Finance Business Partner - Demand Forecasting and Analysis - 14 months fixed term contract

Apple is a place where extraordinary people gather to do their best work. Together we create products and experiences people once couldn’t have imagined - and now can’t imagine living without. If you’re motivated 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 12 locational hubs within EMEIA (Europe, Middle East, India and Africa), we bring value, collaborating with many teams to provide outstanding commercial and financial support. We set the bar high; go out of our way to help others; share knowledge; filter out noise to focus on the essential; encourage the very best from ourselves and the team; and drive the right course of action. To do all of this you will be an excellent communicator, collaborator and innovator, with a passion for debate and inclusion.

The purpose of this role is to provide timely and accurate forecasts with insights on demand, enabling effective decision making.

You will have responsibility for preparing country product forecasts, in close collaboration with sales teams, for the current and upcoming quarters. Core tasks will involve variance analysis of performance including insight from local markets; understanding drivers of short and long-term performance; identifying risk and opportunity to demand and presenting and discussing these in Leadership reviews. Great communication and commercial acumen will be important to analyse key business trends; monitor consumer offers live in the market; and provide insights into performance within products, countries and channel partners.

• Prepare country product forecasts in close collaboration with sales teams for the current and upcoming quarters.
• Conduct variance analysis of performance with insights from local markets; understand drivers of short- and long-term performance.
• Identify risk and opportunity to demand and present and discuss these in Leadership reviews.
• Analyze key business trends with strong communication and commercial acumen; monitor consumer offers in the market.
• Provide insights into performance within products, countries and channel partners.

Minimum Qualifications

• Excellent communication and influencing skills are crucial.
• Proven Excel & SQL experience, comfortable to work with large data sets to visualise findings.
• Proficient in spoken and written English, with another language an advantage.
• Highly analytical, with ability to offer solutions based recommendations.
• Strong presenting skills, being able to tell your story in a structured way and have valuable discussions with leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Innovative team based player, with forward-thinking approach that strives for operational improvements.
• Knowledge of Tableau/Keynote is an advantage.
• Able to act independently and be self-motivated.
• Ability to see big picture whilst simultaneously zooming into the details.

At Apple, we’re not all the same. And that’s our greatest strength. We draw on the differences in who we are, what we’ve experienced and how we think. Because to create products that serve everyone, we believe in including everyone. Therefore, we are committed to treating all applicants fairly and equally. As a registered Disability Confident employer, we will work with applicants to make any reasonable accommodations. Apple will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal backgrounds in a manner consistent with applicable law.