Long-Term Planning Senior Financial Analyst - Personal Systems Finance

HP•Spring, TX

5d•$105,050 - $161,800

About The Position

Personal Systems (PS) is HP’s largest business segment, with approximately $38 billion in annual revenue. Its global portfolio includes commercial and consumer PCs, workstations, gaming, displays, peripherals, hybrid systems, software, services, and security solutions. PS Finance partners with business leaders on strategy, planning and performance management, investment and resource allocation, risk and opportunity management, and financial insight and governance. The Long-Term Planning Senior Financial Analyst is a senior, high-visibility finance role responsible for shaping and coordinating Personal Systems’ long-term financial direction. The role leads Budget, Long-Term Planning (LTP), Capital Allocation Committee (CAC), and related Finance transformation initiatives, connecting business strategy with financial planning, modeling, advanced analytics, scenario planning, and execution. The analyst partners directly with PS business and Finance leaders, independently navigates complex Finance environments, and turns complex data into clear insights and recommendations that challenge assumptions, influence decisions, and build organizational alignment. The role also advances digitally enabled Finance practices by applying Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, automation, and modern analytics tools to improve planning, analysis, reporting, collaboration, and decision support. It leads cross-functional initiatives, improves planning processes and governance, and promotes responsible, scalable adoption of digital tools. The position requires a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and typically 10 or more years of progressive experience in Finance or a comparable discipline.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, business, data analytics, strategy, or a related field.
Typically 10 or more years of progressive experience in Finance, FP&A, strategic planning, business analytics, consulting, transformation, or a comparable role, including substantial experience as a Senior Financial Analyst or at an equivalent level.
Experience independently leading Budget, Long-Term Planning, or other complex enterprise planning processes.
Experience presenting insights and recommendations to senior business and Finance leaders and coordinating high-visibility deliverables in a global, cross-functional environment.
Experience developing advanced financial analyses, scenarios, and executive recommendations that have influenced strategic or resource-allocation decisions.
Experience leading transformation or process-improvement initiatives from definition through implementation and adoption.
Exceptional financial modeling and advanced analytics skills, including the ability to structure ambiguous questions, work with complex data, and translate analysis into business decisions.
Strong knowledge of long-term planning, budgeting, performance management, scenario analysis, investment evaluation, and resource allocation.
Ability to connect market, portfolio, operational, and financial considerations and balance long-term direction with near-term execution.
Advanced ability to apply Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, automation, data visualization, and analytics tools to improve Finance work and decision quality.
Excellent executive presentation, storytelling, and communication skills, including the ability to simplify complexity and present clear recommendations to senior leaders.
Program and project leadership skills, including disciplined management of objectives, ownership, milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, actions, and measurable outcomes.
Sound judgment and agility, including the ability to constructively challenge assumptions, navigate ambiguity, and maintain quality and momentum under pressure.
Ability to collaborate across functions, levels, cultures, and geographies and align stakeholders without relying on formal authority.
Responsible, proactive, curious, organized, and reliable approach, with focus on accuracy, integrity, follow-through, and continuous improvement.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree or relevant professional certification, such as an MBA or CPA.
Hands-on experience with Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, and advanced analytics or visualization tools.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end Budget and Long-Term Planning processes for Personal Systems, establishing planning frameworks, assumptions, milestones, and deliverables and integrating financial and business inputs.
Translate business strategy, market dynamics, portfolio priorities, and operational drivers into long-range financial outlooks; identify risks, opportunities, trade-offs, and value-creation levers; and recommend actions to senior leaders.
Lead Finance coordination, analysis, and governance for the Capital Allocation Committee; evaluate proposals and resource-allocation choices, maintain consistent assumptions and decision criteria, and track actions and outcomes through closure.
Develop financial models, sensitivity analyses, forecasts, and alternative scenarios; integrate and analyze multiple data sources; identify trends and performance drivers; and communicate actionable findings and recommendations.
Prepare executive-ready narratives, presentations, and recommendations for leadership reviews; explain financial implications, constructively challenge assumptions, and enable timely, fact-based decisions.
Lead cross-functional Finance transformation initiatives from definition through implementation, clarifying outcomes, ownership, milestones, dependencies, success measures, and risks while removing roadblocks and supporting sustained adoption.
Identify and implement opportunities to improve Finance planning, analysis, reporting, and collaboration using Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, automation, and modern analytics tools; promote responsible, scalable adoption.
Simplify and standardize planning processes, governance, calendars, templates, data flows, and handoffs; strengthen controls and accountability; and improve efficiency, consistency, and transparency.
Partner across PS Finance, business teams, Strategy, Corporate FP&A, and other functions to align assumptions, priorities, deliverables, and decision points across organizations and geographies.
Work autonomously and accountably, lead through influence in a matrixed environment, coordinate contributors with varied experience, and foster shared ownership for delivery.