MKS Instruments, Inc.

Principal FP&A Analyst (Hybrid)

MKS Instruments, Inc.$109K — $182K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field or equivalent experience
  • Minimum of 7 years in FP&A, finance, or business analysis, preferably in IT
  • Strong communication skills for sharing financial insights with IT leaders
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel with excellent analytical capabilities
  • Experience with financial systems like Hyperion, Oracle, or SAP preferred
  • Exceptional problem-solving and organizational skills
  • Ability to work independently in a fast-paced setting

Responsibilities

  • Deliver monthly IT budget actuals and forecasts for Opex, CapEx, and headcount
  • Collaborate with IT business leaders on budgeting and financial planning
  • Define reporting requirements with stakeholders and implement improvements
  • Validate purchase requisitions and purchase orders for budget alignment
  • Provide actionable financial insights to support executive decision-making
  • Conduct ad hoc analyses and support continuous improvement initiatives
  • Enhance reporting tools and systems for greater efficiency

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Life and disability insurance
  • 12 paid holidays and sick time
  • 15 paid vacation days
  • Fully paid parental leave and adoption assistance
  • Tuition reimbursement and career growth opportunities
Full Job Description

A Day in Your Life at MKS

As a Principal FP&A Analyst at MKS, you will partner with global IT leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to drive financial planning, reporting, and analysis for the IT organization. This role reports to Finance leadership and plays a key part in ensuring financial visibility, accuracy, and strategic insight across Opex, CapEx, and headcount. You will focus on enhancing reporting processes, improving system efficiency, and enabling data-driven decision-making.

This is a hybrid position requiring approximately 60% onsite and 40% remote work.

This role is critical to delivering timely, accurate financial insights and supporting strategic investment decisions across MKS’s global IT organization. You will play a key role in maintaining financial discipline while driving continuous improvement in reporting and forecasting processes.

You Will Make an Impact By
  • Owning the monthly delivery of IT budget actuals and forecasts, including Opex, CapEx, and headcount reporting
  • Partnering with IT business leaders to drive detailed budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes
  • Collaborating with stakeholders to define reporting requirements and implement process and system improvements
  • Validating purchase requisitions and purchase orders to ensure alignment with approved budgets
  • Delivering clear, actionable financial insights to support executive decision-making
  • Supporting ad hoc analyses, special projects, and continuous improvement initiatives
  • Enhancing reporting tools, processes, and systems to improve efficiency and data accuracy

Skills You Bring (Required)
  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field, or equivalent experience
  • Minimum of 7 years of experience in FP&A, finance, or business analysis, preferably supporting IT organizations
  • Strong ability to communicate financial insights and partner effectively with IT leadership
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel with strong analytical and modeling skills
  • Experience working with financial systems such as Hyperion, Oracle, or SAP preferred
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organizational capabilities
  • Ability to work independently, take initiative, and develop solutions in a fast-paced environment
  • Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
  • Ability to translate complex financial data into clear, executive-level insights
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience supporting IT finance or technology organizations
  • Familiarity with financial planning tools and reporting systems
  • Experience driving process improvements and implementing reporting enhancements
  • Exposure to budgeting and forecasting within a global organization

Compensation and Benefits

Salary Pay Range: $109,750.00 – $182,900.00 per year. This range is a good faith estimate of the expected salary range for this position, based on a wide range of factors including qualifications, experience and training, operational and business needs, and other considerations permitted by law.

Bonus: This position is eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, in an amount to be determined by MKS.

Benefits: MKS offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance coverage (medical, dental, and vision), 401(k) with company match, life and disability insurance, 12 paid holidays, sick time, 15 paid vacation days, fully paid parental leave, adoption assistance, and tuition reimbursement, along with opportunities for career growth and development in a collaborative and innovative environment.


About MKS Instruments, Inc.

MKS Instruments, Inc. is a global provider of instruments, subsystems and process control solutions that measure, monitor, deliver, analyze, power and control critical parameters of advanced manufacturing processes to improve process performance and productivity for our customers. Our products are derived from our core competencies in pressure measurement and control, flow measurement and control, gas and vapor delivery, gas composition analysis, residual gas analysis, leak detection, control technology, ozone generation and delivery, RF & DC power, reactive gas generation, vacuum technology, photonics, sub-micron positioning, vibration isolation and optics. Our primary served markets include semiconductor capital equipment, general industrial, life and health sciences, research and defense.
Learn more about MKS Instruments, Inc.
Size
6,000 employees
Market Cap
$5.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
$350.1 million
5 Year Trend
+17.9%
Revenue
$2.3 billion
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