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About the role:
We are looking for a motivated and detail‑oriented finance professional to join General Accounting & Reporting team, with a primary focus on Payroll Accounting. The role offers strong exposure to end‑to‑end payroll accounting, internal controls, compliance, and cross‑functional collaboration, particularly with HR and Business Finance teams.
Your Key Responsibilities include:
- Support and execute monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close activities, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
- Perform payroll accounting activities, including journal entries, reconciliations, analysis, and variance explanations.
- Ensure accounting and reporting comply with company accounting policies, Accounting & Finance Manual, and SOX controls.
- Conduct detailed financial reviews and analyses to ensure integrity, accuracy, and completeness of payroll-related financial data.
- Assist in internal and external audits by preparing documentation, explanations, and supporting schedules.
- Identify control gaps and support remediation efforts in line with internal control requirements.
- Actively participate in process improvement initiatives.
- Support initiatives to standardize, automate, and simplify accounting processes and systems.
- Work closely with HR, Business Finance, Payroll Operations, and other global stakeholders to resolve issues and ensure smooth payroll accounting operations.
- Coordinate with stakeholders across functions and geographies, demonstrating good collaboration skills.
- Maintain effective working relationships through regular interaction, responsiveness, and a customer‑centric mindset.
- Bachelor/master’s degree in accounting / finance or Semi‑Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA/CWA).
- 3–6 years of relevant experience in accounting, reporting, or payroll-related roles.
- Strong understanding of accounting principles and concepts.
- Good knowledge of Excel and other MS office applications.
- Good communication skills, with the ability to interact professionally with stakeholders.
Additional Details
This job has a full time weekly schedule.Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. During the hiring process, a recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for a preferred location. Pay and benefit information by country are available at: https://careers.agilent.com/locationsAgilent Technologies Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other protected categories under all applicable laws.Travel Required: NoShift: DayDuration: No End DateJob Function: FinanceSkills Required
- Bachelor or master's degree in accounting or finance, or Semi‑Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA/CWA)
- 3-6 years of relevant experience in accounting, reporting, or payroll-related roles
- Strong understanding of accounting principles and concepts
- Good knowledge of Excel and other MS Office applications
- Good communication skills and ability to interact professionally with stakeholders
Agilent Technologies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Agilent Technologies and has not been reviewed or approved by Agilent Technologies.
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Retirement Support — The core U.S. package highlights a generous 401(k) match as a strength. Retirement programs are positioned as competitive within the company’s total rewards.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An Employee Stock Purchase Plan at a discount provides accessible equity and augments total compensation. Ownership opportunities are presented as a notable advantage alongside retirement benefits.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible Time Off, company holidays, a personal holiday, and paid volunteer time create a broad leave offering. Time off can accrue into multiple weeks in the first year, supporting flexibility.
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What We Do
Analytical scientists and clinical researchers worldwide rely on Agilent to help fulfill their most complex laboratory demands. Our instruments, software, services and consumables address the full range of scientific and laboratory management needs—so our customers can do what they do best: improve the world around us. Whether a laboratory is engaged in environmental testing, academic research, medical diagnostics, pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals or food testing, Agilent provides laboratory solutions to meet their full spectrum of needs. We work closely with customers to help address global trends that impact human health and the environment, and to anticipate future scientific needs. Our solutions improve the efficiency of the entire laboratory, from sample prep to data interpretation and management. Customers trust Agilent for solutions that enable insights...for a better world.
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