Financial Analyst

**Job Summary**- This role is responsible for leading and providing expertise to project teams, participating in cross-functional initiatives, and guiding process improvements and policy establishment. The role collaborates with business leaders to influence strategic decision-making and conducts complex financial analysis to achieve objectives effectively. The role also represents the business unit and the organization as needed, builds productive relationships, and mentors lower-level employees.**Responsibilities****1. LTP & Budget Management**Develop and manage the Long-Term Plan (LTP) and Budget calendar.Communicate LTP & Budget processes to the FP&A community.Ensure LTP & Budget processes are effective, addressing issues like late guidance, executive decisions, or missed deadlines.Ensure LTP & Budget capture key executive data such as Division and Growth Reporting.**2. Scenario Modeling & Guidance Development**Develop LTP & Budget guidance using scenario modeling.Maintain and run financial models for company, division, and segment five-year forecasts.Ensure financial models provide various views (Business Owned vs. Financial Owner, P&L components, OPEX, growth & division reporting).**3.**Cross-Functional Collaboration**Consult and train FP&A leads on FP&A issues (guidance, training, plan loading, reconciliation).Collaborate with MAP team for market size information and data clarification.Support CFR Legal Entity team in providing details for HPQ LTP to legal entities on behalf of Tax.**4.**Reporting & Executive Support and Ad-hoc support**:Build board & executive review decks, including developing LTP/Budget narratives.Provide financial information to Corporate Strategy, including monthly flash data and other requests.Track and report for special project support and ensure accurate P&L impact.Reconcile LTP projections and ensure consistency between Consultant views and Corp FP&A guidance.Handle ad-hoc requests such as CEO inquiries, earnings related requests, TMO bridges, and IR requests.**5. Training & Process Improvement**Training new Corp FP&A analysts and ensure reporting meets corporate needs.Implement methodology to track divisions and document growth categories.Facilitate reorganization processes, ensuring flexibility and adapting to non-standard processes.**Education & Experience** Recommended**- Four-year or Graduate Degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.- Typically has 7-10 years of work experience, preferably in financial management, internal audit, accounting, or a related field.**Preferred Certifications**- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)- Certified Financial Analyst (CFA)**Knowledge & Skills**- Accounting- Auditing- Automation- Corporate Finance- Data Analysis- Economics- Finance- Financial Analysis- Financial Modeling- Financial Planning- Financial Services- Financial Statements- Generally Accepted Accounting Principles- Internal Controls- Investments- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)- Process Improvement- Profit And Loss (P&L) Management- SAP Applications- Variance Analysis**Cross-Org Skills**- Effective Communication- Results Orientation- Learning Agility- Digital Fluency- Customer Centricity**Impact & Scope**- Impacts function and leads and/or provides expertise to functional project teams and may participate in cross-functional initiatives.**Complexity**- Works on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of multiple factors.**Disclaimer****Benefits**:HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position, including:- Health insurance- Dental insurance- Vision insurance- Long term/short term disability insurance- Employee assistance program- Flexible spending account- Life insurance- Generous time off policies, including;- 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure- 11 paid holidays- Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview)3241