Sales Finance - Partner Reporting Analyst - Onboarding

Summary

Apple is a place where extraordinary people gather to do their best work. Together we create products and experiences people once could not have imagined – and now cannot imagine living without! If you are excited by the idea of making a real impact, and joining a team where we pride ourselves in being one of the most diverse and inclusive companies in the world, a career with Apple might be your dream job!

You will become a member of the Sales Finance team at Apple. With approximately 150 employees based across EMEIA, Sales Finance is a commercially oriented finance function focused on value creation, working with the Sales teams to provide outstanding commercial and financial support.

Being part of the team means setting the bar high; going out of your way to help others; sharing knowledge; filtering out noise to focus on the essential; holding yourself and the team to a high standard while doing the right thing. To do all of this you will be hands on, an excellent communicator, collaborator and innovator.

As a Partner Reporting Analyst, you will be responsible for capturing and reviewing critical data used to run Apple’s business. In this role, you will work closely with internal partners in Sales, Operations, Finance, and IS&T to ensure successful onboarding of external channel partners to Apple’s data capture process. Beyond the mechanics of onboarding, you will take ownership of how the region does this – building a centre of excellence that continuously raises the bar on process, consistency, and partner experience, with an eye to sharing what works globally. You will also have the opportunity to work with a global team on partner data capture tools and processes.

Description

This is an exciting opportunity and the successful individual will:

• Onboard channel partners to report sales and inventory, ensuring continued and correct data capture on a weekly basis.
• Understand the landscape of channel partners including how they are set up and operate in order to report data to Apple.
• Work on assigned projects, bringing new ideas and continuously improving processes for better efficiency, based on current commercial priorities.
• Build and maintain relationships with partners in Finance, Sales, Operations, and IS&T.
• Create a centre of excellence around all onboarding processes for the region – building a highly functioning, process-oriented approach that brings best-in-class reporting to the geo, with a view to sharing best practice globally.
• Carry out data analysis where required to ensure good data integrity.

  Minimum Qualifications

  • Experience partnering internally across an organisation and with external third parties.
  • Experience working in project management.
  • Experience in data collection from external partners.
  • Strong proficiency with Excel.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Attention to detail, while not losing sight of the big picture.
  • Proficient in spoken and written English.
  • Bachelors Degree in relative field

  Preferred Qualifications

  • Knowledge of reporting methods including EDI, sFTP, and web-based is preferred, but not required.
  • Experience working with sales data and reporting systems is a plus.
  • SQL, BusinessObjects, and/or Tableau experience is a plus.
  • Additional language proficiency is a plus.