Finance Systems Technical Program Manager

Apples 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.

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 Apples 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. 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. 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.

Bachelors degree in Finance, Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. 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.

Masters degree in a related field.