Program Manager (Cost Transformation)

HP; George Town; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

HP in Malaysia (Penang) seeks a Finance Lead to guide project teams, drive capital planning, and influence strategic decisions. You will conduct complex financial analysis to support objectives and mentor junior staff.

You will partner with business leaders to develop robust business cases, manage depreciation, and drive cost transformation while ensuring disciplined capital execution across the organization.

Qualifications

• Four-year or graduate degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance or related discipline.
• Typically 7-10 years of work experience in financial management, internal audit, accounting, or related field.
• CPA or CFA certifications are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead site capital investment planning and financial governance, including CAPEX budgeting and forecasting.
• Own site capital cash flow planning and forecasting for visibility into spending commitments and risks.
• Manage depreciation planning and forecasting for asset base and investment portfolio.
• Lead financial governance for cost transformation initiatives with business leaders.
• Develop robust business cases using ROI, NPV, IRR, payback period and sensitivity analysis.
• Provide expertise to cross-functional project teams and guide process improvements and policies.
• Collaborate with leaders to influence strategic decision-making within a broad scope.
• Perform complex financial analysis to achieve objectives and drive results.

Skills

Financial analysis

Data analysis

Corporate Finance

KPIs

Financial Planning

Financial Modeling

Process Improvement

ROI

NPV

IRR

Education

Four-year or Graduate Degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance

CPA

CFA

Tools

SAP Applications

Job description

Description -

Job Summary

This role is responsible for leading and providing expertise to project teams, participating in cross-functional initiatives, and guiding process improvements and policy establishment. The role collaborates with business leaders to influence strategic decision-making and conducts complex financial analysis to achieve objectives effectively. The role also represents the business unit and the organization as needed, builds productive relationships, and mentors lower-level employees.

Responsibilities

• Leads site capital investment planning and financial governance, including CAPEX budgeting, forecasting, prioritization, utilization tracking, and investment performance management to ensure effective deployment of capital and alignment with business priorities.
• Owns site capital cash flow planning and forecasting, providing visibility to capital spending commitments, cash requirements, spending risks, and opportunities while driving forecast accuracy and disciplined capital execution.
• Manages depreciation planning and forecasting associated with the site's asset base and capital investment portfolio, evaluating the financial impact of new investments, asset capitalization, useful life assumptions, and investment timing on the site's cost structure.
• Leads financial governance for cost transformation initiatives, partnering with business and functional leaders to identify, validate, prioritize, and track structural cost-reduction opportunities and productivity improvements.
• Develops robust financial business cases for capital investments and transformation initiatives using financial evaluation methodologies such as Return on Investment (ROI), Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), payback period, and sensitivity/scenario analysis.
• Leads and/or provides expertise to functional project teams and participates in cross-functional initiatives.
• Acts as an expert providing direction and guidance to process improvements and establishing policies.
• Collaborates with business leaders to guide and influence strategic decision-making within a broad scope.
• Performs complex and occasionally highly complex financial analysis for a financial function or business, utilizing strong business understanding to achieve objectives effectively.
• Leads and drives business initiatives, overseeing analysts across multiple sub-functions within finance.
• Forecasts financial results within a broad scope and identifies opportunities for process improvement and policy development, actively engaging in their design and implementation.
• Represents the business unit during cross-regional or cross-functional planning processes.
• Represents the organization to external customers and clients.
• Applies advanced subject matter knowledge, leads, and contributes to complex projects, and exercises independent judgment in resolving business issues and establishing policies.
• Develops and builds productive internal/external working relationships and provides mentoring and guidance to lower-level employees.

Education & Experience Recommended

• Four-year or Graduate Degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
• Typically has 7-10 years of work experience, preferably in financial management, internal audit, accounting, or a related field.

Preferred Certifications

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• Certified Financial Analyst (CFA)

Knowledge & Skills

• Accounting
• Auditing
• Automation
• Corporate Finance
• Data Analysis
• Economics
• Finance
• Financial Analysis
• Financial Modeling
• Financial Planning
• Financial Services
• Financial Statements
• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
• Internal Controls
• Investments
• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Process Improvement
• Profit And Loss (P&L) Management
• SAP Applications
• Variance Analysis

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 -

Supply Chain & Operations

Schedule -

Full time

Shift -

No Shift premium (Malaysia)

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