Financial Analysis

About the Role We are seeking an experienced Financial Analyst to support the Applied Global Services (AGS) business in Korea. This role serves as a key finance partner to business leaders and cross-functional teams, providing financial planning, forecasting, profitability analysis, and decision support for a dynamic semiconductor services business. The position requires a strong combination of financial analysis, business acumen, and cross-functional collaboration. The successful candidate will translate complex business and operational data into actionable financial insights and support management decisions across revenue growth, profitability, customer contracts, and strategic business initiatives. Key Responsibilities * Lead and support revenue, bookings, gross margin, and business performance forecasting, including quarterly Forecast cycles and other planning cycles. * Partner closely with Sales, Business Development, Field Service Operations, and other cross-functional teams to validate business assumptions and ensure financial forecasts appropriately reflect customer and operational developments. * Analyze actual performance versus forecast and plan, identify key business drivers, risks and opportunities, and provide clear management commentary. * Develop financial models and scenario analyses to support strategic planning, business sizing, revenue outlook, profitability improvement, and management decision-making. * Perform customer and contract-level profitability analysis, including revenue, cost, gross margin, commercial credits, pricing changes, and other financial implications. * Provide Finance support for new deals, contract renewals, pricing decisions, and commercial proposals, ensuring consistency among pricing, costs, margin assumptions, and P&L impacts. * Monitor business trends and translate operational drivers such as customer demand, installed base growth, service activity, shipments, and business mix into financial impacts. * Identify and communicate financial risks and opportunities across revenue and gross margin, and work with business partners to develop appropriate actions. * Prepare financial analysis and executive-level commentary for Finance and non-Finance management reviews. * Support quarter-end financial activities, including close, flash, commit, forecast updates, and variance analysis. * Drive or participate in finance process improvement, reporting enhancement, system integration, and analytical automation initiatives. * Maintain strong financial controls and data integrity while exercising sound judgment across multiple sources of financial and operational information. Required Qualifications * Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related discipline * Relevant experience in FP&A, business finance, commercial finance, or financial analysis * Strong financial modeling and analytical skills with the ability to translate complex data into actionable business insights * Solid understanding of P&L, revenue, gross margin, cost drivers, forecasting, and variance analysis * Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint * Ability to work effectively with cross-functional stakeholders in a fast-paced, matrixed organization * Strong communication and presentation skills, including the ability to explain financial concepts to non-Finance stakeholders * Strong ownership, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities and planning cycles * Business-level English communication skills for collaboration with regional and global teams Preferred Qualifications * Experience in the semiconductor, technology, manufacturing, equipment, or service industry * Experience supporting customer-facing or field organizations as a Finance business partner * Experience with revenue forecasting, bookings, gross margin analysis, customer contracts, or deal economics * Experience working with ERP, financial planning, CRM, BI, or data visualization tools * Familiarity with large multinational / matrix organizations and regional or global Finance processes * Experience preparing financial analysis and management presentations for senior leadership ## Qualifications ### Education: Master's Degree ### Skills ### Certifications: ### Languages: ### Years of Experience: 4 - 7 Years ### Work Experience: ## Additional Information ### ### Shift: Day (Korea, Republic of) ### ### Travel: Yes, 10% of the Time ### ### Relocation Eligible: No ### Referral Payment Plan: Employee Referral (Standard) Applied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.