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San Jose CA USA
In-Office
284K-384K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Internet of Things • Semiconductor
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The Role
The Senior Director of Finance will lead Corporate FP&A focusing on enterprise-wide planning performance management and systems transformation partnering with executives to drive financial performance.
Summary Generated by Built In
We are seeking an exceptional Senior Director of Finance to lead Corporate FP&A at Arm. This role serves as a central leader within the CFO organization responsible for architecting and scaling how the company plans measures and drives financial performance.
Corporate FP&A is an enterprise-wide finance function that integrates planning consolidation operational finance and systems into a single scalable operating model. This role partners directly in collaboration alongside the CFO the CEO's executive group and upper management to align strategy ownership and financial outcomes across the company.
This role does not follow the traditional FP&A leadership format. The finance leadership role is passionate about enterprise-wide operations and developing a unified reference point. It helps enable faster improved decisions and encourages accountability across Arm's global business.
Success requires a combination of critical thinking operational difficulty systems approach and the ability to influence across a sophisticated fast-scaling organization!
Responsibilities:
Enterprise Planning and Financial Architecture
Operating Rhythm and Performance Management
Systems Data and Process Transformation
Enterprise Partnership and Influence
Team Leadership and Organizational Build
Required Skills and Experience :
"Nice To Have" Skills and Experience :
Technical and Analytical Toolkit
Our 10x mindset guides how we engineer collaborate and grow. Understand what it means and how to reflect 10x in your work: https://careers.arm.com/en/10x-mindset
Salary Range:
$283800-$384000 per year
We value people as individuals and our dedication is to reward people competitively and equitably for the work they do and the skills and experience they bring to Arm. Salary is only one component of Arm's offering. The total reward package will be shared with candidates during the recruitment and selection process.
Accommodations at Arm
At Arm we want to build extraordinary teams. If you need an adjustment or an accommodation during the recruitment process please email [email protected] . To note by sending us the requested information you consent to its use by Arm to arrange for appropriate accommodations. All accommodation or adjustment requests will be treated with confidentiality and information concerning these requests will only be disclosed as necessary to provide the accommodation. Although this is not an exhaustive list examples of support include breaks between interviews having documents read aloud or office accessibility. Please email us about anything we can do to accommodate you during the recruitment process.
Hybrid Working at Arm
Arm's approach to hybrid working is designed to create a working environment that supports both high performance and personal wellbeing. We believe in bringing people together face to face to enable us to work at pace whilst recognizing the value of flexibility. Within that framework we empower groups/teams to determine their own hybrid working patterns depending on the work and the team's needs. Details of what this means for each role will be shared upon application. In some cases the flexibility we can offer is limited by local legal regulatory tax or other considerations and where this is the case we will collaborate with you to find the best solution. Please talk to us to find out more about what this could look like for you.
Equal Opportunities at Arm
Arm is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues. We are a diverse organization of dedicated and innovative individuals and don't discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or status as a protected veteran.
Corporate FP&A is an enterprise-wide finance function that integrates planning consolidation operational finance and systems into a single scalable operating model. This role partners directly in collaboration alongside the CFO the CEO's executive group and upper management to align strategy ownership and financial outcomes across the company.
This role does not follow the traditional FP&A leadership format. The finance leadership role is passionate about enterprise-wide operations and developing a unified reference point. It helps enable faster improved decisions and encourages accountability across Arm's global business.
Success requires a combination of critical thinking operational difficulty systems approach and the ability to influence across a sophisticated fast-scaling organization!
Responsibilities:
Enterprise Planning and Financial Architecture
- Own and evolve Arm's enterprise planning framework bringing together long-range planning annual budgeting rolling forecasts and close into one unified coherent system!
- Establish and maintain a single source of truth across planning forecasting and reporting.
- Drive alignment between strategy financial plans and operational execution across business units and functions.
- Lead enterprise-wide scenario planning to support executive decision-making and resource distribution.
Operating Rhythm and Performance Management
- Be responsible for the company's financial operating cadence including planning cycles forecast updates and executive review forums.
- Drive clear performance responsibility throughout the organization linking financial outcomes to ownership and execution.
- Simplify decision forums and ensure the right financial representation at the right level to accelerate execution.
- Deliver high-quality decision-ready insights to the finance head the chief executive's circle and executive leadership.
Systems Data and Process Transformation
- Lead the evolution of finance systems data architecture and planning tools to support scale automation and accuracy.
- Standardize and simplify financial processes eliminating duplication manual work and shadow reporting.
- Drive adoption of system-led planning and reporting reducing reliance on offline models and fragmented data sources.
- Leverage automation and AI to improve efficiency and accelerate decision velocity.
Enterprise Partnership and Influence
- Partner with the CFO CEO Office and senior functional leaders to support enterprise-level priorities including growth cost difficulty and capital allocation.
- Act as a connector across Business Unit finance teams ensuring consistency alignment and transparency of financial narratives.
- Provide independent data-driven challenge on investments resource allocation and performance outcomes.
- Support external-facing financial narratives in partnership with Investor Relations and senior finance leadership.
Team Leadership and Organizational Build
- Build and lead a high-performing finance team across planning consolidation systems and operational finance.
- Establish clear roles responsibilities and accountability across the finance organization.
- Attract develop and retain top talent establishing a team capable of operating at enterprise scale.
- Develop a culture of ownership difficulty clarity and continuous improvement.
Required Skills and Experience :
- 15+ years of dynamic finance leadership experience in global sophisticated organizations.
- Deep experience in corporate FP&A enterprise planning or finance transformation roles.
- Consistent track record of building and scaling planning processes financial systems and operating cadences.
- Experience partnering with senior executives and influencing enterprise-level decisions.
- Strong understanding of financial consolidation planning and oversight of results in a public company environment.
- Proven track record to develop and guide high-performing teams through periods of growth and change.
- Demonstrated ability to navigate through ambiguity simplify complexity drive accountability and improve decision-making at scale.
- Exceptional communication skills and executive presence.
"Nice To Have" Skills and Experience :
- Experience in semiconductor technology or high-growth infrastructure businesses.
- Background in finance transformation systems implementation or data architecture.
- Familiarity with AI-enabled finance tools and modern planning platforms.
- MBA CPA CFA or equivalent experience.
Technical and Analytical Toolkit
- Strong financial modeling and scenario planning capabilities.
- Deep understanding of planning systems data structures and financial processes.
- Ability to translate data into clear actionable insights for executive audiences.
- Comfort demonstrating automation and AI to improve finance workflows and decision-making.
Our 10x mindset guides how we engineer collaborate and grow. Understand what it means and how to reflect 10x in your work: https://careers.arm.com/en/10x-mindset
Salary Range:
$283800-$384000 per year
We value people as individuals and our dedication is to reward people competitively and equitably for the work they do and the skills and experience they bring to Arm. Salary is only one component of Arm's offering. The total reward package will be shared with candidates during the recruitment and selection process.
Accommodations at Arm
At Arm we want to build extraordinary teams. If you need an adjustment or an accommodation during the recruitment process please email [email protected] . To note by sending us the requested information you consent to its use by Arm to arrange for appropriate accommodations. All accommodation or adjustment requests will be treated with confidentiality and information concerning these requests will only be disclosed as necessary to provide the accommodation. Although this is not an exhaustive list examples of support include breaks between interviews having documents read aloud or office accessibility. Please email us about anything we can do to accommodate you during the recruitment process.
Hybrid Working at Arm
Arm's approach to hybrid working is designed to create a working environment that supports both high performance and personal wellbeing. We believe in bringing people together face to face to enable us to work at pace whilst recognizing the value of flexibility. Within that framework we empower groups/teams to determine their own hybrid working patterns depending on the work and the team's needs. Details of what this means for each role will be shared upon application. In some cases the flexibility we can offer is limited by local legal regulatory tax or other considerations and where this is the case we will collaborate with you to find the best solution. Please talk to us to find out more about what this could look like for you.
Equal Opportunities at Arm
Arm is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues. We are a diverse organization of dedicated and innovative individuals and don't discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or status as a protected veteran.
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Year Founded: 1990
What We Do
We bring brilliant people together in a global ecosystem that is sparking the world’s potential. Arm technology enables specialized processing built on the economics design freedom and accessibility of general-purpose compute that has so far led to more than 180 billion chips being shipped by our partners.
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At Arm we build the future of computing powering everything from smartphones to AI. Our 10x mindset drives bold thinking and deep collaboration to solve complex problems together. With a people first culture flexible work and strong support for growth and wellbeing your ideas can make a global impact while your career thrives.
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