Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

A Day in Your Life at MKS:  

As an FP&A Manager within our Worldwide Lasers business in the Photonics Solutions Division, you will partner with senior leaders and cross-functional teams around the globe to drive financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and business performance analysis. In this role, you will provide strategic financial insights and decision support that enable growth, improve operational performance, and enhance profitability. Reporting to the appropriate finance leadership team, you will leverage your FP&A expertise, operational finance knowledge, and business acumen to influence stakeholders, challenge assumptions, and help guide key business decisions in a dynamic global environment.

You Will Make an Impact By:

·       Driving analytical insights and recommendations to support critical business decisions and improve performance against key metrics.

·       Leading monthly and quarterly business reviews (MBRs/QBRs), including financial analysis, commentary, and executive-level presentations.

·       Owning the Plan of Record (POR), quarterly forecast, and weekly outlook processes.

·       Standardizing and continuously improving financial planning, reporting, and analytical processes across global entities.

·       Partnering with cross-functional teams worldwide to drive spending reviews, productivity initiatives, and profit and cash improvement programs.

·       Advising management on key financial and operational drivers, including revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, headcount productivity, capital investments, and working capital.

·       Providing business intelligence and actionable insights on manufacturing and operational performance, highlighting opportunities and risks.

·       Leading deep-dive analyses to explain variances versus budget, forecast, prior quarter, and prior year performance.

·       Supporting strategic initiatives, special projects, and ad hoc analysis for business and finance leadership.

·       Conducting detailed variance analysis of actual financial performance against plan, forecasts, and guidance, highlighting risks, opportunities, and underlying trends

·       Establishing credibility as a trusted advisor and business partner to Operations and executive leadership.

Skills You Bring:

·       Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field; MBA, CPA, or CMA preferred.

·       8+ years of progressive finance experience, including significant FP&A and business partnering responsibilities within a matrixed or global organization.

·       Strong experience with SAP, Oracle, Hyperion, HFM, and advanced Excel. Power BI or Tableau experience is a plus.

·       Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.

·       Experience developing and enhancing financial reporting and planning processes.

·       Self-starter with a strong bias for action and continuous improvement mindset.

·       Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

·       Demonstrates and embodies the MKS Guiding Principles.

Globally, our policy is to recruit individuals from wide and diverse backgrounds. However, certain positions require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to various export control regulations.  Applicants for these positions may be limited (by, for example, their countries of citizenship, country of origin, or immigration status) where required by law or governmental contact, and/or employment made contingent upon the issuance of appropriate governmental licensing.

MKS Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“MKS”) is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer: diverse candidates are encouraged to apply. We win as a team and are committed to recruiting and hiring qualified applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), religion, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability or handicap, marital status, membership in the uniformed services, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law. Hiring decisions are based on merit, qualifications and business needs. We conduct background checks and drug screens, in accordance with applicable law and company policies. MKS is generally only hiring candidates who reside in states where we are registered to do business.

MKS is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process due to a disability, please contact us at: [email protected].

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