Lead Analyst, Planning & Budgeting

• Job Type (exemption status):
  Exempt position - Please see related compensation & benefits details below
• Business Function:
  Planning & Budgeting

About the Role

We are looking for a detail-oriented Financial Analyst to support department-level budget planning, tracking, and reporting. You will partner closely with business and functional leaders to ensure financial visibility, drive accountability, and support data-driven decision-making across the organization.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Own and maintain department budgets, including headcount, OpEx, and Cap Ex tracking across all functional areas
• Build and manage monthly/quarterly budget vs. actuals reporting, with clear variance analysis and commentary
• Monitor cloud service subscriptions to ensure accurate billing, cost allocation, and budget alignment
• Identify budget risks and opportunities; proactively surface issues and recommendations to leadership
• Partner with the department head, Chief of Staff, and team leaders to develop annual operating plans and rolling forecasts
• Prepare financial summaries and presentations for senior stakeholders, translating complex data into clear business insights
• Support month-end close activities in coordination with the finance team
• Develop and continuously improve financial models, dashboards, and reporting templates
• Identify areas of improvement and drive changes in working procedures and processes to increase efficiency and accuracy
• Respond to ad hoc financial analysis requests from business partners with speed and accuracy

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
• 6-10 years of experience in financial planning & analysis (FP&A) or a related role
• Strong proficiency in Excel (financial modeling, pivot tables, VLOOKUP/INDEX-MATCH)
• Experience with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, or similar)
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail
• Ability to communicate financial data clearly to non-finance stakeholders

Preferred:

• Experience with BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, or similar)
• Familiarity with headcount and workforce planning
• Experience in a tech or semiconductor company

Compensation and benefits details are provided below.

• An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, and experience; skills, ability, knowledge of the job; performance, contribution and results; geographic location; shift; internal and external equity; and business and organizational needs.
• The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. It may be modified in the future.
• You will be eligible to participate in Sandisk's Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, and if applicable a Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program. RSUs are also available to eligible new hires.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time, paid sick leave, medical/dental/vision insurance, life, accident and disability insurance, tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts, employee assistance program, other voluntary benefit programs, tuition reimbursement, transit, the Applause Program, employee stock purchase plan, and the Sandisk's Savings 401(k) Plan.
• Note:
  
  No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable.

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