lumilens - VP / Sr. Dir FP&A
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Requirements
• 10+ years of experience in FP&A or operational finance • Experience in hardware, semiconductor, or manufacturing-driven businesses • Strong financial modeling and analytical capabilities • Experience partnering with engineering, operations, or supply chain teams • Demonstrated ability to build finance processes in a rapidly scaling company • WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE • A successful VP FP&A will: • Build a credible operating plan and forecasting process • Establish strong financial discipline and accountability across teams • Provide leadership with clear insight into operational and financial performance • Develop a finance organization that supports operational decision making • KEY TRAITS WE ARE LOOKING FOR • Strong operational curiosity • Ability to work closely with technical and operational teams • Comfort operating in a fast-growing and evolving organization • Ability to translate complex operational issues into financial insights • Ability to influence operations and procurement leadership. • Track record of driving cost discipline and operational efficiency.
Responsibilities
• FINANCIAL PLANNING & FORECASTING • Help drive the company’s annual operating plan and quarterly forecasting process • Translate the company’s strategic financial plan into department budgets and operating targets • Maintain financial models to support revenue growth, margin expansion, and scaling operations • Drive forecasting accuracy and financial discipline across the company • OPERATIONAL FINANCE & BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP • Build a finance business partner function aligned with key operating teams (engineering, operations, supply chain, commercial) and act as a co-pilot to VP-Manufacturing • Help operating leaders understand the financial implications of operational decisions • Support planning for hiring, product development, manufacturing ramps, and customer demand • Lead financial governance for contract manufacturers (CMs) and outsourced production partners. • Review and negotiate cost structures, pricing models, and volume commitments with CMs. • Ensure alignment between CM economics and company margin objectives. • Lead financial evaluation of manufacturing capital investments • Monitor CapEx spending vs approved budgets. • Ensure post-investment performance reviews • Implement and maintain strong manufacturing financial controls. • Strengthen controls around procurement,production and contract manufacturing. • METRICS & PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT • Define and maintain the company’s operational and financial metrics • Develop dashboards and reporting to track performance against plan • Lead variance analysis and identify key financial and operational risk. • Identify opportunities for process improvement and cost optimization. • DECISION SUPPORT • Provide analytical support for key operational and strategic decisions, including: • product ramps • manufacturing scale • pricing and margin evolution • resource allocation • Work cross-functionally to help leadership make data-driven decisions • BUILD AND SCALE THE FP&A FUNCTION • Hire and develop a small team of FP&A analysts over time • Implement scalable planning processes and tools • Establish a consistent cadence of planning, forecasting, and financial reviews
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