WW Sales & Operations Support: Logistics Senior Financial Analyst
Summary
Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring curiosity and dedication and there's no telling what you could accomplish! Are you an analytical thinker? Are you passionate about using your financial knowledge to navigate sophisticated challenges?
As part of the Worldwide Operations Finance group, you’ll play an integral role in ensuring our day-to-day financial health. You will support Apple’s bottom line by applying an innovative edge to cost-saving initiatives and supply chain management, bringing the same level of breakthrough analytics to our financial operations as we do to our products. Finance is essential to upholding our global commitment to excellence, and it is directly responsible for shaping the company’s future. Join us, and you’ll have an important role in continuing Apple’s legacy of efficiency and success.
Description
The Worldwide Operations Finance team is looking for a Senior Logistics Financial Analyst to support the worldwide logistics financial forecast and close process. This critical position is the main focal point for deep analysis, coordination and consolidation of the WW forecast/actual results, and would work closely with regional finance and regional/worldwide operations teams. The ideal candidate would have financial planning & analysis experience in a global or regional role with a multinational company. Previous operations finance experience is strongly preferred. The position creates crucial reporting, analysis, business insight deliverables for senior executives/management. The candidate must be able to clearly articulate the key business drivers related to global freight and duty spend as well as drive down to meaningful details with deep, ad hoc modeling & analysis where necessary.
Responsibilities
- Drive & support the global freight & duty forecast process, provide direction and feedback to regional finance teams
- Own end-to-end monthly financial forecast analysis and quarter end close duties
- Contribute to transformation initiatives within Operations Finance, process reengineering & innovation of the areas of responsibilities, streamline deliverables and improve efficiency
- Support WW Logistics/WW Supply Chain organizations in ad hoc analysis relating to cost drivers and new product costing related to freight
- Collaborate across multiple functional teams all levels and departments (such as other Finance groups, IS&T, Facilities, Procurement, Logistics Operations, Planning etc.)
Minimum Qualifications
- 5+ years professional work experience
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or similar
Preferred Qualifications
- Hands-on financial experience performing budgeting, forecasting, reporting and analysis
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with flawless attention to detail and the ability to quickly learn and apply new concepts
- Collaborative: able to build consensus and partner with cross-functional and cross-regional teams
- Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills with the ability to clearly articulate results and facilitate alignment
- Ability to partner cross-functionally at all levels of the organization
- Proven experience developing and improving processes, with the desire to drive continuous improvement
- Demonstrated ability to gather and analyze large amounts of data at a macro and micro level
- Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills
- Demonstrated ability to work autonomously
- Intrinsic desire to challenge the status quo, improve processes, and create value
- Proficiency with Excel and Keynote or similar require
- CPA/CMA/MBA is a plus
- Expert spreadsheet (Excel) skills
- Previous logistics and supply chain knowledge
- Previous experience within a multinational company
- Experience with database design and script writing
- Experience with Dataiku, Tableau and/or other data visualization systems
- Experience with integrated accounting systems (SAP)
- Audit experience