About this Senior Financial Analyst role at Altera
Job Details:
Job Description:
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.
