The General & Administrative Business Partner - Corporate Operations
Agilent Technologies
Summary
The General & Administrative Business Partner – Corporate Operations serves as the primary Business Finance partner to HR, Legal, Corp Development, and Technology Office providing financial decision support to CEO Staff functional leaders and their teams. You will partner closely with functional leaders, Finance back-office, and Enterprise Corporate FP&A to shape long-range planning, support critical investment decisions, monthly close activities, and financial reporting.
Job description
Core Responsibilities
- Partner with Functional leaders to serve as a trusted finance advisor, shaping financial priorities, challenging assumptions, evaluating tradeoffs, and recommending actions that improve business and financial outcomes.
- Own the end-to-end planning process for assigned functions, including long-range planning, annual budgeting, forecasting, headcount planning, transformation initiatives, and pro forma analysis.
- Translate complex business issues into clear financial recommendations for senior executives, including investments and resource optimization.
- Monitor business performance and proactively identify emerging risks, opportunities, forecast gaps, and corrective actions rather than simply reporting results.
- Build a deep understanding of the underlying business and cost drivers and personally work through the financial details required to support sound executive decisions.
- Act as the primary finance partner to the HR, Legal, Technology, and Strategic Corporate Development organizations, supporting senior leaders on strategic, operational, and financial decisions.
- Operate independently in a fast-paced, highly ambiguous environment, using judgment to move decisions forward when information is incomplete or priorities are competing.
- Develop and improve financial processes and models where needed, with an emphasis on practical decision support.
- Ensure a high level of financial rigor and accuracy, including ownership of month-end activities, forecast integrity, issue resolution, and reconciliation of key financial assumptions.
- Communicate complex financial matters clearly and credibly with senior executives and cross-functional stakeholders, including the ability to respectfully challenge and influence decisions.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or Master’s in accounting or finance equivalent
- 10+ years of progressive finance experience, including business partnering, FP&A, strategic finance, or infrastructure finance roles.
- Experience partnering with Senior Business leaders to provide financial guidance, challenge assumptions and support operational decision-making across functions.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to connect financial performance to business strategy and operational drivers.
- Proven ability to lead annual planning, forecasting, investment analysis, and performance management processes.
- Advanced financial modeling, scenario planning, and analytical skills with the ability to translate complex data into actionable recommendations.
- Exceptional communication and executive presentation skills, with a track record of challenging assumptions and influencing stakeholders at all levels.
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution in a fast-paced, changing environment.
- Experience leveraging data visualization, automation, and AI-enabled tools to improve forecasting, decision support, and business insights.
- Sound knowledge of general accounting principles along with comprehensive experience in budgeting and forecasting models
- Ability to work independently as well on a team
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or Master’s in accounting or finance equivalent
- 10+ years of progressive finance experience, including business partnering, FP&A, strategic finance, or infrastructure finance roles.
- Experience partnering with Senior Business leaders to provide financial guidance, challenge assumptions and support operational decision-making across functions.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to connect financial performance to business strategy and operational drivers.
- Proven ability to lead annual planning, forecasting, investment analysis, and performance management processes.
- Advanced financial modeling, scenario planning, and analytical skills with the ability to translate complex data into actionable recommendations.
- Exceptional communication and executive presentation skills, with a track record of challenging assumptions and influencing stakeholders at all levels.
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution in a fast-paced, changing environment.
- Experience leveraging data visualization, automation, and AI-enabled tools to improve forecasting, decision support, and business insights.
- Sound knowledge of general accounting principles along with comprehensive experience in budgeting and forecasting models
- Ability to work independently as well on a team
Benefits
- Bonus
- Stock
- Health Insurance
Company overview
Agilent Technologies is a global leader in life sciences, diagnostics, and applied markets, delivering innovative solutions that advance scientific discovery and improve quality of life. Founded in 1999 as a spin-off from Hewlett-Packard, the company has grown into a major player in analytical instrumentation and laboratory services. With approximately 18,000 employees worldwide and annual revenues exceeding $6.5 billion, Agilent provides a comprehensive portfolio of instruments, software, services, and consumables that serve laboratories across pharmaceutical, biotechnology, clinical diagnostics, environmental, food safety, and academic research sectors. The company's product offerings span chromatography systems, mass spectrometry, spectroscopy, cell analysis platforms, molecular diagnostics, and laboratory informatics solutions. Agilent's expertise extends beyond hardware to include comprehensive laboratory management services through its CrossLab division, which helps customers optimize laboratory operations, ensure regulatory compliance, and maximize research productivity. The company's commitment to innovation and customer support has made it a trusted partner for scientists and researchers worldwide who rely on Agilent's technologies to address complex analytical challenges and drive scientific breakthroughs.