General & Administrative Business Partner - Corporate Operations

This is an opportunity to join Agilent’s General & Administrative Finance team (G&A Finance). This is an analyst role in the US. The position provides primary support to HR, Legal, Technology Office, and Strategic Corporate Development CEO staff. In addition, the analyst will be responsible for Long-Range Plan process activities, headcount reporting, transformation reporting and coordination, proforma reporting, with opportunities to work on a variety of projects across the function. The ideal candidate can work independently and ensure that business operations are conducted in line with financial policies and controls. Responsible for the collection, recording, consolidation, reconciliation, analysis, reporting and presentation of accounting and financial information used by management for planning and control. Provides CEO Staff with financial decision support, portfolio management, business planning, monthly close activities, and financial reporting. Ensures local and enterprise-wide financial and statutory compliance that may include internal financial controls, regulatory filings, and reporting. This role requires strong Excel skills, a solid understanding of accounting principles, and the ability to work under tight deadlines. The ideal candidate is proactive, highly organized, and comfortable collaborating across functions in a fast-paced environment. You will join a dynamic team and expected to use both technical and analytical skills to provide business support to our partners, as well as maintain compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

• Have a strong understanding of Financial Accounting concepts, standards & principles i.e. detailed understanding of recording, consolidation, reconciliation, analysis, reporting, and presentation of accounting and financial information. As well as a sound understanding of internal financial controls and fundamentals of Sarbanes Oxley Act.
• Act as a financial consultant to the HR, Legal, Technology office, and Strategic Corp Dev organizations, specializing in planning, forecasting and reporting to support business decisions and compliance needs.
• Create informative, actionable and repeatable reporting that highlights relevant business trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Initiate innovative design and delivery of financial processes and tools as part of providing business decision support and analysis.
• Solve complex, high impact financial and business program problems
• Drive month-end processes and closure to month-end issues.
• Communicate effectively across boundaries

• Bachelor’s degree or Master’s in accounting or finance equivalent
• 10+ years of relevant and practical experience
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage the full financial planning and reporting cycle, including month-end close, forecasting, budgeting/long-range planning (LRP), variance analysis, and management reporting, with minimal oversight.
• Sound knowledge of general accounting principles along with comprehensive experience in budgeting and forecasting models
• Experience with SAP, HANA, Essbase, HPCM or other large company enterprise resource planning system (ERP)
• Strong analytical, skills, coupled with good judgment including experience in financial modeling and business case development