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Director, Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis

Role overview

Summary

The Director of Corporate FP&A at MKS is responsible for financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and analytics. This role collaborates with business unit Finance and senior leadership to provide financial insights and support strategic initiatives such as M&A and capital markets activities.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant financial experience.
  • Minimum 12+ years of experience in a Finance role with progressively increasing responsibilities.
  • Significant Corporate HQ FP&A experience.
  • Working knowledge of Hyperion Financial Management or similar planning system.
  • Excellent Microsoft Excel skills developing complex financial models.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the annual planning process including identifying key deliverables and setting clear milestones.
  • Identify and drive initiatives to continuously improve and automate the company’s reporting and forecasting capabilities.
  • Optimize monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasting processes and variance reporting.
  • Develop executive level presentations and meeting materials describing the business drivers of performance.

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Forecasting
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Analytical Skills
  • Detail Oriented
  • Communication
  • Collaboration

About the company

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MKS Instruments

  • Semiconductors
  • XLarge
  • 10,001+
MKS Instruments enables technologies that transform our world. We deliver foundational technology solutions to leading edge semiconductor manufacturing, electronics and packaging, and specialty industrial applications. We apply our broad science and engineering capabilities to create instruments, subsystems, systems, process control solutions and specialty chemicals technology that improve process performance, optimize productivity and enable unique innovations for many of the world’s leading technology and industrial companies. Our solutions are critical to addressing the challenges of miniaturization and complexity in advanced device manufacturing by enabling increased power, speed, feature enhancement, and optimized connectivity. Our solutions are also critical to addressing ever-increasing performance requirements across a wide array of specialty industrial applications. Additional information can be found at www.mks.com.

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Job description

A Day in Your Life at MKS:                                                                                                                         

The Director of Corporate FP&A plays a leadership role in supporting financial planning, forecasting, reporting and analytics. This role partners closely with members of business unit Finance and senior leadership to deliver high‑quality financial insights.


You Will Make an Impact By:

  • Manage the annual planning process including identifying key deliverables, setting clear milestones, and resolving cross-functional dependencies to drive company-wide alignment

  • Identify and drive initiatives to continuously improve, automate, and scale the company’s reporting and forecasting capabilities

  • Optimize monthly, quarterly, & annual forecasting processes and variance reporting

  • Support key strategic initiatives such as M&A and capital markets activities

  • Develop executive level presentations and meeting materials describing the business drivers of the performance

Skills You Bring:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant financial experience

  • Minimum 12+ years of experience in a Finance role with progressively increasing responsibilities. Significant Corporate HQ FP&A experience is required in this role.

  • Working knowledge of Hyperion Financial Management or similar planning system

  • Excellent Microsoft Excel skills developing complex financial models

  • Strong analytical and quantitative skills; understands the Corporate Finance requirements of a publicly-listed multinational company

  • Detail-oriented, business-friendly team player with an ability to accommodate tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment

  • Takes responsibility and initiative to think and act independently


Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

  • Primarily operates in a professional office or remote work environment.
  • Frequently uses a computer and standard office equipment.
  • Regular communication and collaboration with employees, vendors, and stakeholders across multiple global time zones.
  • Ability to participate in virtual and in-person meetings for extended periods.

We are interested in a qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we will not be sponsoring work visas for this position, at this time.


This position is HYBRID and within commutable distance to our location in Andover, MA. Relocation benefits are not available for this position.


Salary Pay Range: The pay range for this role is $168,300 to $280,500 per year. This range is a good faith estimate of the expected salary range for this position, based on a wide range of factors including qualifications, experience and training, operational and business needs and other considerations permitted by law.  At MKS, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for the role.

Globally, our policy is to recruit individuals from wide and diverse backgrounds. However, certain positions require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Applicants for these positions may need to be “U.S. persons.” “U.S. persons” are generally defined as U.S. citizens, noncitizen nationals, lawful permanent residents (or, green card holders), individuals granted asylum, and individuals admitted as refugees.

MKS Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“MKS”) is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer: diverse candidates are encouraged to apply. We win as a team and are committed to recruiting and hiring qualified applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), religion, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability or handicap, marital status, membership in the uniformed services, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law. Hiring decisions are based on merit, qualifications and business needs. We conduct background checks and drug screens, in accordance with applicable law and company policies.  MKS is generally only hiring candidates who reside in states where we are registered to do business.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

MKS is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process due to a disability, please contact us at: accommodationsatMKS@mksinst.com .

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