Retail Finance - Process, Analytics, Reporting and Technology (PART) Analyst

Apple Inc

Cupertino, CA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Accounting, Analysis Skills, Business Administration, Business Analysis, Business Processes, Communication Skills, Consulting, Data Analysis, Data Science, Data Sets, Data Visualization, Data Warehousing, Design Patterns Programming Methodologies, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), Economic Analysis, Establish Priorities, Feasibility Analysis, Finance, Financial Analysis, Financial Modeling, Financial Statements, Interpersonal Skills, Leadership, Machine Learning, Onboarding, Operations Research, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Process Improvement, Project Planning, Project/Program Management, Python Programming/Scripting Language, R Programming Language, Reporting Dashboards, Retail, SAP, SQL (Structured Query Language), Statistics, Storytelling, Tableau, Usability Engineering, Writing Skills
LOCATION
Cupertino, CA
POSTED
30+ days ago

The Retail Finance Process, Analytics, Reporting, and Technology (PART) team is looking for a passionate and highly motivated analyst. As part of this team, you will support Apples growth, both top and bottom line, by applying the same level of innovation toward financial matters as we do toward our products and services. We work closely with various business teams to deeply understand current and future commercial initiatives and then partner with data engineering, data science and full stack development teams to ensure our finance teams are fully empowered to operate efficiently and make well informed decisions.

We are looking for an outgoing professional with high analytical capacity, creativity, intellectual curiosity and strong interpersonal skills to support the WW Retail Finance Organization. In this role, you will be responsible for partnering across business teams to execute on internal reporting, applications and data optimization. This work will enable to Retail Organization to leverage opportunities and improve key finance capabilities. The position requires the ability to understand and work with complex data sets, generated from equally complex business processes, in order to drive insights. Deeply understand Apples relevant business activities, commercial interests and related processes.

Partner with and train analysts to best use our data and technology infrastructure for building dashboards/reports and conducting analyses. Proactively identify opportunities to improve processes, tools, or analysis, demonstrating intellectual curiosity beyond the immediate scope of work. Translate opportunities/business requirements into technical requirements and work with technical partners to assess feasibility and form project plans. Communicate the business value of proposed projects to senior leadership by framing opportunities in terms of impact, feasibility, and alignment with strategic goals, enabling effective prioritization and resourcing decisions. Drive prioritized projects and communicate progress on planned milestones to senior leadership. Collaborate with engineering and data partners to influence tool and pipeline design decisions that improve usability and long-term maintainability. Document and share reusable frameworks, templates, and tools to improve onboarding and speed up solution delivery.

Requirements:

  • 5+ years consulting or financial/business/data analyst experience
  • BS/MBA in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Analytics or BS/MS in STEM or quantitative field (CS, Applied Statistics, Operations Research)
  • Excellent problem-framing, problem solving and project management skills, with the ability to change direction quickly
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to articulate results of analysis in business terms
  • Confirmed ability to conduct complex, data driven analysis
  • Knowledge of SQL and working with large datasets
  • A basic understanding of data design pattern differences between transactional ERP systems (e.g. SAP) and analytical data warehouses (e.g. BigQuery, Snowflake)
  • Experience building interactive data visualizations, strong storytelling skills (e.g. Tableau, Streamlit, Shiny)
  • Ability to self-start and self-direct work in an unstructured environment, comfortable dealing with ambiguity
  • Knowledge of accounting principles, financial statements, and financial modeling
  • Experience with data analytics tools and languages (e.g. R, Python)
  • Experience building/applying statistical and/or machine learning solutions to solve business problems

About the Company

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Apple Inc

We bring amazing people together to make amazing things happen.

We’re a diverse collection of thinkers and doers, continually reimagining what’s possible to help us all do what we love in new ways. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, as well as with services, including iTunes, the App Store, Apple Music, and Apple Pay. And the same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices — strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it.

About Apple

There’s a place here for every kind of brilliant. Everyone here is an innovator, or an innovator-to-be, no matter what your team or your role. So bring your passion, courage, and original thinking and get ready to share it, because every new product, service, or feature we invent is the result of people working together to make each others’ ideas stronger. Innovation at this level depends on people who represent the variety of the human experience and inspire us with their own fresh perspectives. Together, we’ll do amazing work that can make a difference in people’s lives. Including your own. Learn more about working at Apple.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Computer/IT Services
FOUNDED
1976
WEBSITE
https://www.apple.com/jobs