Head of Analytics Transformation for Finance

ASML is the global leader in advanced technology systems for the semiconductor industry and is experiencing significant growth. The Head of Analytics Transformation for Finance is responsible for the digital analytics strategy and Finance Team. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on, strategic data professional to make a lasting impact on the future on this fast-growing global tech leader.

About ASML

With headquarters in The Netherlands, ASML is a high-tech company that gives the world’s leading chipmakers the power to mass produce patterns onto silicon. They manufacture complex lithography machines that chipmakers use to produce integrated circuits, or computer chips. In thirty years, the company has grown from a small start-up into a multinational company with more than sixty locations across Europe, Asia and the US.

“In 2022, which was another strong year for us, we achieved total net sales of 21.2 billion euros, a gross margin of more than fifty percent, and a record order backlog of 40.4 billion euros,” – Peter Wennink, CEO of ASML

To develop these machines and continue its exciting growth journey, ASML brings together some of the most creative minds across the world in engineering, physics, mathematics, computer science and chemistry. ASML’s headquarters are located in Veldhoven, The Netherlands, and the organisation employs forty thousand people across sixteen countries.

Because ASML spends more than two billion euros per year on R&D, its teams have the freedom, support and resources to experiment, test and push the boundaries of technology. They work in close-knit, multidisciplinary teams, and listen to and learn from each other.

Vacancy: Head of Analytics Transformation for Finance

ASML is taking analytics to the next level across the entire company, including its Finance team. The Head of Analytics Transformation for Finance is responsible for analytics within the finance organization and company-wide distributed analytics network, and shapes ASML’s journey toward data-driven finance. Due to ASML’s stellar growth, its architecture, processes, and systems need to keep up. In general, this means defining a value-driven finance analytics roadmap, connecting ASML’s overall objectives to the finance strategy, and driving value creation by delivering actionable insights, while leading the team’s day-to-day activities. These include dashboarding and reporting (delivering the data driven financial insights), integrating data sets, process automation, and creating relevant insights through machine learning models.

Specifically, the Head of Analytics Transformation for Finance will set the strategy for future finance information in the architecture landscape and drive advancement of the current architecture, in alignment with the Chief Data Officer. They will also be responsible for continuously updating and improving the Data Analytics tooling and methods based on technological developments and business needs. In short, the Head of Analytics Transformation for Finance plays a pivotal role in envisioning and defining how the analytics organization will keep up with the company’s progress.

The Head of Analytics Transformation for Finance reports to the ASML Corporate Controller, and joins the Corporate Control Leadership Team. They are also part of the extended Finance Management Team as a role model and trusted advisor for their peers. They will lead a growing team of twenty-five direct reports, including Program Managers and Data Analysts, and fifty indirect reports of Developers and Data Scientists, that work on the transformation projects.

“The Head of Analytics Transformation for Finance leads the team and advances analytics, both within finance and on the higher level of architecture strategy,” – Koen Huismans, Head of Finance of ASML

The position is an ideal fit for a seasoned, hands-on transformation manager or director with a strategic focus and relevant experience in data analytics and architecture. They will connect finance with information architecture strategy and take the analytics of a world-leading, fast-growing tech company to the next level.

Interested?

ASML is working with Top of Minds to fill this vacancy.
To express your interest, please contact Jessica Lim at jessica.lim@topofminds.com