XCT BU Controller

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Position Summary

The Imaging and Process Control (IPC) Group at Applied Materials develops manufactures and markets advanced inspection products powered by deep learning and computer vision. We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Business Unit Controller to join the IPC Finance team and lead finance for a newly acquired business unit X-ray Control Technologies (XCT).

This role serves as a trusted finance partner to XCT management and works closely with the BU CFO and Corporate Accounting to oversee sitelevel accounting and financial reporting support FP&A activities implement robust systems and processes and accelerate postacquisition finance integration. This is a fulltime onsite leadership role based in Benicia California.

Key Responsibilities

This is a hands-on leadership role for an experienced accounting professional who thrives in partnering with cross functional leadership teams in building a scalable accounting and finance infrastructure in a fast moving engineeringdriven manufacturing environment.

• Accounting Close & Governance

  • Lead monthly quarterly and annual close processes ensuring timely and GAAP-compliant financial statements

  • Oversee all core accounting activities including general ledger revenue and deferred revenue manufacturing cost and inventory accounting fixed assets AR/AP and project accounting

  • Establish maintain and enforce finance and accounting policies internal controls and governance standards in partnership with Corporate Accounting

• Operational Finance

  • Partner closely with Operations and Engineering to ensure accurate accounting treatment for Inventory manufacturing activities and R&D spend

  • Lead inventory and manufacturing cost analysis including BOM roll-ups purchase price variance (PPV) labor and overhead absorption and E&O reserves

  • Drive product cost analyses and support pricing margin and profitability decisions in collaboration with BU CFO Sales Operations and Product Management

• Budgeting & Forecasting

  • Drive finance operating rhythm and lead FP&A activities including budgeting forecasting and performance analysis across multiple programs

  • Manage OpEx and CapEx spend

  • Develop and deliver scenario-based financial models to support business decisions investment trade-offs and growing planning

• System Process and Data Management

  • Support the implementation and management of systems and processes for transaction support cost tracking and accurate financial reporting

  • Identify opportunities for process improvement participate in the design testing and implementation of enhanced processes and drive continuous improvement

• Team Leadership

  • Mentor and support extended BU finance team members fostering a culture of learning and excellence

  • Act as a finance leader onsite effectively influencing crossfunctional stakeholders and executive leadership

Key Qualifications

• 8 years of progressive accounting experience including hands-on ownership of the close process

• Strong analytical organizational and problem-solving skills

• Experience in manufacturing or operational finance roles is a strong plus

• Excellent communication presentation and influencing capabilities

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced ambiguous and startup-like environment

• Proactive curious and passionate about learning and growth

• Comfortable leveraging AI-enabled tools to streamline processes improve accuracy and drive efficiency

• Proficiency using ERP systems (SAP Blackline) and BI Tools (Power BI Tableau) is preferred. Excellent skills in Excel

• CPA and/or CMA certification is preferred

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The salary offered to a selected candidate will be based on multiple factors including location hire grade job-related knowledge skills experience and with consideration of internal equity of our current team addition to a comprehensive benefits package candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as participation in a bonus and a stock award program as applicable.

For all sales roles the posted salary range is the Target Total Cash (TTC) range for the role which is the sum of base salary and target bonus amount at 100% goal achievement.

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