Finance Operating Manager External Reporting

Overview

Role Summary

The Operating Manager, External Reporting leads the External Financial Reporting (EFR) team in the global hub, a team of high performing professionals and individual contributors. Working closely with the GFRC management, the role is accountable for the team's delivery of the quarterly and annual SEC reporting cycle and supporting financial disclosures, ensuring financial statements are prepared, consolidated and compliant with company financial policies, US GAAP and SEC requirements. The role partners with Accounting, Technical Accounting, Treasury, Tax, Legal, Investor Relations and the external auditors.

Keysight is at the forefront of technology innovation, delivering breakthroughs and trusted insights in electronic design, simulation, prototyping, test, manufacturing, and optimization. Our ~16,800 employees create world-class solutions in communications, 5G, automotive, energy, quantum, aerospace, defense, and semiconductor markets for customers in over 100 countries. Learn more about what we do.

Our award-winning culture embraces a bold vision of where technology can take us and a passion for tackling challenging problems with industry-first solutions. We believe that when people feel a sense of belonging, they can be more creative, innovative, and thrive at all points in their careers.

Responsibilities

People Leadership and Team Management

• Lead, manage and develop a team of high performing professionals and individual contributors in the EFR team
• Set priorities, allocate work and manage capacity across the team to meet close and filing timelines
• Review the team's work, provide coaching and feedback, manage performance and support career development
• Hire, retain and build bench strength, including succession planning, cross-training and backup coverage
• Foster a culture of quality, ownership and continuous improvement
  
  

• Working with the GFRC management, oversee the team's preparation and review of Forms 10-K and 10-Q, including financial statements, footnotes, MD&A and other disclosures
• Support Forms 8-K and other SEC and governmental filings, including EDGAR and XBRL tagging
• Support preparation of earnings releases, including financial exhibits, conference call script and other communications, for accuracy and completeness
• Oversee cash flow statement preparation and presentation
• Ensure disclosure checklists, tie-out files and support are maintained for every number and statement in the filings
• Coordinate the reporting calendar and inputs and sign-offs from contributors across different KBFs
  
  

• Research and apply US GAAP to disclosure topics, including revenue (ASC 606), leases (ASC 842), stock compensation (ASC 718), pension (ASC 715), EPS (ASC 260) and business combinations
• Oversee accounting and disclosures for equity-based transactions, including stock-based compensation and employee stock purchase plans, and work with the third-party record-keeper
• Support due diligence and accounting activities for acquisitions and dispositions
• Monitor new accounting standards and SEC rule changes (for example ASU 2024-03 on expense disaggregation) and assess disclosure impact
• Support non-GAAP compliance, including reconciliations and adherence to Regulation G and Item 10(e)
• Support disclosure controls and procedures and SOX documentation
  
  

• Serve as a contact for the external auditors on the team's reporting deliverables, requests and review comments
• Prepare analyses and talking points for senior finance leadership
• Represent the team effectively in cross-functional forums
  
  

• Develop and implement standard global processes and controls and map financial processes
• Drive efficiency in the reporting process through automation tools, and standardize templates, review checklists and close-to-file workflows
• Identify and implement opportunities to use AI and automation for balance sheet commentary and recurring analyses
• Seek out internal and external best practices and contribute to the strategy, design and implementation of financial reporting processes and systems
  
  

• CA, CPA or equivalent qualification
• 8 to 12 years of post-qualification experience in accounting and financial reporting, ideally with SEC reporting exposure and Big 4 audit or a multinational public company background
• Minimum 5 years of team management experience, managing supervisors and/or a team of 10 to 15 people
• Strong working knowledge of US GAAP and SEC reporting requirements, and exposure to SOX
• Hands-on experience with 10-K and 10-Q preparation, footnote drafting and non-GAAP reconciliations
• Experience in an ERP environment (preferably Oracle), Excel and consolidation or reporting tools (Vena, Hyperion, Essbase/TM1 or similar); familiarity with EDGAR, XBRL and SEC reporting tools (for example Workiva) preferred
  
  

• Proven ability to lead, motivate and develop a high performing team
• Strong attention to detail with the judgment to prioritize in tight close and filing timelines
• Clear written and verbal communication, with the ability to influence a diverse audience including senior stakeholders and auditors
• Ability to prioritize and balance competing needs across teams and time zones
• Maturity to interface with internal business and functional partners, with multicultural sensitivity
• Integrity and comfort handling confidential, material non-public information
• Continuous improvement orientation and openness to automation
• Leadership behaviors: moves forward, exudes energy, inspires others, delivers results, collaboration and influence, conflict resolution