Senior Business Financial Analyst

About the role

Viavi Solutions, a publicly traded technology company with a 90‑plus year legacy, designs and delivers networking equipment, software, and optical security solutions that enable customers to plan, deploy, certify, monitor, and optimize networks worldwide. The Senior Business Financial Analyst will join the Center of Excellence for Business Finance and Strategic, partnering with finance, business, and leadership teams to transform financial, operational, and business data into actionable insights. Responsibilities include analyzing large datasets, building dashboards and KPIs with Essbase, Tableau, Python, R‑Studio, and Excel, performing variance and predictive analytics, and supporting budgeting, forecasting, and long‑term planning for the Networking and Service Enablement Group, which reports ~$800 M in annual sales. The role also drives margin expansion, cash enablement, and process efficiencies, and provides detailed P&L analysis and ad‑hoc financial modeling to senior leaders. Candidates must hold a bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics or a related field, have 1–5 years of finance or business analytics experience—preferably in manufacturing—and demonstrate advanced Excel, financial modeling, and familiarity with Oracle 12, OBIEE, Hyperion Planning, Essbase, Tableau, SQL, Python, and R‑Studio. Strong analytical, communication, and independent problem‑solving skills are essential. The position is full‑time, on‑site in Pune, India, with a start date of 12/22/2025.

What you’ll do

• 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, 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 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 maintain 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.

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, or a related field is required.
• 1–5 years of experience in finance, business analytics, data analysis, 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, Python, R‑Studio is desirable.

Nice to have

• 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.

Skills

Education

Bachelor's