Financial Communications Manager

Financial Communications Manager

  

This role has been designed as ‘Hybrid’ with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Who We Are:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. 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. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description:

   

This is an opportunity to join HPE’s world-class Global Communications team. With scores of communicators across the globe, we advocate for HPE’s corporate strategy, business innovation, and thought leadership. We’re looking for a Financial Communications Manager capable of taking the reins of important communication projects at the corporate level, devising and implementing thoughtful multi-stakeholder communication plans for key moments such as quarterly earnings, M&A transactions, and investor days, as well as effectuating change management program implementations and communications surrounding major financial programs and priorities.
 

How you’ll make your mark:

We are seeking an experienced corporate communicator who understands financial markets, messaging development, and company positioning. We’ll rely on you to develop and articulate narrative that captures HPE’s vision, corporate strategy, and performance for event-driven moments and ongoing campaigns.

In this role leading financial communications for HPE, you will report to the VP, Corporate & Financial Communications and supervise a small team providing strategic communications counsel to the Finance & Strategy organization and our Chief Financial Officer.

In this role, you will:

As a member of the Global Communications team, you’ll work in a close-knit group of talented colleagues supporting strategic communications and the implementation of 360-degree communications plans. The team you’ll join is high performing and offers many opportunities for stretch projects that add to overall career development.
 

You’ll do well in this role if you:

• Enjoy creating new content for a financial context
• Have a strategic mindset with a strong bias for action
• Are skilled in driving cross-functional communication planning for major event-driven moments
• Thrive in collaborative, matrixed environments
• Are motivated by embracing continual change

Responsibilities include:
 

Strategic Planning and Execution:

• Lead the development and execution of comprehensive financial communications strategies that align with HPE’s business objectives and enhance HPE’s reputation with key stakeholders
• Partner to ensure HPE’s financial narratives are clearly articulated in an integrated way to a multi-stakeholder audience including financial and business media, team members, and other third parties
• Lead communications planning, content development, and execution for financial events, including quarterly earnings calls, investor days, M&A activity, and more
• Monitor and analyze market trends, industry developments, and competitor financial communications to inform HPE’s strategies
   

Reputation & Content Creation Initiatives:

• Co-develop strategies with Global Communications colleagues to amplify high-profile business milestones and executive engagements
• Collaborate to build and maintain strong media relationships with top-tier business and financial press
• Align with Investor Relations on opportunities to underscore financial themes in media coverage and thought leadership
• Oversee the quality and consistency of financial communications content, ensuring they are clear, accurate, and aligned with HPE’s messaging
   

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Communications Planning:

• Lead the development and execution of cross-audience strategies developed for communicating M&A activity that articulate the strategic rationale, growth, and innovation benefits a transaction would drive
• Partner closely with Corporate Development and the Corporate, S