Finance Transformation Process Engineer

Hewlett Packard Enterprise • Spring, TX

9d • $123,500 - $285,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Lean Six Sigma Black Belt – Finance Transformation will lead high-impact process improvement initiatives across the Finance function. Using structured problem-solving, data analysis, and Lean Six Sigma methodologies, the role aims to improve the efficiency, accuracy, control, and scalability of finance processes, including financial planning and analysis, record-to-report, order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, management reporting, forecasting, reconciliation, controls, and finance data quality. The position requires strength in process mapping, value stream mapping, root cause identification, statistical analysis, and training delivery to build a culture of continuous improvement within Finance.

The role partners with Finance leaders, controllership, operations, IT, data teams, and business stakeholders to define and deliver improvement projects. It develops sustainable process changes and supporting controls, documentation, governance, dashboards, and metrics, while coaching improvement practitioners and delivering finance-focused training. The position is designed as onsite, with an expectation to work primarily from an HPE office.

Requirements

• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Operations, Engineering, Statistics, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• At least 3 years of lean process engineering experience.
• Proven experience leading process improvement, operational excellence, finance transformation, shared services, controllership, FP&A, reporting, or data-quality improvement projects.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and senior Finance stakeholders in a matrixed organization.
• Strong expertise in Lean Six Sigma principles, DMAIC methodology, and continuous improvement frameworks.
• Ability to create current-state and future-state process maps and value stream maps for finance processes.
• Strong analytical skills, including identifying root causes of process delays, data-quality issues, control gaps, and reporting inaccuracies.
• Advanced knowledge of statistical tools and problem-solving techniques used in process improvement and financial data analysis.
• Ability to interpret finance data, validate assumptions, test hypotheses, analyze variances, and turn insights into practical improvement actions.
• Strong understanding of finance operations, controls, reconciliations, reporting cycles, forecasting processes, and key performance metrics.
• Strong facilitation, stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills; ability to work across Finance, IT, operations, and business teams.
• Ability to manage multiple improvement projects with clear milestones, benefits tracking, risk management, and governance.
• Strong training and coaching capability, including the ability to explain Lean Six Sigma and statistical concepts to finance audiences.
• High attention to detail, structured thinking, data discipline, and a bias for measurable outcomes.

Nice To Haves

• Master Black Belt certification.
• An advanced degree or professional finance qualification.
• Hands-on experience with statistical analysis tools, ERP systems, finance reporting platforms, business intelligence tools, or data visualization platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Lean Six Sigma and process excellence projects across Finance using DMAIC and other structured improvement methodologies.
• Facilitate process mapping and value stream mapping sessions to identify bottlenecks, manual work, rework, control gaps, handoff issues, duplicate activities, and non-value-added steps.
• Analyze finance process performance data to identify trends, variation, defects, reconciliation issues, cycle-time delays, reporting inaccuracies, and improvement opportunities.
• Conduct root cause analysis using tools such as Fishbone Diagrams, 5 Whys, Pareto Analysis, FMEA, hypothesis testing, regression analysis, and variance analysis.
• Apply statistical tools and techniques to solve finance process and data-quality problems.
• Partner with Finance leaders, controllership, operations, IT, data teams, and business stakeholders to define project charters, scope, goals, benefits, timelines, risks, and success measures.
• Develop and implement sustainable finance process improvements to improve accuracy, reduce cycle time, strengthen controls, eliminate manual effort, reduce cost, and deliver measurable business value.
• Create control plans, dashboards, standard operating procedures, process documentation, governance routines, and performance metrics to sustain improvements.
• Coach and mentor Green Belts, Yellow Belts, finance project teams, and business stakeholders on Lean Six Sigma tools, data-driven problem solving, and continuous improvement practices.
• Design and conduct finance-focused training programs, workshops, and awareness sessions to build process excellence capability across Finance.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits supporting physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing for employees and their loved ones.
• Programs and investment supporting career and professional development.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior