Corporate FP&A Senior Analyst


Apple • Cupertino, CA

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About The Position

Apple Finance’s Corporate FP&A team is seeking an experienced Financial Analyst to understand and communicate detailed unit, revenue, or margin forecast drivers. This highly visible, analytics-focused role supports strategic decision-making and collaborates with Sales Finance, Services, Supply Demand Management, Product Marketing, Operations Finance, and other Corporate FP&A teams. It offers a broad view of company performance and opportunities to improve forecasting processes, efficiency, and accuracy.

The role drives forecasts for units, revenue, or gross margin and conducts ad hoc analyses and efficiency projects. It analyzes forecast views and key revenue and gross margin drivers, presenting findings to Apple leadership. Analysis includes company, line-of-business, and geographic unit, revenue, and gross margin trends; new product reporting; and scenario impacts from both short- and long-term perspectives. The analyst also plays a lead role in developing Apple’s Corporate Forecast and overall P&L outlook, supports quarter-end deep-dive analytics, and assists with materials for the quarterly earnings process.

Requirements

• 4–6 years of professional finance experience, including exposure to detailed analytics and forecasting.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance or another quantitative field.
• Expert-level Excel skills.
• Proficiency with AI tools.
• Strong analytical background; mastery of concepts related to unit forecasting is a strong plus.
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to translate big-picture analysis without losing sight of finer points.
• Ability to work with incomplete information and ambiguity in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
• Strong curiosity and ability to investigate issues to their root cause.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills, including the ability to form positive relationships with business partners and peers.
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality around product launches, corporate forecasts, and other strategic initiatives.
• Ability to understand drivers of unit demand and supply, as well as revenue and gross margin/bottom-line P&L implications.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Apple’s systems and forecasting tools, such as FAST, Pulse, GOLD, and PLUS.

Responsibilities

• Drive forecasts for units, revenue, or gross margin.
• Conduct ad hoc analyses and projects that improve efficiency.
• Collaborate with internal teams and analyze different forecast views and key revenue and gross margin drivers.
• Present findings to Apple leadership to support strategic decision-making.
• Analyze company, line-of-business, and geographic unit, revenue, and gross margin trends; new product reporting; and scenario impacts across short- and long-term perspectives.
• Play a lead role in developing Apple’s Corporate Forecast and overall P&L outlook.
• Support quarter-end deep-dive analytics and assist in preparing materials for the quarterly earnings process.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior