Senior Analyst, R&D Finance

Senior Analyst, R&D Finance

Arm is seeking a Senior Analyst to join the R&D Finance team supporting silicon programs across Cloud AI, Edge AI, and Physical AI. This role focuses on managing financial execution and cost transparency for complex semiconductor development, supporting multi-billion-dollar R&D investments.

You will partner with engineering, program management, operations, procurement, accounting, and finance teams to deliver insights into headcount, silicon costs, and program spend, enabling disciplined execution across the lifecycle, from build through tapeout and validation. This is a hands-on role involving model building, data analysis, and insight generation, combining strong analytical skills with business context to translate data into actionable outcomes.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will own monthly close activities and support budgeting for the Solutions Engineering group, including forecasting, accruals, and variance analysis. You will manage program-level financials, providing visibility into headcount and non-headcount spend (e.g., masks, boards), along with key cost drivers, risks, and opportunities.

You will build and maintain financial models to support decision-making, assessing impacts from changes in scope, schedule, and resourcing. The role requires strong cross-functional partnership with Engineering, Program Management, Procurement, and Accounting to gather inputs, validate assumptions, and translate incomplete data into actionable insights. You will also support contract and spend tracking by understanding financial implications of contract terms and monitoring spend. Additionally, you will drive automation and process improvements to enhance reporting, improve data quality, and reduce manual effort.

Overall, you will establish reliable tracking and forecasting for programs, improve awareness of cost drivers and risks, and act as a trusted finance partner to engineering and program teams.

Necessary Skills and Experience :

• 5-8 years of proven experience in FP&A, R&D finance, or program finance
• Experience in semiconductor, or other high-tech strongly preferred
• Advanced Excel skills required, including working with large datasets and integrating data across systems
• Experience with automation or data tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, or similar)
• Familiarity with AI-assisted workflows (e.g., ChatGPT, Copilot) to improve efficiency
• Strong systems orientation and ability to work across multiple data sources
• Ability to proactively engage cross-functional collaborators and synthesize incomplete data into insights!
• High attention to detail coupled with leading multiple program workstreams
• Strong interpersonal skills

Preferred Skills and Experience :

• Familiarity with IP and silicon development lifecycle
• Experience with systems such as SAP, Anaplan, or similar planning tools

In Return:

You will join a highly focused group to build, learn, define, and lead! We value people as individuals, and our dedication is to reward people competitively and equitably for the work they do. Salary is only one component of Arm's offering. The total reward package will be communicated to candidates as part of the recruitment and selection process.

Salary Range:

$123,300-$166,800 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 View email address on click.appcast.io . 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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