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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.\nWhat We Offer\nLocation:\nSingapore,SGPYou’ll benefit from a supportive work culture that encourages you to learn, develop, and grow your career as you take on challenges and drive innovative solutions for our customers. We empower our team to push the boundaries of what is possible-while learning every day in a supportive leading global company. Visit our Careers website to learn more.\nAt Applied Materials, we care about the health and wellbeing of our employees. We’re committed to providing programs and support that encourage personal and professional growth and care for you at work, at home, or wherever you may go. Learn more about our benefits.\nAbout the Role\nAs Operations Controller, you will be the end-to-end finance owner for the manufacturing and supply chain operations of one of Applied Materials' business units, whose operations are based mainly in Taiwan.\nThis is a high-visibility role. You will own the full operations P&L picture, from period results, variances, and inventory through burden, manufacturing cost of sales (MCOS), and gross margin. You will be a trusted advisor to the business unit's operations and supply chain leadership. Your work goes beyond explaining the numbers: you will shape decisions on capacity, make vs. buy, cost reduction, and inventory strategy, and you will turn financial insight into business action.\nYou will be based in Singapore as part of a large, established WWO Finance team doing similar work, which gives you strong peer support and room to grow. You will partner day to day with leaders and teams in Taiwan, much of it in Mandarin.\nWhat You'll Do\nPeriod Performance & Manufacturing Health\nOwn period results for the business unit's operations and explain manufacturing health, productivity, cycle-time, and Cost Per Tool performance to leadership.\nLead analysis of demand planning, capacity, plan of record (POR), and make vs. buy, and build the financial case behind operational decisions.\nDrive direct labor modeling and efficiency, the indirect headcount model, spend management, and over/under absorption analysis.\nOversee module and taxonomy reporting, time studies, labor variance analysis, and manufacturing lead-time (GMLT) metrics.\nVariance & Standard Overhead\nOwn the explanation of all operational variances, including vendor premiums, DMR, rework, cycle counts, supplier liabilities, crating and outbound, and floorstock.\nManage standard overhead and over/under absorption, and turn variance drivers into corrective actions with operations owners.\nInventory Health\nOwn inventory health and reserves: E&O, ECO, aged raw material and WIP, excess and zero-demand, and strategic inventory.\nLead the standard cost roll and inventory entitlement, and support material availability and IF/OF (inflow/outflow) analysis.\nPartner with supply chain to reduce inventory exposure and improve working capital.\nBurden\nOwn the business unit's effective burden rate, and monitor burden spend and receipts against plan.\nIdentify rate drivers and recommend actions to keep product cost competitive.\nManufacturing Cost of Sales (MCOS)\nDrive the MCOS savings agenda, including PPV, vendor business reviews (VBRs), and configuration cost.\nQuantify and track cost-reduction initiatives with procurement and operations through to realized savings.\nGross Margin\nOwn the business unit's operations gross margin, including the S1 view, gross-to-net bridge, CPT, revenue, and MCOS.\nDeliver clear margin bridges and forward-looking insight for monthly, quarterly, and annual planning cycles.\nBusiness Partnership & Leadership Influence\nAct as the primary finance partner to the business unit's operations and supply chain leaders, building trust with senior stakeholders in Mandarin and English.\nChallenge assumptions, frame trade-offs, and recommend courses of action on operations and supply chain decisions.\nLead AOP, forecasting, and capex/ROI reviews for operations.\nCoordinate the work of partner finance teams (business management, variance, inventory, burden, MCOS, and costing) to deliver one integrated operations finance view. This is an individual contributor role.\nMaintain strong controls and SOX compliance, support audits, and drive process improvement and automation.\nWhat You'll Bring\nRequired\nBachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field.\n5 -12+ years, experience in manufacturing, operations, cost, or plant finance.\nKnowledge of standard costing, variance analysis, inventory accounting and reserves, absorption, and gross margin drivers.\nA track record of influencing operations and supply chain leaders on business decisions, not just reporting results.\nFluency in Mandarin Chinese and English, written and spoken, with the ability to present to and challenge senior leaders in both.\nWillingness to travel regularly to Taiwan.\nPreferred\nExperience in semiconductor, semiconductor equipment, or high-tech capital equipment manufacturing.\nExperience supporting a business across countries or sites, ideally in Taiwan and Singapore..\nExperience owning a full operations finance portfolio and advising senior business leadership on their decisions.\nWhat Success Looks Like\nOperations leaders bring you into decisions early because your analysis changes outcomes.\nPeriod results, variances, and inventory positions are explained clearly with no surprises.\nMeasurable gains in MCOS savings, inventory health, burden rate, and gross margin.\nOne integrated operations finance view across all partner finance teams.\nKey Competencies\nFinance + business acumen: Combines technical depth in cost and inventory accounting with sound commercial judgment.\nInfluence and executive presence: Builds credibility with senior leaders and raises tough issues constructively.\nOwnership: Owns outcomes end to end and drives actions to closure.\nAnalytical rigor: Moves easily between details and the big picture.\nCross-cultural collaboration: Works well across Singapore, Taiwan, and global teams, cultures, and time zones.\nContinuous improvement: Simplifies, automates, and improves how operations finance works.\n\nAdditional Information\nTime Type:\nFull timeEmployee Type:\nAssignee / RegularTravel:\nYes, 10% of the TimeRelocation Eligible:\nNoApplied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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