Kevin Urbani

My summer internship was in the Imaging and Printing Group (IPG) at Hewlett-Packard in Boise, Idaho.  I had two projects over the summer. My primary project was on the Finance Strategy and Transformation team. On this team, I was responsible for finalizing the data collection template, maintaining the database for the team and analyzing the data for potential areas to improve IPG. This task required me to contact finance department vice presidents from around the world to learn about their departments and uncover opportunities for improvements. I now have a broad understanding about the role of finance at HP.

My other assignment was to generate reports for the month end close. These reports provided a concise picture of the previous month's actual performance and a forward look at the rest of the fiscal year. As situations arose, I had opportunities to correct problems to the reports and to increase the usefulness to the end users, the IPG Financial Planning and Analysis team. I experienced the integral role of finance in planning future performance for the company.