Finance Costing COE Transformation Expert

We are seeking a Finance Costing COE Transformation Expert to shape our enterprise costing strategy, set functional policy and direction, and co-lead complex design and implementation work.

Job Summary As a Finance Costing COE Transformation Lead, Individual Contributor, you will be the recognized authority for enterprise product costing transformation and a core member of the Finance-led Costing Center of Excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and operationalize the Finance-led Costing CoE, including its charter, operating model, governance, roles, decision rights, and escalation paths.
• Execute the enterprise costing transformation roadmap, translating current-state gaps and strategic priorities into scalable future-state capabilities and measurable outcomes.
• Establish enterprise costing policies and standards, including documentation, change control, exception governance, and alignment across business units and functions.
• Lead design of the enterprise cost model and taxonomy, including cost components, definitions, hierarchies, applicability rules, and product cost rollups.
• Standardize end-to-end costing methods and processes, including rates, allocations, workflows, approvals, controls, reconciliations, and cross-functional handoffs.
• Define Finance requirements for technology, data, and analytics, covering costing configuration, automation, integrations, data ownership, lineage, and trusted performance insights.
• Lead functional design, validation, and business readiness, resolving complex issues and dependencies through implementation.
• Drive adoption and sustainable value realization through clear accountability, training, documentation, knowledge transfer, and continuous improvement.

Education and Experience Recommended

• Four-year or graduate degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline, or equivalent demonstrated competence.
• Advanced university degree, professional accounting qualification, or relevant transformation credential preferred.
• Typically 12+ years of progressively responsible experience in finance, product costing, enterprise transformation, or related disciplines, including leadership of complex global initiatives.
• Proven record of personally designing and implementing a comparable end-to-end costing transformation in a large, complex, global organization.
• Deep product-costing experience in hardware, manufacturing, or technology environments; experience spanning additional business models such as software or services is highly valued.
• Experience working across Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Business Units, data, controls, enterprise architecture, and technology delivery teams.
• Experience defining Finance requirements for SAP-based costing environments, such as SAP S/4HANA and SAP CO-PC, and for integrated enterprise data and reporting landscapes is preferred.

Principal-Level Mandate

• Demonstrate unique mastery of enterprise costing practices, operating models, methodologies, controls, and enabling technologies, and serve as a recognized authority in the field.
• Develop strategy and set functional policy and direction for enterprise costing within the approved CoE mandate and governance model.
• Create highly innovative, scalable solutions for the company’s most complex costing disciplines, balancing a common enterprise core with justified business-model requirements.
• Lead large, cross-division and multi-function transformation efforts that affect long-term business goals, financial management capabilities, and operating effectiveness.
• Routinely exercise independent judgment in defining methods, techniques, and decision criteria; frame reserved decisions and escalate them through agreed governance forums.
• Act as a functional manager within the area of expertise without direct people management responsibility; mentor and guide SMEs and less-experienced professionals.

Critical Hiring Criteria Candidates must provide specific evidence that they have personally led and implemented a comparable costing transformation. The strongest candidates will be able to explain the starting conditions, their own design and execution accountability, the methods used, critical decisions, measurable outcomes, what did not work, and how the capability was sustained after implementation.

Salary and Benefits 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. HP offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, long-term/short-term disability insurance, employee assistance program, flexible spending account, life insurance, and generous time off policies.