Senior Financial Analyst

About the role

LIGHTERA has one of the longest and most respectable corporate lineages in American business, tracing back to Alexander Graham Bell and the invention of the telephone over a century ago. The company has a proven track record of being first in the industry with application-specific fibers, optical connectors, ribbon cables, erbium-doped fibers, Raman fiber lasers, fiber gratings, and more. Lightera is part of Furukawa Electric Group, a multi‑billion‑dollar leader in optical communications. Its mission is to provide leading optical innovations and solutions by designing, manufacturing and supplying the best optical fibers, fiber cable, and components and devices for customers, with exceptional service that creates value for shareholders, customers, and employees. LIGHTERA continues shaping the future of communications by applying the best minds to the challenges customers will continually face, aiming to build brighter, more connected communities through cutting‑edge optical technologies. The Senior Financial Analyst position is a hybrid role responsible for analyzing financial data to support decision‑making, improve profitability, and ensure compliance with financial regulations in the manufacturing sector. Responsible for analyzing and summarizing financial and operational data across Lightera LLC regions. Services provided to the Management team and Business units will include budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis reporting and communicating with individual business units/manufacturing locations. Hybrid role located in Norcross, GA, with a minimum of 2 days/week in the office and additional days as required by the role.

Responsibilities

• Conduct cost analysis for manufacturing processes and provide insights for cost‑saving initiatives and operational improvement.
• Analyze, consolidate, and interpret monthly financial results and variances to forecasts and budgets, prepare detailed reports, highlighting variances in expenses and identifying trends in revenue and costs.
• Assist in the preparation of budgets and periodic forecasts.
• Perform Business Cases (including for CAPEX request) and ad‑hoc reporting.
• Work closely with various departments.
• Other duties and projects as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting.
• 5+ years’ experience in FP&A in a global, manufacturing environment.
• Experience supporting U.S. and foreign countries manufacturing operations.
• Strong knowledge of budget and forecast modeling.
• Accounting systems knowledge, preferably SAP.
• Preferred