Senior FP&A Analyst

Overview

Senior FP&A Analyst within Agilent's Finance team in Financial Planning and Analysis, supporting leadership decision-making through financial forecasting, budgeting, reporting and variance analysis.

What you'll do

• Provide financial services, analytical support, reporting, and business insights to company management.
• Ensure that Agilent's operations are conducted in accordance with established financial policies and internal controls.
• Oversee the collection, recording, consolidation, reconciliation, analysis, reporting, and presentation of accounting and financial information used by management for planning and control purposes.
• Deliver financial decision support to business management, including portfolio management, market model analysis, business planning, and financial reporting, planning, and analysis.
• Support local and enterprise-wide financial and statutory compliance activities, which may include internal financial controls, external audits, regulatory filings and reporting, tax filings, and audit representation.
• Maintain compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Perform financial forecasting, budgeting, reporting and operational metrics tracking.
• Report on financial performance and prepare for regular leadership reviews.
• Analyse past results, perform variance analysis with plans and forecast, identify trends, and make recommendations to stakeholders for improvements for improvised decision making.
• Identify and drive process improvements including the creation of standard and ad-hoc reports, tools, excel summary and narratives.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams such as Sales, Marketing, and Operations to build budgets, monitor departmental spending, and guide operational choices.
• Develop predictive models, conduct scenario planning, and perform variance analysis to compare actual results against forecasts.
• Leverage ERP systems, advanced financial software, and data visualization tools to automate reporting and extract insights from large datasets.

What you'll need

• Chartered Accountant or Master's degree in Commerce (M.Com) or equivalent, with typically 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Hands-on experience with basic accounting (mandatory).
• Strong understanding of accounting principles.
• Strong understanding of accruals, reconciliation and GL analysis.
• Good knowledge of Excel and other MS Office applications.
• Excellent verbal communication skills in English.

Nice to have

• Experience with automation processes.
• Hands-on experience with Power BI.
• Strong knowledge of SAP, S4 HANA and Essbase.

Details

• Full-time role based in Manesar.
• Afternoon shift schedule, 1 PM – 9:30 PM IST.
• Hybrid work model: 3 days per week in office, 5 working days.
• Candidates should be based in the Gurgaon and New Delhi areas; candidates from these locations are preferred.
• Travel not required.