Sr. Mgr, Finance

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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.

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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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