Financial Spend Analyst

**Job Summary**
This role is responsible for providing valuable insights and solutions for specific functions or business units. The role actively drives the forecasting process, aligning with overall business objectives and supporting policy and process enhancement. The role may act as a team or project leader, providing direction to team activities and facilitating information validation and team decision making.

**Responsibilities**
- Performs complex financial analysis for specific functions or business units, identifies issues and recommends solutions.
- Conducts comprehensive financial analysis for specific functions or business units, providing valuable analytics to support key business initiatives.
- Participates in cross-functional teams as a representative of the finance domain.
- Establishes and maintains relationships with business leaders to guide and influence decision-making.
- Supports policy and process enhancement, identifying opportunities for improved efficiency and organizational growth.
- Drives the forecasting process (weekly, monthly, and long term) by analyzing trends within the businesses and ensuring alignment with overall business objectives.
- Provides information and counsel in the areas of controls, budgeting, and planning, return on investment decisions, and the development of overall business plans and strategies.
- Solves difficult and complex problems with a fresh perspective, demonstrating good judgment in selecting creative solutions and managing projects independently.
- Leads moderate to high complexity projects, delivering professionally written reports, and supports the realization of operational and strategic plans.
- Provides mentoring and guidance to lower-level roles, thereby aiming to enhance individual as well as organizational performance.

**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 4-7 years of work experience, preferably in financial management, internal audit, accounting, or a related field or an advanced degree with 3-5 years of work experience.
- Advanced skills with Excel.

**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

**What we offer**:

- Opportunity to work in an international organization with colleagues coming from all over the world.
- Diverse, continued internal growth and career opportunities. Including HP’s own learning platform and LinkedIn Learning.
- An attractive benefits package:

- Health & Life insurance
- Lunch at reduced prices at our canteen/ ticket restaurant vouchers
- HP product discount
- Work life balance / flexible working hours.
- Women, Pride, Young employees, Sustainability and DisAbility Just a few of our fantastic global business networks you can get involved with locally.
- We also dedicate time and resources to contribute with our community through Corporate Volunteering activities, including our onsite HP Charity day.
- Do you like to give back to the community? Then join one of our many volunteering teams or be a part of the incredible HP charity day held on site annually.
- Love sports? Then take advantage of our sports center (indoor and outdoor) with 25+ regular coordinated activities.
- We have an onsite Doctor and medical team for our employees, including services such as: nutrition, physiotherapy, and general health.
- Printing Happy hour - from photographs to large posters. And Hands-on workshops to print with the latest technology - from wall covers to 3D printed models.
- Dedicated lactation room.
- Our Women Network organizes activities such as Networking, the promotion of STEM vocations, talks on, improving business acumen, work life balance and skills of the future, etc.

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