Manager Finance

THE ROLE:

This Finance Manager role is a high-visibility position within AMD's Finance organization and partnering with Leadership on key corporate functions and their teams to ensure performance to budget and compliance with AMD policies.

THE PERSON:

The ideal candidate should have a bias for action, high sense of partnership, and ability to speak up and make recommendations in a fast-paced environment. Self-starter with excellent interpersonal communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills

Confirmed financial leadership successfully supporting Business leaders in a high-growth environment. Capable of critical thinking with strong quantitative and qualitative analytical abilities and creative problem-solving skills.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Financial Close & Reporting

  • Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process, ensuring the books are closed accurately, completely, and on schedule.
  • Review journal entries, account reconciliations, and balance sheet analyses to ensure financial records are accurate and properly supported.
  • Ensure transactions are recorded in accordance with US GAAP and applicable company accounting policies.
  • Investigate and resolve accounting discrepancies, variances, and unusual items, escalating significant issues as appropriate.
  • Prepare and review financial reporting deliverables and supporting schedules for management and corporate reporting.

• Audit Management (Internal & External)

  • Serve as a primary point of contact for both internal and external auditors, coordinating audit requests and deliverables.
  • Prepare, review, and provide audit schedules, documentation, and explanations to support interim and year-end audits.
  • Manage audit timelines and follow-through to ensure requests are addressed accurately and on time.
  • Support the remediation of audit findings and implement corrective actions to strengthen the control environment.

• Technical Accounting, GAAP & SOX Compliance

  • Apply strong knowledge of US GAAP to day-to-day accounting matters and non-routine transactions, providing technical guidance to the team.
  • Ensure SOX controls within the area of responsibility are designed effectively, operating consistently, and documented appropriately.
  • Maintain and update process narratives, control documentation, and risk-control matrices in line with SOX requirements.
  • Partner with internal controls and compliance teams to test, monitor, and continuously improve the internal control framework.
  • Stay current on changes in accounting standards and regulatory requirements, and assess their impact on the business.

• Team Leadership & Development

  • Lead, coach, and develop a team of finance professionals, setting clear goals, priorities, and performance expectations.
  • Manage workload allocation across the close and reporting cycle to ensure deadlines and quality standards are met.
  • Provide ongoing feedback, mentoring, and career development opportunities to build a high-performing, engaged team.
  • Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous learning, and integrity within the team.

• Process Improvement & Automation

  • Identify opportunities to streamline, standardize, and automate close, reconciliation, and reporting processes.
  • Lead process improvement initiatives that increase accuracy, reduce cycle time, and improve efficiency and scalability.
  • Partner with systems, IT, and transformation teams to implement automation tools and enhance financial systems and workflows.
  • Establish and monitor metrics to measure process performance and track the impact of improvement initiatives**.**

• Stakeholder Management

  • Build strong, collaborative relationships with finance and cross-functional business stakeholders.
  • Partner with FP&A, business finance, tax, treasury, and operational teams to ensure accurate and consistent financial information.
  • Communicate financial results, issues, and recommendations clearly to both finance and non-finance audiences.
  • Respond to stakeholder requests and provide analysis and insight to support business decisions and priorities.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Significant progressive experience in accounting, controllership, or financial close, including experience managing a team.

• Strong working knowledge of US GAAP and SOX / internal controls.

• Demonstrated experience managing internal and external audit relationships and deliverables.

• Experience leading process improvement and/or automation initiatives within a finance function.

• Proficiency with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle) and strong Excel / financial systems skills.

• Experience in a large, multinational, or public company environment.

• Familiarity with financial automation and reporting tools (e.g., reconciliation, close management, RPA, or analytics platforms).

• Experience working across regions and with global finance teams.

Key Competencies

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Proven leadership and people-development capability.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver under tight deadlines.
• Continuous-improvement mindset with a focus on controls, accuracy, and efficiency.
• High standards of integrity, ownership, and accountability.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; professional qualification (CPA, ACCA, CA, or equivalent) strongly preferred.