About the Role
As Director, Site Controller – New York, you will lead financial operations for Micron’s front-end wafer fabrication plant in Clay, New York. This position is responsible for financial planning, cost control, capital oversight, and maintaining financial controls at the site. You will also act as the main finance contact for the Site Vice President and Site Leadership Team (SLT). This greenfield site in New York is at the beginning stages of its construction. You will be responsible for hiring, training, managing, and leading the New York site operations finance team. You will work closely with other front-end site controllers and operational partners to put into place Micron’s standardized finance systems, processes, and procedures.
Responsibilities
- Lead the site Finance organization, delivering financial planning, forecasting, scenario evaluation, product cost assessment, and performance reporting.
- Serve as a key member of the site management group, providing objective financial insight and mentorship to aid decision-making that drives value creation.
- Partner with site and corporate leadership to develop, evaluate, and optimize site operating and capital plans.
- Apply rigorous analysis of return on investment, net present value, payback, and sensitivity to capital investments and major initiatives.
- Drive cost‑reduction and efficiency initiatives across site manufacturing and support functions to achieve competitive cost performance.
- Provide financial oversight and control of site operations, ensuring compliance with Micron policies, internal controls, and external requirements.
- Collaborate with Corporate and Global Front‑End Finance teams to integrate financial processes, systems, and reporting.
- Build, develop, and retain a high‑performing site finance team through coaching, mentoring, and leadership development.
- Develop and mentor a high-performing finance team, encouraging leadership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Generate and report entity-level financial statements and other financial data as required by government incentives.
- Actively find opportunities for operational improvements, including the exploration and adoption of AI tools, automation, and new technologies to improve financial workflows.
- Actively seek to bring to bear AI-assisted solutions to streamline repetitive tasks, improve data accuracy, and accelerate reporting cycles.
- Stay current with AI and technology trends relevant to Finance and proactively propose use cases for the team.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree focusing on engineering, finance, economics or a related technical or quantitative area.
- 15+ years of progressive experience in finance, manufacturing, operations, or capital‑intensive environments.
- 5+ years of leadership experience, including managing cross-functional or global teams.
- For candidates with engineering or technical degrees: demonstrated, hands‑on experience conducting financial evaluations, argument development, cost modeling, and capital investment assessment.
- Strong expertise in financial analysis, product costing, return on investment analysis, and decision support for senior leadership.
- Demonstrated ability to influence executives and operate efficiently in a complex, global, matrixed organization.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
- Experience with SAP, iECS, SAC-P, or other enterprise financial systems.
- Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally, including Asia.
- MBA or advanced degree in finance, business, or management.
- Semiconductor manufacturing experience; front‑end wafer fab experience strongly preferred.
- Experience supporting large‑scale capital programs, factory startups, or greenfield site development.
- Memory industry experience.
- Intellectual curiosity and enthusiasm for operational improvements, especially using AI tools to improve efficiency and outcomes.
Skills
- Financial planning
- Forecasting
- Scenario evaluation
- Product cost assessment
- Performance reporting
- Financial insight
- Mentorship
- Decision-making
- Value creation
- Operating plans
- Capital plans
- Return on investment analysis
- Net present value analysis
- Payback analysis
- Sensitivity analysis
- Cost reduction
- Efficiency initiatives
- Financial oversight
- Financial control
- Compliance
- Internal controls
- External requirements
- Financial process integration
- Financial system integration
- Financial reporting integration
- Team building
- Team development
- Team retention
- Leadership development
- Collaboration
- Continuous improvement
- Financial statement generation
- Financial data reporting
- Operational improvements
- AI tools
- Automation
- New technologies
- Financial workflows
- AI-assisted solutions
- Data accuracy
- Reporting cycle acceleration
- AI trends
- Technology trends
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- SAP
- iECS
- SAC-P
- Enterprise financial systems
Location
- Clay, New York
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 15+ years of progressive experience in finance, manufacturing, operations, or capital‑intensive environments
- 5+ years of leadership experience, including managing cross-functional or global teams
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree focusing on engineering, finance, economics or a related technical or quantitative area
- MBA or advanced degree in finance, business, or management
Salary/Compensations
- $157,000.00 - $275,000.00 a year
Benefits
- Choice of medical, dental and vision plans
- Benefit programs that help protect your income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury
- Paid family leave
- Robust paid time-off program
- Paid holidays
About the Company
- Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all.
- Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever.
Equal Opportunity
- Micron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
- Micron Prohibits the use of child labor and complies with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and other international and industry labor standards.
- Micron does not charge candidates any recruitment fees or unlawfully collect any other payment from candidates as consideration for their employment with Micron.
