Finance Systems Technical Program Manager

Summary

Apple's Finance and IS&T organizations are partnering to modernize how financial data is posted, reconciled, and governed across a large, highly integrated applications landscape. We are seeking a Finance Systems Technical Program Manager to sit at the intersection of finance business partners and IS&T engineering, driving the future direction, vision, and strategy for financial postings across all applications and platforms. This is a crucial role for someone who can operate equally well in strategic architecture conversations and in the operational rigor of running large, cross-functional programs. You will also take on delivery ownership for existing large cross-functional projects, reporting to Finance leadership on key areas such as resource planning and finance track execution & management.

Description

As a Finance Systems Technical Program Manager, you will act as the technical and program bridge between finance business partners and IS&T. You will help define where and how financial postings should flow across SAP and non-SAP applications, ensuring the strategy is technically sound and scalable as Apple's systems landscape evolves. You will also manage the day-to-day execution of large, cross-functional finance transformation projects arising out of this partnership, including where some are already underway. You should be comfortable moving between big-picture strategy discussions and the detailed blocking-and-tackling of program execution, and you should bring the credibility to influence both finance and engineering stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Partner with finance business partners and IS&T architecture teams to define the future direction, vision, and strategy for financial posting across all applications and platforms.
• Serve as a technical liaison between finance and prducting, translating business posting requirements into system and integration designs across SAP (e.g., S/4HANA, BTP) and adjacent non-SAP platforms.
• Own delivery management for large, cross-functional finance transformation projects — tracking scope, schedule, risk, and dependencies across requirements gathering, technical design reviews, GAP, IT, UAT, Go Live, and Warranty stages.
• Partner with local leadership across sites to manage resource planning and finance track management, ensuring the right skills and capacity are aligned to project demand.
• Facilitate cross-functional workshops and decision forums, brokering alignment when finance, IS&T, and business stakeholders hold differing priorities or technical approaches.
• Provide regular status reporting and executive-level updates on program health, risks, and resourcing to finance and IS&T leadership.
• Identify opportunities to standardize and simplify financial posting patterns across applications, reducing manual reconciliation effort.

Minimum Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in a Technical Project/Program Management role within finance systems, ERP or enterprise IT environments.
• Minimum of 5 years hands-on experience managing full project lifecycles (requirements through go-live and warranty support) for cross-functional, multi-application initiatives.
• Experience managing resource planning and capacity across multiple concurrent projects and stakeholder groups.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SAP S/4HANA, SAP BTP, or other enterprise finance/ERP platforms, including familiarity with integration frameworks (APIs, EDI, iDocs, CPI).
• Experience partnering with architecture review boards or enterprise architecture functions on system strategy decisions.
• Strong facilitation and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior finance and engineering stakeholders and broker decisions across competing priorities.
• Demonstrated experience partnering directly with finance business stakeholders to define systems strategy or process direction.
• Working knowledge of financial posting concepts and how transactions flow across enterprise applications (e.g., SAP, order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, or general ledger integrations).
• Experience with large-scale system transformation approaches (e.g., Greenfield, Brownfield, Bluefield) and global cutover planning.
• Self-starter with strong critical thinking skills, comfortable navigating ambiguity across both strategic and operational work.
• Master's degree in a related field.

Pay & Benefits

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $207,400 and $311,700, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits

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