Senior Business Financial Analyst

VIAVI Solutions; Pune District; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Career advancement opportunities

Job summary

A leading technology solutions provider in Pune District is seeking a Senior Business Financial Analyst. You will be responsible for providing actionable financial insights to support strategic decision-making. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor’s degree in finance or a related field, with 1-5 years of experience. Strong analytical and communication skills are essential. Join a fast-paced environment where you’ll work closely with senior finance leaders, contribute to financial reports, and optimize business outcomes. Competitive compensation and career advancement opportunities are offered.

Qualifications

• 1-5 years of experience in finance or business analytics, preferably in manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Ability to work independently with minimal guidance.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial insights and recommendations for decision-making.
• Create dashboards and KPIs for business analytics.
• Support developing annual plans and quarterly forecasts.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving ability

Excel expertise

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, or related field

Tools

Essbase

Tableau

Phyton

R-Studio

Oracle 12

SQL

Job description

Senior Business Financial Analyst at VIAVI Solutions.

Summary

VIAVI (NASDAQ: VIAV) has a 90+ year history of technical innovations that have evolved to keep pace and address our customer’s most pressing business issues. We make equipment, software, and systems that help to plan, deploy, certify, monitor, and optimize all kinds of networks – like those for mobile phones, service providers, large businesses and data centers. We are also at the forefront of optical security, bending light to develop and deliver optical solutions that provide security to the world’s currencies and safety and performance applications for consumer electronics and spectrometry. We are the people behind the products that help keep the world connected – at home, school, work, at play, and everywhere in between. VIAVI employees are fierce about supporting customer success and we welcome people who bring their best every day, to question, collaborate, and push for solutions that will delight our customers.

Duties & Responsibilities

The Senior Business Financial Analyst will be a key member of the Center Of Excellence for the Business Finance and Strategic team. The Business & Financial Analyst is responsible for turning financial, business and operational data into actionable insights that support strategic decision‑making. This role partners closely with finance, business groups and leadership teams to analyze performance, forecast trends, and optimize business outcomes. It supports the financial reporting and analysis on profit and loss statements across multiple business groups on various financial cycles; and leads the financial modeling for the NSE Long‑Range Strategic Plan. The Networking and Service Enablement Group (NSE) has reported annual sales of about $800 million per annum and a sizable selling budget. VIAVI’s business finance operates in a fast‑paced environment with Business Unit groups, engineering, marketing, commercial teams and manufacturing locations across the globe. This role requires frequent interaction with senior finance leaders supporting the Business Unit and also partnering with members of the corporate finance team and other business and centralized functions.

Critical Success Factors

• Ability to work independently while providing optionality to business partners to keep VIAVI on track to financial commitments amidst changing business needs.
• Exceptional analytical skills.
• Capacity to prioritize and be effective with little overview and guidance.
• Ability to produce coherent and succinct executive‑level management reports.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and teamwork skills, with the ability to collaborate cross‑functionally across all levels of the organization.

Main Responsibilities

• Act as a financial and business analyst supporting the business unit group, proactively providing reporting and business analytics required 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, Phyton, 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 Units annual plans, quarterly forecast, monthly and quarterly spend & headcount trackers, and provide detailed variance analysis on the full P&L for each Business Unit to leadership.
• 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.
• Support the Senior Business and Strategic Financial leaders by delivering valuable analysis and financial insights for decision making, margin expansion and cash enablement.
• Continuous search for efficiencies and identifying improvement opportunities for margin expansion, productivity gains and cash enablement.
• Develop tracking methodologies for monthly actual spend, capital expenditures investments, and partner with the business to achieve the financial goals, through KPI’s, forward‑looking visibility, timely actions development and others.

Financial Analysis & Reporting

• Develop and maintain financial models for budgeting, forecasting, and scenario planning.
• Provide in‑depth analysis around opportunities for margin expansion, identifying trends, variances, and analytics cost optimization, productivity and inflationary mitigation 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 closely with the business units organization to ensure robust processes and tools are in place for efficient availability of timely and high‑quality financial data as well as actionable insights into leadership for critical financial and business management decisions.
• Support the annual budget with the expectation to land within +95% of target.

Business Analytics

• Analyze large datasets to identify trends, performance drivers, and improvement opportunities.
• Create dashboards and KPIs using tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or Excel.
• Support data‑driven decision making through predictive analytics and statistical analysis.
• Optimize processes through insights drawn from operational, customer, and financial data.

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• 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.

Strategic Support

• Conduct competitive, benchmarks 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 in a fast‑paced environment by evaluating ROI of initiatives and supporting capital allocation decisions.
• Close loop analytics with business cases to evaluate performance on investments.

Spend Management

• Monitor and control cost and expenses, ensuring alignment with budget and strategic objectives. Identify and implement cost‑saving initiatives and process improvements. Manage through trade‑off decisions across spend areas to maximize budget use.

Compliance and Governance

• Ensure compliance with financial policies, procedures, and regulations. Maintain accurate and up‑to‑date financial records and documentation.
• Fully understand practices and operating mechanisms to drive project investment and its close loop with original strategic plans.
• Partnering with the stakeholders to identify options to addressing any gaps presented at the monthly reviews.
• Proactive and accountable participant in financial discussions, with the ability to problem‑solve.

Pre‑Requisites / Skills / Experience Requirements

• 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; preferably within the manufacturing industry.
• 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.
• Experience working in a global, publicly traded, matrixed organization is a plus.
• Strong understanding of financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis.
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with financial modeling.
• Familiarity with Oracle 12 (including OBIEE and Project Accounting), Hyperion Planning, Essbase, Tableau, SQL, Phyton, R‑Studio is desirable.

If you have what it takes to push boundaries and seize opportunities, apply to join our team today.

VIAVI Solutions is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer – minorities/females/veterans/persons with disabilities.

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