Principal Financial Analyst

Essential Responsibilities:
Financial Planning & Analysis
• Support annual operating plans, budgets, forecasts, long-range planning activities, and financial reporting processes.
• Analyze financial and operational performance against plan, identify key trends, and communicate insights to management.
• Develop financial models, business cases, and analytical frameworks to support decision-making.
• Partner with business leaders to evaluate opportunities, risks, and resource requirements.
• Assist in preparation of management reviews, executive presentations, and business updates.
Business Operations & Analytics
• Support operational planning, business reviews, and performance tracking activities.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses to support organizational priorities and strategic initiatives.
• Develop and maintain reporting, dashboards, and analytical tools that improve business visibility and decision-making.
• Provide actionable insights and recommendations to improve operational and financial performance.
Reporting & Process Improvement
• Prepare recurring management reports and business performance analyses.
• Support development of scalable reporting and planning processes.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, standardization, automation, and data quality.
• Participate in initiatives focused on enhancing forecasting, reporting, analytics, and operational effectiveness.
• Support implementation of new tools, processes, and best practices.
Cross-Functional Partnership
• Collaborate with Finance, R&D, HR, Operations, Business Units, and Corporate functions to support business objectives.
• Translate complex financial and operational data into clear and actionable insights.
• Support business reviews, ad hoc analyses, and strategic projects.
• Build trusted relationships across stakeholder groups and contribute to informed decision-making.
Financial Governance & Operational Support
• Support financial reporting, month-end close activities, and performance reviews as required.
• Assist with planning assumptions, financial controls, and compliance with company policies and standards.
• Ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of assigned deliverables.
• Contribute to organizational initiatives that strengthen operational discipline and business performance.

Other Responsibilities:

Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.

Required Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 3-5 years of experience in finance, FP&A, business operations, analytics, consulting, or related business functions.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and financial modeling skills.
• Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and business analysis activities.
• Advanced Excel and data analysis skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present insights to diverse audiences.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications
• Experience supporting technology, engineering, manufacturing, R&D, or operations organizations.
• Semiconductor industry experience is a plus.
• Experience with planning, reporting, and visualization tools such as Anaplan, Power BI, SAP, Oracle, or equivalent platforms.
• Experience developing dashboards, management reporting, and business performance metrics.
• Experience participating in process improvement, automation, or business transformation initiatives.

Individual Contributor Statement
This is an individual contributor role with no direct people management responsibilities. The successful candidate will be expected to independently manage analyses, reporting, projects, and cross-functional initiatives while partnering closely with business and finance stakeholders.

Expected Salary Range

$72,000.00 - $144,000.00

The exact Salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience and location.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at usaccommodations@gf.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

An offer with GlobalFoundries is conditioned upon the successful completion of pre-employment conditions, as applicable, and subject to applicable laws and regulations.

GlobalFoundries is fully committed to equal opportunity in the workplace and believes that cultural diversity within the company enhances its business potential. GlobalFoundries goal of excellence in business necessitates the attraction and retention of highly qualified people. Artificial barriers and stereotypic biases detract from this objective and may be illegally discriminatory.

All policies and processes which pertain to employees including recruitment, selection, training, utilization, promotion, compensation, benefits, extracurricular programs, and termination are created and implemented without regard to age, ethnicity, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic or category specified by local, state or federal law