About this role
Job title: Senior Manager, Business Control
About the Role
Senior Manager, Business Control partners with ASM’s ALD business and new products KPUs in a fast-paced semiconductor equipment environment. This hands-on, high-visibility finance leadership role serves as a key finance partner to BU GMs, delivering decision-ready insights and driving process excellence while building and developing a high-performing team.
What You'll Do
- Business Partnering & Decision Support: Serve as a trusted finance partner to BU GMs for ALD and New Products; translate data into clear insights, scenarios, and recommendations that influence decisions; drive financial performance discussions through rigorous portfolio management.
- Planning, Forecasting & Performance Management: Own full P&L support for the business, including revenue, margin, OpEx, and strategic investments; lead annual planning, monthly forecasting, and close process; communicate variances and key drivers of financial performance to senior management; prepare and maintain P&L projections and management reporting packages for monthly and quarterly reviews.
- Governance and Controls: Maintain internal control procedures related to R&D capitalization; ensure adherence to financial policies and best practices; IFRS familiarity preferred.
- Analytics, Automation & Continuous Improvement: Automate recurring activities to reduce manual effort; support design and implementation of new business process flows in a global, matrixed environment; contribute to cross-functional finance initiatives that elevate planning, reporting, and business insight; proficiency with AI tools is ideal.
- Team Management and Performance: Manage KPU controllers and financial analysts in monthly process execution; set and communicate clear timelines, deliverables, and expectations; take ownership of annual goal-setting and quarterly OKRs for your team; track progress and prioritize based on business need and team’s workload; develop your team for long-term career objectives; performance manage against those objectives on a quarterly basis and own rewards conversations at year end.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; 10+ years of relevant finance experience, including FP&A, forecasting, and month-end close.
- Strong analytical, modeling, and problem-solving skills with a hands-on mindset; proven ability to partner with and influence cross-functional stakeholders at multiple levels.
- Experience with fully integrated ERP systems; strong communication skills and experience presenting insights to management; managerial experience in operations finance.
Nice to Have
- CPA, MBA, or equivalent professional certification.
- Experience in a global, matrixed organization.
- Background in semiconductor, high technology, or manufacturing environments.
- Experience with data visualization and advanced financial modeling.
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary not disclosed; benefits not listed in posting.