Operation Finance

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Santa Clara,CA

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The Senior Manager, Operational Finance will serve as the primary finance business partner for a newly established organization with broad operational and strategic responsibilities.

This role will provide financial leadership, decision support, and governance across operating expenses, capital investments, and resource planning. The successful candidate will bring strong operational finance experience, establish greater accountability for financial commitments, and help leadership make well-informed decisions in a complex, cross-functional environment.

The role also supports the SPG Group CFO as the FP&A lead for groups reporting under her.

The role requires a hands-on finance leader who can operate effectively across organizational boundaries, constructively challenge assumptions, and translate complex financial and operational information into clear recommendations for senior leadership.

• Serve as the primary finance partner to the organization’s leadership team, providing timely, practical, and objective financial guidance.
• Develop a strong understanding of business priorities, operating requirements, and investment needs.
• Translate organizational strategies into clear financial plans, funding requirements, and decision frameworks.
• Support leadership reviews with concise financial narratives, scenarios, risks, and recommendations.
• Provide independent financial perspective and constructively challenge assumptions to improve business outcomes.

• Lead planning, forecasting, and financial review processes, with particular focus on Opex and Capex.
• Establish clear ownership and accountability for budgets, spending decisions, and financial commitments.
• Provide visibility into actual and forecasted performance, including key variances, emerging risks, and required corrective actions.
• Drive disciplined bottoms-up planning and ensure resource and investment requests are supported by clear business rationale.
• Partner with leadership to balance operational priorities with affordability, financial prudence, and broader enterprise objectives.

• Evaluate investment proposals through financial analysis, scenario modeling, and risk assessment.
• Ensure significant spending decisions are supported by appropriate financial diligence, approvals, and ongoing performance tracking.
• Identify opportunities to improve cost, scope, timing, and resource allocation.
• Help leadership prioritize investments…