Job Details
Job Description
Intel is an industry leader and a catalyst for technology innovation and products that revolutionize the way we live.
The Chief Accounting Office (CAO) manages Intel's global accounting, compliance, and reporting. Within CAO's Revenue and Rebates organization, the Rebates Global Process Owner Analyst is accountable for standardizing and governing product level rebate accrual and inventory/payment methodologies through two key capabilities:
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Global Rebate Accounting Standard Practices (GRASP) Product Level Accrual Algorithm operating model - including ownership of accrual logic integrity and further automation/AI enhancements to uplevel the algorithm and accrual accuracy.
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Throughput Time First In-First Out (TPT FIFO) template and process enablement - including support of the TPT FIFO method (buffer logic, TPT assumption derivation) and increased automation/AI enhancements. This role partners closely across CAO, IT, SMG regional reps, rebate analysts (RAs), and audit/compliance stakeholders to ensure scalable, well controlled execution and audit readiness as processes and tooling evolve. Key Responsibilities
A) Drive continued automation/AI support across GRASP and CAO tools
- Lead/coordinate increased intelligence for GRASP algorithm logic, including refining review factors and enhancing algorithm knowledge.
- Maintain exception rules and override governance, including required rationale, support, and methodology for overrides.
- Partner with RAs/COE to interpret outputs, analyze variances, and drive model enhancements based on structured feedback.
- Support the development and implementation of financial and operational systems reporting and drive efficiency and effectiveness by streamlining, standardizing and automating processes and reporting requirements.
- Support rollout and stabilization activities, including UAT/test environment simulations and cutover readiness discussions.
- Provide "advisor/sounding board" support to account teams during onboarding/stabilization while strengthening standardized decision making.
- Maintain/iterate enablement artifacts (templates, guidance) that leverage Excel formulas, Power Query, and macros to standardize execution of tools.
- Guide handling of edge cases (e.g., inventory sufficiency flags, buffer usage, out of order consumption constraints) consistent with policy and process design.
B) Controls, SOX, and audit readiness
- Partner with COE/controls stakeholders to ensure process changes remain SOX relevant, documented, and auditable, including alignment with audit expectations when introducing new technologies or changing operating models.
- Support high risk close/control execution needs as required (e.g. coverage of SOX control and SOX610 global sample work).
C) Cross functional stakeholder leadership
- Enable organizations to leverage advances in software solutions, data analytics, data mining, and visualization techniques to better understand their operations and customers.
- Develop financial models that enable data-driven insights for performance measurement and rolling forecast.
- Translate technical accounting/process concepts into clear guidance and decision options for CAO and business partners, supporting go/no go decisions and scaled rollout governance.
- Vistex/V4 readiness/adoption across the landscape, including but not limited to: Reporting and Analytics Lead, Finance Systems and UAT Rep, and Payment Adjustment Reviewer and Approver.
Behavioral Competencies
- Operates effectively in ambiguity; can design and stabilize operating models while adoption is in flight.
- Influences without authority; builds alignment across CAO, SMG, and regional stakeholders.
- High accountability mindset; emphasizes transparency, standardized decisioning, and auditable governance.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field.
- 4+ years (with Bachelor's degree) or 3 + years (with Master's degree) of experience in rebates accounting/operations, including accrual methodologies, forecasting/variance analysis, and end to end process understanding.
- Strong analytical and tooling capability (e.g., advanced Excel); comfort operating in structured templates and data driven models.
- Experience driving organizational adoption through training, user enablement, and stakeholder support across global teams.
- Ability to work flexible hours to collaborate effectively across multiple geographies and time zones.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with SOX relevant process environments and audit interactions/requirements.
- Experience with Vistex/ECC and/or V4 concepts, and process evolution toward more standardized, system supported models.
- Experience with analytics/automation tools used in this space (examples include Python, Power Query, VBA macros, KNIME).
- Strong executive communication skills; ability to explain model logic, risks, limitations, and exception rationale.
Job Type
Experienced Hire
Shift
Shift 1 (United States of America)
Primary Location
US, California, Folsom
Additional Locations
US, Arizona, Phoenix, US, Oregon, Hillsboro
Posting Statement
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.
Position of Trust
N/A
Benefits
We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock bonuses, and benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find out more about the benefits of working at Intel.
Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in the US: $116,160.00-195,980.00 USD
The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Work Model for this Role
This role will be eligible for our hybrid work model which allows employees to split their time between working on-site at their assigned Intel site and off-site. * Job posting details (such as work model, location or time type) are subject to change.
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