FP&A Manager

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FP&A Manager

Position Overview

The FP&A Manager is a strategic finance business partner responsible for supporting executive leadership and key functional leaders through insightful analysis, disciplined planning, and effective financial decision-making. This role leads the budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and performance analysis processes while driving continuous improvement across FP&A operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with the C-suite and senior leadership—including the CEO, CFO, CAO, SVP of Legal, and Facilities Director—to support strategic and operational decision-making.
• Lead and manage the annual budgeting, long-range planning, and periodic forecasting processes.
• Review purchase requisitions, headcount requests, and capital expenditures to ensure alignment with approved budgets, forecasts, and business priorities.
• Lead the month-end financial review process by analyzing actual results against budget and forecast, identifying key drivers, and communicating variance explanations to business partners and executive management.
• Prepare selected financial statement analyses and balance sheet flux analyses, and provide supporting explanations for external auditors.
• Lead monthly financial review meetings with business partners and executive leadership, ensuring clear accountability for performance and follow-up actions.
• Identify opportunities to streamline financial processes, improve reporting efficiency, and enhance financial controls.
• Establish and implement FP&A best practices, standardized procedures, and scalable reporting processes.
• Leverage financial systems and technology to improve data accuracy, reporting capabilities, and planning efficiency.
• Support ad hoc analyses, strategic initiatives, and M&A-related projects as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.
• 5–7 years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or a related discipline, preferably within a high-tech or publicly traded company.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and project management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex financial information clearly to diverse audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, influence cross-functional stakeholders, and interact effectively with all levels of management.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and perform effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic, and team-oriented environment.
• High level of integrity and discretion when handling confidential financial and business information.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including financial modeling, data analysis, and reporting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Oracle R12, Oracle Cloud EPM, Workforce Planning, Tableau, or similar financial planning and reporting platforms.
• Experience supporting a public company environment, including management reporting, audit support, and internal control processes.
• Experience with process automation, systems implementation, or FP&A transformation initiatives.
• MBA, CPA, or other relevant professional certification is a plus.

Pay Range:

Disclaimer:

Final base salary for the successful candidate will depend on multiple factors, including but not limited to, job location, where work will be performed, qualifications, work history and relevant experience. With our continual goal of making Lumentum a best place to work for our employees, we strive to offer employees competitive total compensation packages, which may include annual bonus, commission for certain sales roles, equity, and health and welfare benefits.