Senior Financial Analyst

About the role

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.

Pay and benefits

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.