Lumilens
Sr. Manager/Director FP&A
Bengaluru, India. Posted 3 months ago
The role
This leader will drive global FP&A delivery from Bangalore by partnering with R&D and business leaders. The role involves driving financial planning, business partnership, and decision support while acting as country controller for the India entity.
What you will do
- Own the annual operating plan, quarterly forecasts, and monthly variance analysis.
- Partner with business leaders to drive financial discipline, evaluate investments, and track operational KPIs.
- Build driver-based financial models across revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, and capital expenditures.
- Lead pricing analysis, customer and product profitability reviews, and unit economics assessments.
- Drive India R&D expense planning, tracking, and project-level variance management.
- Act as country controller for the India entity, including support for statutory close, audit, tax filings, and transfer pricing.
- Support board reporting, investor relations materials, and earnings preparation in support of a US listing.
- Drive scenario planning, sensitivity analysis, and strategic financial reviews.
- Coach analysts and mentor junior team members.
Required qualifications
- CPA, CFA, or MBA required.
- 10–15 years of FP&A or strategic finance experience.
- Technology industry FP&A or strategic finance experience, or an engineering degree combined with an MBA.
- Ability to operate effectively in a startup environment with ambiguity and limited structure.
- Strong financial modeling, scenario analysis, and business partnering capabilities.
- Proven ability to influence senior business leaders through data-driven insights and sound financial judgment.
- Advanced financial modeling skills and comfort working with large datasets.
Nice to have
- Experience in technology, hardware, semiconductor, or FMCG industries.
- Manufacturing cost accounting exposure.
- A track record of building and developing finance teams and processes from scratch.
- US MNC experience as a controller or senior finance leader within a US-headquartered multinational.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation commensurate with experience
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Professional growth and development opportunities
About the company
Lumilens is building photonics infrastructure to power AI supercomputing. It is a well-funded startup backed by Mayfield.