Senior Financial Analyst

The group you’ll be a part of

Join a high-performing global Finance team supporting Lam Research’s Customer Support Business Group (CSBG), with a primary focus on the Services organization. Based in Fremont, this role serves as a finance leader for Services, partnering across operations, engineering, product management, supply chain, field support, regional finance, and accounting. The team helps leaders translate service growth opportunities, deployment priorities, and operating requirements into clear financial choices that support disciplined, profitable growth.

The impact you’ll make

You will help shape the financial foundation for a growing Services business that is central to Lam’s vision for the autonomous fab. Lam’s Services organization is advancing service and support solutions such as self-maintaining equipment, self-aware systems, self-adaptive processes, and collaborative robots (Dextro™), using expanded data and automation capabilities to help customers build the fabs of the future. Your analysis will give leaders a practical view of growth, investment needs, profitability, and execution risk while supporting scalable processes and reliable financial reporting as the business expands.

What you’ll do

Serve as a finance partner to CSBG Services, supporting the full business rhythm—from monthly close, forecasting, and budget reviews to longer-range planning, opportunity assessment, and growth investments.

This experienced individual-contributor role combines hands-on FP&A, business-case analysis, and financial stewardship. You will connect Services strategy, customer support models, deployment plans, operating expense, capital, inventory, service cost, and revenue implications; and turn complex cross-functional inputs into clear recommendations for leadership.

Primary Activities

Services Business Partnership

• Partner with Services leaders on operational decisions and recurring monthly/quarterly reviews, providing timely analysis on spend, resources, roadmap execution, customer support models, and financial trade-offs.
• Build and maintain financial views for Services opportunities, including business cases, return analysis, contract economics, deployment models, and sensitivity comparisons.
• Track performance against plans and translate variances, risks, and opportunities into concise, decision-ready insights for business and finance leadership.

Financial Planning, Operations & Growth Analysis

• Lead defined financial planning and analysis workstreams for Services, in partnership with CSBG Finance leadership, including:
  • Monthly close, forecasts, budgets, variance analysis, and management reporting
  • Headcount, contractor, operating expense, capital, depreciation, and capacity modeling
  • Services deployment models, capital requirements, inventory, asset utilization, and service-cost tracking
• Develop practical metrics, dashboards, and operating routines that provide a consistent view of Services opportunities, roadmap progress, investment levels, and business performance.

Financial Integrity

• Support accurate and timely financial reporting in compliance with corporate policies, applicable accounting standards (US GAAP/IFRS as applicable), and internal controls (SOX).
• Partner with Corporate Finance, Accounting, Tax, Audit, and business teams to analyze emerging accounting and process questions as new Services models scale.

Leadership & Scalable Process Improvement

• Improve financial processes, data quality, planning tools, and analytical capabilities so reporting can scale with a growing Services business.
• Build trusted cross-functional relationships and promote clear ownership, transparency, accountability, and value-focused decision-making.

Who we’re looking for

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or business-related field with 5-8 years of experience; or Master’s degree or equivalent certification (MBA, CPA, CFA, CA, CMA, or equivalent) with 6+ years’ experience; or equivalent experience.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, dashboards, and data visualization.
• Attention to details and demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to develop and maintain business partner relationships at all levels of the organization.
• Experience supporting R&D, engineering, or innovation-driven organizations
• Ability to manage tight deadlines, prioritize workload; effective multi-tasking skills are vital.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, written and verbal.

Preferred qualifications

• Foundational understanding of US GAAP and India GAAP is a plus.
• Prior experience within technology, manufacturing, or related industries.
• Advanced analytical, financial modeling, and reporting skills with experience leveraging advanced analytics or AI tools to support investment decisions
• Ability to collaborate with diverse, cross-functional, and international teams including occasional flexible schedules to accommodate time zones.

Our commitment

We believe it is important for every person to feel valued, included, and empowered to achieve their full potential. By bringing unique individuals and viewpoints together, we achieve extraordinary results.

Lam Research ("Lam" or the "Company") is an equal opportunity employer. Lam is committed to and reaffirms support of equal opportunity in employment and non-discrimination in employment policies, practices and procedures on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, or military and veteran status or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. It is the Company's intention to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Company policy prohibits unlawful discrimination against applicants or employees.

Lam offers a variety of work location models based on the needs of each role. Our hybrid roles combine the benefits of on-site collaboration with colleagues and the flexibility to work remotely and fall into two categories – On-site Flex and Virtual Flex. ‘On-site Flex’ you’ll work 3+ days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, with the opportunity to work remotely for the balance of the week. ‘Virtual Flex’ you’ll work 1-2 days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, and remotely the rest of the time.