APAC Sales Finance Lead

APAC Sales Finance LeadThis role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office.

Job Description:

The APAC Sales Finance Lead serves as the senior finance business partner to APAC Sales and Business Unit (BU) leadership, driving financial performance, strategic decision support, and operational rigor across the region.

This role is accountable for shaping growth strategies, ensuring profitable revenue expansion, and strengthening governance across all sales motions (enterprise, channel, services, and emerging offerings). Act as trusted advisor to APAC Sales and BU leaders on financial performance, risks, and opportunities. Deliver actionable insights on revenue, margin, pipeline quality, and backlog trends. Identify drivers of variance and recommend corrective actions to leadership. Ensure financial accuracy, data integrity, and process standardization. Lead initiatives to standardize and automate sales finance processes across APAC. Champion digital tools and advanced analytics within finance.

Partners with the businesses to ensure that the capital strategies are operationally supported and strategically focused to secure the greatest return on investment for the global company. Gathers financial data and performs financial analyses and reporting (e.g., profit & loss, balance sheet, cash flow, pricing, etc.) to influence decisions within the business and to drive cross-business initiatives (e.g., Mergers & Acquisitions). Drives the forecasting process (weekly, monthly, and long term) by analysing trends within the businesses and ensuring alignment with business- and corporate-wide objectives. Communicates and drives adherence to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and the organization's financial goals and policies. Has the fiduciary responsibility to represent financial results correctly both internally and externally. Ensures strong business controls.

Responsibilities:

• Provides the most complex financial analysis for a financial function or a business, typically exercising a unique understanding of the business to determine the best method for achieving objectives.
• Consults with business leaders to guide and influence long- term and strategic decision-making within the broadest scope.
• Forecasts financial results within the broadest scope.
• Leads and advises on the most complex business initiatives, typically leading several analysts across multiple areas within finance and across geographies/organizations.
• Drives process improvement and policy development initiatives that impact the function globally.
• Represents the business unit during cross-regional or cross- functional planning processes.
• Provides mentoring and guidance to analysts.

Education and Experience Required:

• First level university degree with a focus in business or economics; advanced degree or accounting certification (e.g., CPA, MBA) strongly preferred.
• Typically, between 8-10 years of experience as a financial analyst.
• Typically experienced in a variety of finance functions.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Excellent understanding of accounting principles and financial analysis.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Superior business application skills (e.g., Microsoft Excel).
• Superior communication and influencing skills.
• Superior teamwork skills
• Excellent business acumen.
• Excellent project management skills.

Accountability, Accountability, Active Learning, Active Listening, Bias, Big Data Analytics, Coaching, Commercial Acumen, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Customer Centricity, Design Thinking, Digital Transformation, Empathy, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Follow-Through, Growth Mindset, Intellectual Curiosity (Inactive), Internal Controls, Long Term Planning, Management of Change, Managing Ambiguity, Numerical Data Analysis, Policy Management, Problem Solving Mindset {+ 4 more}

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

Job:

Finance

Job Level:

Master

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