoc standard cost revision and cost roll requests.
- Responsible for the actual cost calculation of systems / products and analysis of the variance between the pre and post calculations.
- Responsible for monthly forecast of systems / products and review with Business Unit(s).
- Support month-end activities and prepare journal entries.
- Develop and maintain 'expert-level' knowledge around various business processes and operational and financial data.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement and automation within process areas to drive scale and efficiency.
- Drive the adoption of AI tools and technologies to automate routine tasks, enhance financial planning, forecasting, and analysis processes.
- Lead, support or manage ad-hoc global finance projects and key workstreams that may arise in line with business requirements, as needed from a finance perspective.
Requirements
- University graduate and above in Finance, Accounting, Data Science or a related field.
- Minimum 5-8 years of costing and analysis experience preferred from manufacturing background.
- Familiar with product costing in a manufacturing environment / process.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a keen eye for detail and a passion for leveraging data to drive business outcomes.
- Proven experience of working in a hands-on role and in a changing environment.
- Proficiency in financial modeling, data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI), financial planning tools (e.g. Anaplan, TM1 and etc) and AI technologies (e.g., machine learning, predictive analytics).
- Possess some data programming skills for data extraction like SQL, Python and etc.
- Strong influencing skills that deliver collaborative outcomes.
- Experience in system implementation / planning tools / process improvement.
- Organized and methodical; Possess project management skill.
- Excellent knowledge of corporate finance and accounting principles.