Senior Business Financial Analyst

Overview

Senior Business Financial Analyst in the Center of Excellence for Business Finance and Strategy at VIAVI Solutions, turning financial, business and operational data into insights that support strategic decisions for the Networking and Service Enablement (NSE) group.

What you'll do

• Act as a financial and business analyst supporting the business unit group, providing reporting and business analytics for decision-making, financial insights and data-driven recommendations.
• Analyze large datasets to identify trends, performance drivers, and improvement opportunities.
• Create dashboards and KPIs using tools such as Essbase, Tableau, Python, R-Studio or Excel.
• Support data-driven decision making through predictive analytics and statistical analysis.
• Optimize processes through insights drawn from operational, customer, and financial data.
• Support developing business unit annual plans, quarterly forecasts, monthly and quarterly spend and headcount trackers, and provide detailed variance analysis on the full P&L for each business unit.
• Support providing key financial metrics, forward-looking visibility, full P&L insights, and ad-hoc financial modeling.
• Support developing and maintaining financial models for budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning, including the financial modeling for the NSE Long Range Strategic Plan.
• Identify efficiencies and improvement opportunities for margin expansion, productivity gains and cash enablement.
• Develop tracking methodologies for monthly actual spend and capital expenditure investments, and partner with the business to achieve financial goals through KPIs, forward-looking visibility and timely actions.
• Conduct variance analysis to explain performance against budget, forecast, and prior periods.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports for management and stakeholders.
• Evaluate financial performance of business units, products, or projects.
• Work with the business units organization to ensure robust processes and tools are in place for timely, high-quality financial data and actionable insights for leadership.
• Support the annual budget with the expectation to land within +95% of target.
• Create dashboards and KPIs using tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or Excel.
• Partner with finance, operations, sales, and strategy teams to support business cases and investment decisions.
• Present insights and recommendations to leadership in a clear, concise manner.
• Support planning cycles by providing analytical input and validating assumptions.
• Conduct competitive, benchmark and industry analysis to inform business progress towards strategy.
• Identify risks and opportunities impacting financial and operational performance.
• Support the development and execution of strategic initiatives, including productivity metrics, lean tracking initiatives and profitable demand creation.
• Provide financial analysis and recommendations to support business cases and investment decisions, evaluating ROI of initiatives and supporting capital allocation decisions.
• Close the loop on analytics with business cases to evaluate performance on investments.
• Monitor and control cost and expenses, ensuring alignment with budget and strategic objectives.
• Identify and implement cost-saving initiatives and process improvements.
• Manage trade-off decisions across spend areas to maximize budget use.
• Ensure compliance with financial policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date financial records and documentation.
• Partner with stakeholders to identify options for addressing any gaps presented at monthly reviews.

What you'll need

• A bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, or a related field is required.
• 1–5 years of experience in finance, business analytics, data analyst, FP&A, or related roles.
• Excellent problem-solving ability and capability to work independently, taking ownership of complex financial challenges with minimal guidance.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence stakeholders.
• Excellent command of spoken and written English.
• Strong understanding of financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis.
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with financial modeling.

Nice to have

• Preferably within the manufacturing industry.
• Experience working in a global, publicly traded, matrixed organization is a plus.
• Familiarity with Oracle 12 (including OBIEE and Project Accounting), Hyperion Planning, Essbase, Tableau, SQL, Python, R-Studio is desirable.

Details

• Location: Pune, India.
• Frequent interaction with senior finance leaders and corporate finance team; collaboration across business units, engineering, marketing, commercial teams and manufacturing locations across the globe.