Director, Finance Transformation – Record to Report

Applied Materials is the global leader in materials science and engineering solutions that are at the foundation of virtually every new semiconductor chip and advanced display in the world. The equipment that we create and service is essential to advancing AI and accelerating the commercialization of next-generation semiconductor chips. Join us and push the boundaries of materials science and engineering in a company at the foundation of the electronics industry.

The work we do together advances the world’s technology.

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Location:

Santa Clara,CA

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Reporting to the Vice President of Finance Transformation, the Director, Finance Transformation – Record to Report (R2R) will lead the Finance workstream of Applied’s SAP S/4

HANA transformation for the Record to Report Key Process Chain. This leader will partner with the R2R Global Process Owner and Global Process Leaders to design the company’s future-state close, reporting, costing and control environment, and to translate Finance and Controllership priorities into solution requirements the program can build, test and deploy.

Applied Materials is replacing its SAP ECC core with S/4

HANA and using that transition to retire system, data and process debt across the enterprise. The program is organized around Key Process Chains led by Global Process Owners, with a prioritized opportunity set grouped into capability bundles and sequenced across multiple releases. Record to Report scope includes a redesigned finance code block and legal entity structure, standardized product costing, automated revenue recognition on SAP RAR, intercompany and tax redesign, continuous close, embedded controls, and modernization of treasury, fixed asset and lease accounting.

The Director will own the R2R transformation agenda end to end - future-state process and operating model, solution requirements, control environment, release readiness and adoption - leading a team of direct reports alongside matrixed finance subject-matter experts and system integrator resources. The successful candidate will combine deep Record-to-Report and controls expertise with hands‑on SAP transformation delivery experience, operational discipline, executive presence, and the ability to influence Finance, Technology and Data leaders across a highly dynamic global technology and manufacturing environment.

• Process Design and Transformation Leadership Own the Record-to-Report future-state process design across close and consolidation, financial and management reporting, intercompany, tax, product costing, revenue recognition, treasury, fixed assets and leases. Align the design to clean-core principles and standard S/4
  
  HANA capability, challenging customization that carries forward existing system and process debt. Translate Finance and Controllership priorities into solution requirements, process designs, user stories, acceptance criteria and decision papers that Global Process Leaders, IT and the system integrator can execute against.
• Controls, Compliance and Technical Accounting Design the future-state control environment, including embedded and automated controls,…