Senior Financial Analyst

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Altera is seeking a detail-oriented and analytical Senior Finance Analyst to join the Finance team. This individual will support financial planning and analysis activities, including budgeting, forecasting, and reporting, with a focus on analytics and broader corporate finance initiatives. This role partners closely with the corporate FP&A and Business finance team to deliver accurate, timely, and insightful financial analysis.

This role is ideal for a highly motivated finance professional who enjoys working with data, building models, and partnering with business teams in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Support the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual budgets and long term strategic plans.

• Build and maintain financial models to support forecasting, scenario planning, and business decision-making.

• Assist in the consolidation and analysis of full P&L data.

Reporting & Variance Analysis

• Prepare variance analyses vs forecasts.

• Develop clear, accurate reporting packages and dashboards for finance and business leadership.

• Investigate and summarize key drivers behind spending variances and trends.

Business Partnering & Support

• Partner with department stakeholders to gather inputs for budgets and forecasts.

• Respond to ad hoc data requests and analyses from finance leadership and business partners.

• Support headcount and workforce cost tracking across the company.

Process & Systems Support

• Help maintain and improve forecasting processes, templates, reporting tools, and financial systems.

• Support data integrity and consistency across planning and reporting systems.

• Contribute to broader finance transformation and process improvement initiatives as needed.

The pay range below is for Bay Area California only. Actual salary may vary based on a number of factors including job location, job-related knowledge, skills, experiences, trainings, etc. We also offer incentive opportunities that reward employees based on individual and company performance.

$118.9K - $172.2K USD

We use artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants for the position. Applicants must be eligible for any required U.S. export authorizations.

Qualifications:

Required

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related field.

• 5-7 years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, accounting, or a related discipline.

• Strong Excel and financial modeling skills; comfort working with large data sets.

• Strong attention to detail and analytical problem-solving skills.

• Effective written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred

• Experience in semiconductor, technology, manufacturing, or other high-growth global organizations.

• Experience with enterprise planning and reporting platforms such as Anaplan, Adaptive Insights, Oracle, SAP, or similar.

• Exposure to G&A or operating expense budgeting and forecasting.

• Progress toward CPA, CFA, or MBA is a plus.

Leadership Profile

• Detail-oriented with a strong sense of ownership and accuracy.

• Curious and eager to learn, with a continuous improvement mindset.

• Collaborative team player who builds strong working relationships.

• Adaptable and comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-growing environment.

• Proactive in identifying issues and proposing solutions.

Why Altera

• Gain broad exposure to corporate finance, P&L and spend management.

• Work closely with finance leadership on high-visibility initiatives.

• Build foundational FP&A skills in a growing, dynamic organization.

• Join a growing global semiconductor company at a pivotal point in its transformation journey.

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