Free Cash Flow Direct Forecasting

Free Cash Flow Direct Forecasting

Description -

Treasury – Free Cash Flow Forecasting team’ vision is to become the Best-in-Class delivering the most accurate and predictable forecast with meaningful insights, fully integrated and automated, enabling timely strategic business decisions. 

We consider economic and business trends, review past company performance, and attempt to anticipate obstacles and potential problems, all with an eye toward forecasting a company’s future financial results.

We are looking for an experienced Financial Analyst to join HP’s global Direct free cash flow forecasting team. The successful candidate will be responsible for creating periodic direct cash flow forecasts and conducting high-level analysis of P&L trends and metrics related to accounts receivable, accounts payables and tax utilizing machine learning. He or she will work closely with other cross functional teams across the globe and will help executives make critical decisions around liquidity and FCF company goals.

This is an expert level position in a fast-moving environment, and with it comes expectations of high performance.  To be successful, this role requires established analytical skills, broad partnership aptitude, incredible organization, meticulous attention to details, self-motivation, and a sincere interest in the business.

If you are highly detail-oriented, capable of analysing data with creativity and innovation in mind, and able to apply independent judgement within broadly defined policies and practices to determine best method for accomplishing work and achieving objectives you might be perfect for this position.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Partner with different functions (Treasury, AR Ops, AP Ops, Tax, Supply Chain Finance, FP&A, etc.) to build and develop, maintain and improve existing cash forecast tools and methodologies. Creating, updating, and maintaining monthly cash forecast models for each of the main workstreams (special focus on Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable) Prepare regular liquidity update Proactively identify possible scenarios, risks and opportunities around business performance Use financial machine learning modelling Move beyond compiling data and help tell the story behind the numbers Develop or recommend solutions for problems or situations Develop presentations and charts for executive decks Successfully manage multiple and competing projects to maximize AI inside our processes Promote, manage and deliver continuous improvement of activities Drive better business partnering and insights, while growing leadership and interpersonal skills. Generate new ideas for ongoing improvement initiatives, projects and innovation Provides mentoring and guidance to other team members.

Experience, Education Required

• Typically, +7 years’ experience working in finance and/or accounting (relevant working experience in consulting firm is advantage)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Math, Statistics or related field required (MBA preferred)
• Excellent understanding of financial statements and cash flow forecasting techniques and knowledge of common business drivers
• Experience in financial statement
• Extensive background in data-driven analytics and ability to research and evaluate data to make informed decisions and solve problems
• Experience in developing, adjusting and working with complex financial models
• Experience in driving or actively participating in multi-function projects
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint
• Experience in SAP, SAP/Hana and other database/visualization tools (BW, Access, Power BI, Tableau) is an advantage
• Familiar with the preparation of General Ledgers and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

Knowledge and Skills

• Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to details
• Self-motivated and results-oriented with excellent communication skills
• Ability to deal with ambiguity
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work across a cross functional group of partners and stakeholders
• Demonstrated creative and critical thinking skills

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
• 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.

Job -

Finance

Schedule -

Full time

Shift -

No shift premium (Mexico)

Travel -

No

Relocation -

No

Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) - 

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