Budget Lead - Wallet & Payments - Strategy & Planning

Apple • Cupertino, CA

86d • $117,400 - $221,200

About The Position

Apple is seeking a highly proficient Budget Lead to support the Wallet & Payments Strategy organization. This role will be responsible for finance-related activities including managing and forecasting operation expenses requiring a deep understanding of business as well as positive relationships with key partners. Responsibilities include reconciling multiple data universes, identifying discrepancies, managing solutions, supporting other critical deliverables including quarter-end deep-dive analytics. This role will also collaborate cross-functionally across a globally distributed group to meet the data needs of the business and translate those needs into analytical requirements.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years meaningful experience in Finance, Accounting, or Budgeting with proven understanding of core finance and accounting principles, including accruals, P&Ls, forecasting, fiscal planning, budgeting and Procurement-to-Pay (P2P) processes
• Experience analyzing, reconciling, and interpreting large, complex data sets to identify patterns, trends and insights using Excel
• Strong financial competence; FP&A experience, Excel and SAP knowledge
• Proficient with big data systems and tools and Tableau dashboard design, development and publishing
• Ability to work with large amounts of data and see the ‘bigger picture'
• Critical thinking: able to look at numbers, trends, and data and come to new conclusions based on the findings
• Demonstrated strong organizational skills with attention to detail and ability to work with ambiguity and uncertainty
• Bachelor Degree or equivalent experience in Business, Finance or related field

Nice To Haves

• Advanced Excel
• SAP

Responsibilities

• Operate with minimal direction, drawing on your expertise and critical thinking to drive results, make decisions independently, and lead a team
• Own the budgets and cross-functional relationships for LOBs and Functions while leading and optimizing associated processes
• Engage with, build relationships with, and communicate with multiple cross-functional stakeholders at various levels, including senior leaders
• Forecast, manage, and report on budgets, actual spend, and support fiscal planning for our cross-functional teams across multiple lines of business
• Analyze large sets of data to evaluate P&L actuals each quarter, identify variances, and deliver formal insights and recommendations on budgets to partners at every level, including senior leaders
• Conduct detailed audits and reconciliations of large data sets, proactively identifying and addressing discrepancies
• Implement process improvements impacting multiple stakeholders with diverse and competing priorities
• Document and train on processes for internal and partner team

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• Retirement benefits
• A range of discounted products and free services
• Reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
• Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
• Relocation assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree