Zak Ghali

Senior Financial Analyst @Intel

Chandler, AZ, US

Partners with business operations to update cost expectations biannually across the Intel portfolio and presents the cycle-over-cycle changes to both Executive management and partner business units • Calculates, validates, and presents on all costs related to manufacturing process including new products, Make vs. Buy, and other “what-if” scenarios using complex cost models to drive strategic insights for $100M+ decisions• Collaborates with accounting teams to establish cost-to-price margin and create Intel’s first backend P&L statement• Utilizes data to influence strategic decision-making, synthesizing KPIs and product roadmap forecasts and presenting analyses for engineering groups and business units• Leads cross-function financial projects around future capital and operating cost and saving planning, working with engineering, supply chain, factory planners, and other stakeholders• Coordinates and conducts continuous improvement and cost reduction efforts and leads the report out to VP-level staff utilizing NPV, ROI, and other financial modeling

Barrett, the Honors College at Arizona State University

Political Science (B.A.), Political Science

Arizona State University

Master of Public Policy, MPP