Full-Time

Senior FP&A Analyst

Ocean Optics

Ocean Optics

51-200 employees

Manufactures portable spectrometers and sensing solutions

Compensation Overview

$110k - $130k/yr

+ Annual bonus

Garden Grove, CA, USA

In Person

Bachelor's

Category
Finance & Banking (1)
Required Skills
Power BI
ERP
Data Visualization
Inventory Management
Forecasting
SQL
Data Analysis
Excel/Numbers/Sheets
Financial Modeling

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Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field is required.
  • Three to five or more years of experience in financial planning and analysis, commercial finance, or a closely related analytical finance role is required.
  • Advanced Excel skills, including complex modeling and data analysis, are required.
  • Strong experience with budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis is required.
  • Experience working with enterprise resource planning systems and large datasets is required.
  • The ability to translate financial analysis into clear business insights is required.
  • Experience in manufacturing or industrial products, including costing, margins, inventory, absorption, and efficiency, is required.
  • Experience owning or supporting pricing processes is required.
  • Experience building dashboards using Power BI or similar data visualization tools is required.
  • SQL or data query experience is required.
  • Familiarity with using artificial intelligence tools to streamline workflows, analysis, and reporting is required.
  • Experience improving or maintaining financial reporting systems over time is required.
  • Exposure to enterprise resource planning implementations or finance transformation initiatives is required.
Responsibilities
  • Act as a commercial finance partner by shaping pricing decisions, sales strategy, margin performance, cost optimization, and investment business cases.
  • Own the annual pricing cycle end-to-end, including analysis, recommendations, execution, and off-cycle pricing actions.
  • Build financial models evaluating project business cases, growth opportunities, cost efficiencies, and labor productivity, and provide actionable recommendations.
  • Partner with Accounting at month-end to gather and organize performance data, analyze account movements, refresh key calculations, and support production of the management pack.
  • Deliver monthly reporting, variance analysis, and executive-ready commentary.
  • Develop automated, scalable dashboards and tools using Excel and Power BI.
  • Lead budgets, forecasts, and long-range plans with assumptions, scenarios, and sensitivity analyses.
  • Drive continuous improvement across finance systems and processes, including enterprise resource planning enhancements and improved data flows.
Desired Qualifications
  • A strong business partnership mindset and the ability to influence without authority are desired.
  • High attention to detail with ownership and accountability is desired.
  • The ability to apply sound judgment and adapt approaches in ambiguous situations is desired.
  • The ability to present clearly and confidently to non-finance stakeholders is desired.
  • Proactive problem-solving and process-improvement capability are desired.
  • The ability to balance recurring deadlines with ad hoc strategic analysis is desired.

Ocean Optics makes compact spectroscopy hardware and related optical sensing tools. Its flagship products are miniature, portable spectrometers used to measure light across wavelengths for scientists and engineers in fields like chemical analysis, environmental monitoring, and industrial sensing. The devices work by detecting light that passes through or reflects from a sample and translating it into a spectrum—the distribution of light by wavelength—using optical components and a small detector. The company differentiates itself with a modular approach and small, affordable spectrometers that can be integrated into custom systems or handheld devices, enabling researchers to build compact spectroscopic tools rather than relying on large, expensive lab equipment. Ocean Optics' goal is to broaden access to spectral data by providing versatile, scalable sensing solutions that allow users to deploy spectroscopy across a wide range of applications and environments.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Dunedin, Florida

Founded

1989

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What believers are saying

  • Halma reported 8% photonics organic revenue growth in FY26, lifting Ocean Optics demand.
  • Ocean Optics added 2026 conference booths across Europe, Asia, and North America.
  • Bioz engagement rose in 2025, improving citation visibility and lead generation.

What critics are saying

  • Avantes and Hamamatsu pressure pricing and performance in compact spectroscopy markets.
  • Moxchange LLC v. Ocean Optics, Inc. remains an active legal distraction and cost.
  • Distributor dependence on Edmund Optics can weaken direct customer control by 2027.

What makes Ocean Optics unique

  • Ocean Optics invented miniature spectroscopy and still sells modular instruments globally.
  • Halma backed Ocean Optics since 2004, supplying capital, distribution, and operational stability.
  • The Edmund Optics marketplace partnership, announced September 22, 2025, widens customer access.

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Benefits

Performance Bonus

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-2%

1 year growth

-1%

2 year growth

1%
Ocean Optics
Aug 12th, 2025
Ocean Optics Partners with Edmund Optics for Global Distribution

ORLANDO, Fla. - (August 14, 2025) - Ocean Optics, a pioneer in modular spectroscopy and a trusted name in optical sensing, is proud to announce a new Supplier Partner relationship with Edmund Optics.

Ocean Optics
Jun 23rd, 2025
Ocean Optics Launches Bioz Tool

To further enhance visibility and engagement, Ocean Optics has also added a Bioz Homepage Banner, ensuring that visitors immediately discover the powerful citation management capabilities available on its website.

EIN News
Sep 8th, 2023
Ocean Insight Announces Richard Curran as New President

Ocean Insight announces Richard Curran as new president.

Ocean Insight
Jun 22nd, 2023
Women in Engineering Day 2023

Ocean Insight has been named the Best Place to Work in both Central Florida and New York state.

Ocean Insight
May 3rd, 2023
Press Release: New Ocean SR series

Orlando, Florida, USA (May 4, 2023) – Ocean Optics, a brand of Ocean Insight, introduces compact, versatile Ocean SR series spectrometers distinguished by their rapid spectral acquisition speed and high signal to noise ratio (SNR) performance.