Senior manager financial planning solutions

Lead the Transformation of Financial Planning Solutions

Introduction to the job

We are hiring a Senior Manager to lead our Financial Planning Solutions team. Are you ready to lead improvements in the field of financial planning in a fast-paced, global tech environment? You’ll be at the forefront of transforming how we plan and manage financial data, helping shape the future of one of the world’s most innovative companies.

In this role, you’ll manage a team of experienced professionals and work closely with IT and finance teams to improve planning processes, drive innovation, and support better business decisions. We are looking for a strong people leader with extensive experience in driving change and innovation.

Role and responsibilities

As a Senior Manager Financial Planning Solutions, you will leverage your practical expertise to ensure successful changes in the financial planning processes, guide your team, and solidify the role of Planning Solutions within this rapidly growing organization. You will actively manage stakeholder relationships and champion ongoing innovations in the field of financial planning. You will also play a key role in the multi-year Business Performance Management program.

This position is both challenging and rewarding, set in a dynamic, internationally-focused environment. You will help the team transform to deliver a world-class end-to-end financial planning process that guarantees effectiveness and enhances business control for better decision-making. In this role, you will:

• Lead a team of 5 highly skilled senior professionals focused on improving the financial planning processes, including regular development and performance conversations to support their professional growth.
• Build and showcase a solid understanding of the entire end-to-end and cross-sector planning process, collaborating with business partners across various sectors and business lines.
• Take responsibility for the business architecture of planning processes, ensuring a good understanding of the underlying IT technologies.
• Build a strong network of stakeholders and have an influential voice in the conversation.
• Identify and drive improvement initiatives in the respective process areas, with a strong focus on the triple constraints in various implementations.

Education and experience

• 10-15 years of substantial experience in finance, ideally within a financial improvement and IT technology environment.
• A Master’s degree in finance, economics, or business administration, or a more technical degree inspired by finance as an area of application.
• At least 3 years of experience in managing teams.
• Proficiency with SAP Analytics Cloud planning, reporting, and automation tools.
• A solid understanding of Data Analytics and Business Intelligence.
• Experience working in an international or multinational environment.
• Familiarity with AGILE and LEAN principles, with a strong affinity for optimizing processes.

Skills

• A team player who genuinely supports and coaches colleagues and actively seeks out ways to make improvements and implement changes.
• Someone who naturally takes the initiative and thrives in a dynamic and ambitious environment.
• Ability to connect well with everyone in the organization, regardless of their role.
• Sharp analytical and problem-solving abilities, with the capability to interpret complex financial data.
• A commitment to continuous learning, where you can grow, challenge yourself, and maintain a flexible approach focused on ongoing improvement.

Other information

At ASML, we are committed to ensuring that our people, processes, and information work in harmony to help us achieve our ambitious business goals. This commitment is particularly crucial in an era marked by automation, digitalization, robotics, data mining, and artificial intelligence, as we pave the way for ASML’s future growth and success.

Your mission, together with your team, will be to set priorities and consistently identify and implement strategic improvements that enhance the quality and efficiency of our financial planning processes for the operational planning teams within finance.

In this role, you will be part of the Planning & Data Management team, which is part of the Transformation Digital Finance (TDF) department. TDF is part of our finance organization.