Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Veeco designs, manufactures, and services complex machines that enable semiconductor, communications, computing, and other digital technologies. The Operations Finance Manager will provide financial analysis and insights to support decision-making and improve operational and financial performance. The role partners with operations, engineering, supply chain, and finance teams on gross margin, product costing, overhead, bills of materials, inventory, forecasting, reporting, and process improvement.
Responsibilities
- Analyze cost of goods sold versus budget, forecast, and prior year; identify risks and mitigation actions that include detailed gross margin analysis by product line, with visibility into systems, installation, warranty, manufacturing cost, freight, rework, and other direct costs
- Track material cost reductions and operational margin improvements against targets
- Communicate effectively with leadership key drivers and recommend actions to improve profitability
- Support implementation and governance of product line costing structures in a high-growth environment
- Maintain forecasting models supporting production growth, including in-house and outsourced scenarios
- Align cost assumptions with operational plans, capacity, and supply chain strategies
- Ensure appropriate application of manufacturing overhead across product lines and sites
- Monitor absorption, direct and indirect cost, fixed and variable cost, production variances; provide actionable insights
- Provide oversight to validate cost accuracy and identify cost reduction opportunities for the BOM’s
- Partner with Engineering and Supply Chain to align cost structures with sourcing and design changes
- Align inventory forecasts across product lines and regions
- Monitor inventory performance versus targets
- Identify risks and drive actions to achieve inventory and margin objectives
- Deliver KPI’s on cost efficiency, manufacturing performance, inventory health, and margin
- Partner with finance and operations teams to improve forecast accuracy
- Drive improvements in costing, forecasting, and reporting processes
- Enhance profitability visibility through standardized reporting and analytics
- Support system and process improvements leveraging ERP tools (SAP preferred)
- Perform ad hoc analysis supporting strategic and operational priorities
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting is required
- 10 years of experience in manufacturing finance or cost accounting is also required
- Advanced analytical and financial modeling capabilities (Excel required)
- ERP experience required
- Strong understanding of US GAAP and manufacturing cost structures
- Deep expertise in complex product costing and proven experience working in a global operations and supply chain environment
- Strong business partnering and communication skills
- Proven ability to drive process improvements and operational change
- Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- MBA a plus
- SAP experience a plus
- Technology systems manufacturing within the semiconductor industry, or related industry experience preferred
Benefits
- Bonus opportunity
- Medical, Dental, and Vision
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- 401(k) with Company Match
- Holiday, Vacation, and Sick Time
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Commuter Benefits
- Life and Accident Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Identity Theft Remediation
- Emergency Travel Assistance
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