Engineering Finance Manager

Apple Apple · Big Tech · Cupertino, CA · Corporate Functions

This role is for an Engineering Finance Manager at Apple. The primary responsibilities include preparing, tracking, and evaluating performance metrics, business analyses, and financial analyses. The role also involves forecasting, reporting, and providing business support to the Apple Engineering organization, with a focus on managing budgets, identifying cost savings, and driving post-mortem analyses for product development cycles. The position requires strong financial acumen, leadership skills, and the ability to collaborate with senior management and engineering leaders.

What you'd actually do

  1. Prepare, track and evaluate performance metrics, business analyses and financial analyses in addition to forecasting, reporting, and providing best-in-class business support to the Apple Engineering organization.
  2. Operate in the capacity of the Finance Controller responsible for key organizations within Apple’s Hardware Technology team.
  3. Lead the development of engineering budget plan with the program management team from product concept to engineering project execution, identify cost saving opportunities throughout the product development cycle, drive the post-mortem analysis of what worked and communicate the learning for future plans.
  4. Manage and control finance processes with senior engineering leaders to make sure engineering team members comply with Apple Finance policy and Engineering management guidelines.
  5. Operate independently, present your ideas, plans and results to senior Apple management and leaders, and be able to handle senior relationships not only with business partners but also with the finance leadership team.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's Degree in either Accounting, Finance, Economics, Operations Planning
  • 7+ years of relevant experience with Big 4 or direct technology experiences preferred
  • Work effectively under tight deadlines and shifting priorities in a fast-paced team-oriented environment
  • Assertive, pro-active and results driven finance professional
  • Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Team player able to work collaboratively with business partners to achieve organizational goals
  • Ability to thrive in a large and diverse environment
  • Strong ability to build trusted internal networks across many functions to accomplish goals
  • Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
  • Ability to understand, articulate, and drive toward the end objective
  • Proven ability to influence while building strong and collaborative relationships

Nice to have

  • Big 4 or direct technology experiences preferred

What the JD emphasized

  • ownership of the finance relationship
  • product concept to engineering project execution
  • cost saving opportunities
  • post-mortem analysis
  • Apple Finance policy
  • Engineering management guidelines
  • senior Apple management and leaders
  • senior relationships