Worldwide Global Business Unit Home Hardware Portfolio Analyst

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Job Summary

This role serves as the finance lead for the Home Traditional Print Hardware portfolio, partnering closely with GBU leadership to drive profitability, portfolio optimization, and strategic decision-making. The role provides end-to-end financial ownership across pricing, cost, volume, and mix, supporting both ongoing business performance and NPI execution.

The position requires strong business acumen, ability to influence cross-functional teams, and deep expertise in hardware financial modeling, ARU/margin management, and long-term portfolio strategy.

Key Responsibilities

1. Portfolio & P&L Ownership

• Lead financial management of the Home Traditional portfolio (Inkjet), including revenue, margin, cost, and mix.
• Drive quarterly performance analysis (actuals vs. forecast vs. LTP) with clear insights on drivers and risks.
• Provide actionable recommendations to improve profitability and optimize product positioning.

2. Pricing & ARU Management

• Partner with business teams to define and execute pricing strategy (ARU management, promo ROI, elasticity).
• Monitor and explain ARU trends vs. targets, identifying drivers and corrective actions.
• Support market competitiveness while protecting margin structure.

3. NPI Financial Leadership

• Own financial modeling and business case support for new product introductions (NPIs).
• Ensure alignment between cost targets, pricing, and margin expectations.
• Partner with engineering, product management, and supply chain on cost roadmap and trade-offs.

4. Long-Term Planning

• Supports LTP for the Traditional portfolio, ensuring alignment with GBU strategy.
• Translate business assumptions into robust financial outlooks and scenarios.
• Identify risks and opportunities early and proactively influence business decisions.

5. Cross-Functional Partnership

• Act as a trusted advisor to GBU leaders, product managers, and regional teams.
• Influence decisions across marketing, supply chain, and engineering.
• Represent finance in global planning and business review forums.

6. Analytics & Insights

• Deliver clear, executive-ready insights on business performance.
• Simplify complex data into key messages, drivers, and actions.
• Leverage tools (Excel, Anaplan, automation) to improve speed and quality of insights.

7. Process & Continuous Improvement

• Drive improvements in forecast accuracy, reporting automation, and financial processes.
• Strengthen data integrity and governance across key financial metrics.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, or related field (MBA preferred).
• Typically 7–10+ years of experience in financial planning or business finance.
• Experience in product/portfolio finance, preferably in hardware or consumer products.

Key Skills & Capabilities

• Strong P&L ownership mindset
• Advanced financial modeling & scenario analysis
• Pricing strategy & ARU management expertise
• Ability to connect financials to business strategy
• Executive-level communication (clear, concise, insight-driven)
• Cross-functional influence and stakeholder management
• Tools: Excel (advanced), Anaplan, SAP, data visualization tools

Disclaimer
• This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.

The pay range for this role is $105,050 to $161,800 USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

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)

The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

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