Agilent Technologies

Director, Business Finance - CrossLab Consumables & Services Divisions

Agilent Technologies$135K — $254K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Engineering, or related field; MBA, CPA, or equivalent advanced degree preferred.
  • 10+ years of progressive finance leadership experience in consumables, services, life sciences, diagnostics, manufacturing, or recurring revenue businesses.
  • Strong grasp of recurring revenue business models, focusing on pricing, service contracts, customer retention, and margin optimization.
  • Demonstrated ability to partner with senior leaders to shape strategy and support profitable growth.
  • Experience in financial planning, forecasting, and performance management in a complex global environment.
  • Proficiency in using digital technologies, automation, AI, and advanced analytics for enhanced finance effectiveness.
  • Strong executive presence with effective communication skills for senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with division heads to provide financial guidance and support operational decision-making.
  • Lead financial planning, forecasting, and performance management, translating business drivers into actionable insights.
  • Support leaders in optimizing revenue through various strategies related to pricing and customer retention.
  • Monitor business performance to identify risks and opportunities for growth and profitability.
  • Oversee financial analyses to support investments and product development decisions.
  • Collaborate with FP&A COE for high-quality planning and analytical outputs.
  • Utilize data and AI tools to enhance forecasting accuracy and decision-making support.

Benefits

  • Option to work remotely.
  • Full-time weekly schedule with no end date.
  • Bonus and stock eligibility as part of compensation structure.
Full Job Description
Serves as the primary Business Finance partner for the CrossLab Consumables and Services Divisions providing financial leadership and decision support to Division VP/GMs and their staff within the Divisions. Partners closely with commercial, product, R&D and functional leaders to drive business performance, investment decisions and profitable growth, while leveraging support from the FP&A Center of Excellence (COE) for standardized planning, reporting and analytics.

Core Responsibilities
  • Partner with Division business leaders to provide financial guidance, challenge assumptions and support operational decision-making across geographically dispersed businesses.
  • Lead financial planning, forecasting, and performance management for assigned businesses, translating business drivers into actionable financial insights and recommendations.
  • Support commercial, marketing, and service leaders to optimize recurring revenue through pricing, mix, customer retention, installed base penetration, attach rates, service contract performance and commercial investments.
  • Monitor business performance, identifying risks, opportunities and actions to improve growth, profitability and resource allocation.
  • Oversee business cases and financial analyses to support investments, product development, commercial initiatives and portfolio decisions.
  • Collaborate with the FP&A COE to ensure high-quality planning, reporting and analytical outputs, enabling greater focus on forward-looking business partnering.
  • Leverage data, automation and AI-enabled tools to improve forecasting accuracy, accelerate insights and enhance decision support.

Critical Competencies
  • Strong business and commercial acumen.
  • Strategic thinking and structured problem solving.
  • Influencing and business partnership across global, matrixed organizations.
  • Financial modeling and analytical rigor.
  • Digital and AI fluency to enhance insights and productivity.
  • Executive communication and stakeholder management.

Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Engineering, or related field; MBA, CPA, or equivalent advanced degree preferred.
  • 10+ years of progressive finance leadership experience supporting consumables, services, life sciences, diagnostics, manufacturing, or other recurring revenue businesses within a complex global organization.
  • Strong understanding of recurring revenue business models including pricing, service contract economics, installed base management, customer retention, product lifecycle management and margin optimization.
  • Proven ability to partner with senior business leaders to shape strategy, evaluate investments, optimize resource allocation and deliver profitable growth.
  • Experience leading financial planning, forecasting, business performance management and executive decision support in a matrixed global environment.
  • Demonstrated ability to leverage digital technologies, automation, AI and advanced analytics to improve finance effectiveness and business insight.
  • Strong executive presence with the ability to synthesize complex business issues into clear, actionable recommendations for senior leadership.


Additional Details

This job has a full time weekly schedule. It includes the option to work remotely. Applications for this job will be accepted until at least August 5, 2026 or until the job is no longer posted.

The full-time equivalent pay range for this position is $135,840.00 - $254,700.00/yr plus eligibility for bonus, stock and benefits. 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/locations

Travel Required:
10% of the Time

Shift:
Day

Duration:
No End Date

Job Function:
Finance

About Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies is a global leader in life sciences, diagnostics, and applied chemical markets. With more than 50 years of insight and innovation, Agilent instruments, software, services, solutions, and people provide trusted answers to customers' most challenging questions. The company generated revenue of $5.34 billion in fiscal 2020 and employs 16,600 people worldwide.
Learn more about Agilent Technologies
Size
17,400 employees
Market Cap
$44.2 billion
Industry
Net Income
$810 million
Founded
1999
5 Year Trend
+8.9%
Revenue
$5.5 billion
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